[T3] Oetiker clamps?

[Gary Forsmo]

>I've never tried to find a supply of the nice OE style of FI
>hose clamps.
With extensive help a advice from Jim in 2010, I began the "resurrection"
of my '69 Square.

The fuel system was first.  After replacing some (mistake #1) of the
41-year-old fuel hose, I bought about 30 OE VW hose clamps from Ernie Von
Schledorn in Milwaukee.  EVS is a long-time VW dealer.
With a name like Von Schledorn, what car brand would you expect him to sell?

>I would have  expected them to work, but they are just too >expensive.
IIRC, they were ~$3.00 each.  But as some of you may know, I'm a
dyed-in-the-wool, "stocker", whenever possible.  So buying the OE VW clamps
was OK.

>[OE VW clamps] have the  advantage of full 360 constraint, >but so do the
plastic snap clamps, which cost 1/6 as much.

Jim, are you saying the plastic snap clamps cost ~$.50 each?

BTW.  Last Wednesday we "prepped" the Square for the summer driving
season.

At the hanger, we
1.)  uncovered the car,
2.)  removed the 4 Jack Stands,
3.)  installed the battery,
4.)  "primed" the FI system with the Jim-installed, 3-position Fuel Pump
Switch  for *~*10 seconds,
5.)  Turned the Ignition Switch to start.  It "coughed".
6.)  ... 2nd time, the engine fired and seemingly ran as normal.

A "Woo-Hoo" moment.

-- 
Gary "Frito" - '69 Squareback, FI, MT, One-owner
Rockport, TX (winter)
Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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