[Fot] Cutting Aeroquip Hoses..

[Tony Drews]

I use these: 
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=3277 
.  It's a gussied up hose clamp.  Looks acceptable on the end of 
braided line, and pretty much the only way to dress up a press on 
hose that I'm aware of.

- Tony

At 06:12 PM 3/15/2007, steve wrote:
>My Dad's old TR3 arrived via Passport Transport on Monday 
>night.  Each night after work, I'm out there puttering around trying 
>to tidy up the engine compartment a bit. It's in great condition but 
>I've always wanted to clean up the location of a few lines, wires, etc..
>
>One of the things I'd like to do is to replace the 17year old 
>Aeroquip fuel lines with new stuff.
>
>The braided SS fuel hoses on the car were cut to length with a 
>hack-saw.  Then, the prickly ends were wrapped in a few loops of 
>black tape.  Over that goes a hose clamp.  When I shop around online 
>for Aeroquip tubing and fittings, all the ends available seem to be 
>THREADED fittings.  Is there a more elegant solution to clamp the 
>ends onto the SU carb fuel-input pipes than the hack saw, tape, hose 
>clamp method?
>
>Anyone use rubber fuel tubing instead of the braided line?
>
>~Steve