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Old 10-23-2018, 07:32 PM   #332
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Re: 1978 Russet Metallic 4x4

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Originally Posted by buffydores View Post
The rubber transmission cooler lines looked a bit rough and leaky.



That's better. Finally found a use for those 3/8" FI hose clamps.

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Man someone went gorilla on those old hose clamps!! That hose is cut bad!
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"If it's leaking just tighten more" has its limits.
The clamps don't loosen up... The fuel and oil hoses tend to extrude through the slots in the old fashioned Jubilee worm clamps. For some reason fuel and the various flavors of oil cooler hoses are much worse than coolant hoses.
Breeze Liner doesn't make their liner clamps smaller than 3/4" or so. That's why I recommend the Fuel Injection Clamps or Rotor Clip type spring band clamps. My 1994, 1998, 2000, and 2005 GM trucks use(d) a lot of the spring type clamps rather than Jubilee worm clamps. No extrusion.

You can put a quick and dirty bubble on the end of the steel lines with a brake line flare tool and then you only need one clamp.
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