[Tigers] Rubber vacuum hose

[Gary]

Thanks Ron,
Excellent job, I'll think about doing that myself.
Gary W.


On 11/22/2019 8:53 AM, Ron Fraser wrote:
>
> Gary
>
>                 Paint has not flaked off
>
> I cleaned the hose with prep solvent
>
> Put a rod inside the hose to keep it straight
>
> Put tape 180 degrees apart and that left near correct size spacing for 
> the stripes
>
> Testor Flat yellow paint and I use an air brush to paint the strips
>
> Ron Fraser
>
> *From:* Gary <garywinblad at comcast.net>
> *Sent:* Friday, November 22, 2019 11:36 AM
> *To:* Ron Fraser <rfraser at bluefrog.com>; 'John Watertor' <h2otor at aol.com>
> *Cc:* tigers at Autox.Team.Net
> *Subject:* Re: [Tigers] Rubber vacuum hose
>
> Testor (model) paint won't just flake off?
> If so, that's good to know, I may try painting my new replacement hose..
> I thought my original MK1 hose only had one yellow stripe? Maybe two on
> opposing sides?
>
> BTW, years ago when I replaced my original hose, it was looking 
> perfect but,
> in back under the air cleaner it had gotten soft.
> When it got real hot it collapsed and cut vacuum assist.  I had 
> thought for
> years that I had brake fade but it was just that hose!
> Gary W.
>
> On 11/22/2019 8:27 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers wrote:
>
>     John
>
>                     Thank you for your reply
>
>     I wanted to make sure the brake booster hose I have was original
>     with 2 yellow strips
>
>     Some hoses look like they only have 1 strip
>
>     I used Flat yellow Testor paint to recreate the 2 strips
>
>     Ron Fraser
>
>     *From:* Tigers <tigers-bounces at autox.team.net>
>     <mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *John
>     Watertor via Tigers
>     *Sent:* Friday, November 22, 2019 11:20 AM
>     *To:* tigers at autox.team.net <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>
>     *Subject:* [Tigers] Rubber vacuum hose
>
>     Ron
>
>     The brake booster vacuum hose ? 1 or 2 yellow strips?
>
>     My hose had 2 yellow strips which took me a bit of thought on how
>     to recreate them but I did.
>
>     Ron Fraseron
>
>     From John Watertor
>
>     The brake vacuum hose I have has the two yellow strips which are
>     180 degrees apart on the hose. The yellow stripes was embossed
>
>     in the cloth wrapping on the hose. The yellow stripes was some
>     kind of a rubber like material or rubber paint.
>
>     John Watertor
>
>
>
>     _______________________________________________
>
>     tigers at autox.team.net  <mailto:tigers at autox.team.net>
>
>     Donate:http://www.team.net/donate.html
>
>     Archive:http://www.team.net/pipermail/tigers  http://autox.team.net/archive
>
>     Unsubscribe:http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/tigers/garywinblad@comcast.net
>

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/tigers/attachments/20191122/d62c30ee/attachment.htm>