[T3] Fuel Hose Clamps

Mike Fisher fisherfarms at gmail.com
Fri Jul 1 12:53:42 PDT 2011


NAPA etc!

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Dennis Stiefel <dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org> wrote:
> That sounds good but who carries these? I didn't think the dealers carried
> much of anything for our cars anymore. I know when I briefly turned wrenches
> at a VW dealer back in late 87 early 88 the list was starting to get short.
>
> Dennis
>
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> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Gary
> Forsmo
> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 1:07 PM
> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
> Subject: [T3] Fuel Hose Clamps
>
>> What type of clamps are you going with? You or someone probably said but I
>> got lost with all the responses to this thread I guess I'm to ADD LOL.
> I'll
>> need to do this when I finally to get to put my engine together.
>>
>> Dennis Stiefel
>
> Dennis:  I tend to favor the original VW band clamps.
>
> Not only are they solid metal (NO "geared" slots in the band) all the way
> around the circle, but if you look carefully, you can see that the edges
> (around the outside edges) of the circumference have a slight, "outward"
> bend to them.  This prevents the edge from "gouging into) the hose when it's
> tightened.  Even if it's slightly OVER-TIGHTENED.  Which you should try NOT
> to do.
>
> I believe VW engineers provided the correct specs to the vendor who built
> these Fuel Hose Band Clamps because it was the right way to manufacturer
> them.  I have (mostly) believed that VW knew what they were doing ... with a
> few exceptions.
>
> Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
> Lake Geneva, WI
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