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"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 08/29/2019 at 19:10 • Filed to: None

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Screw type hose clamps are fine, but they can be a PITA and in some instances are absolutely worthless. Plus the time it takes to screw and unscrew them is annoying, and you might easily leave them loose.

Constant tension clamps are better 9/10 times. People who bitch about them simply spent have this tool.For hard to reach places like the bottom rad hose on my old   Galant they are a life saver.

Nick Has an Exocet > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/29/2019 at 19:22

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V-Bands spark joy. Also the ones from Garage Monkey Fab that have a quick release. Yay.

I’m also a fan of T-Band clamps. They apply more even pressure than a worm gear.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/29/2019 at 19:33

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MM54 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/29/2019 at 19:42

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I’ve grown to like the spring clamps, despite being a little more cumbersome to get on and off (and a much narrower range of sizes it will work on), they don’t take a set and end up loose after a few heat cycles as screw clamps are wont to do.

jimz > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/29/2019 at 19:44

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I think a lot of the problem is that people use clamps for the wrong reason. The clamp is only there to keep the hose from backing off of the nipple.  It is not there to help seal the connection.  If you’re trying to crank down the hose clamp to keep it from leaking, you have a problem.  And that problem isn’t the clamp.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/29/2019 at 19:45

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Tekamul > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 08/29/2019 at 19:47

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I’m in the middle of trying to get my old Nighthawk running. As I disassembled the fuel system, I found it was held together with z ip ties.

No bueno

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/29/2019 at 19:51

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I have that tool and i still hate them

Sammyno55 > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 08/29/2019 at 19:51

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I know what those are! They are alternator tension clamps. I’ve totally zip- tied an alternator on in a Walmart parking lot at 2AM off of I95 in SC. Then proceeded to drive like that all the way to eastern Connecticut. 

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Sammyno55 08/29/2019 at 20:01

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My father told me your car should always have ZipTies, Vice Grips and Duck tape in it.  You can get yourself out of a lot of jams with those 3 items.

Sammyno55 > My X-type is too a real Jaguar 08/29/2019 at 20:30

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My Father told me, “The shittier car you drive, the more tools you need in the trunk”. That an always pack a flashlight.

Before he ever let me drive, I had already helped him swap 2 engines and many other things. I can’t tell you how many times I heard, “pump it up, pump it up, OK, hold it!”

I remember one early Saturday summer morning before sunrise when I was 15. My Father walks into my room and tells me to put on work clothes. It was like 4AM and raining a bit. We went out to his truck and he told me to drive to a place out in the woods we used to go shooting. About a mile down this dirt road, he told me to stop because the right rear tire was flat.

I changed a good tire, in the dark, in the rain. When I finished, he slid over to the driver’s seat told me to get in the back and drove home.

I showered and went back to sleep.

He woke me back up later to change the tire back and told me, “next time use the rain gear and gloves behind the seat.”

The lesson I learned is to always be prepared and know where your supplies are. I still live by this today.

Thanks Dad

punkgoose17 > Nick Has an Exocet 08/29/2019 at 21:28

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Yes to these!

Pickup_man > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/30/2019 at 09:01

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I’d say I trust tension clamps about as far as I can trow them, but I can throw them pretty damn far, and have. They work fine when everything is perfect, but things usually aren’t. F uel line slightly undersized? Leak. F uel line normal but barbed fitting a bit too small? Leak. Buy a different brand fuel line than last time with a different OD? Leak, or too tight to get the clamp on all the way. Got one burried underneath the carbs and forgot your fancy tool at home? SOL.

Screw type FT MFW. They always clamp tight, are easy to remove, screwdrivers are far more available than specialty tools, and if a screwdriver is no where to be found a pocket knife/coin/any flat object usually works in a pinch. Toss those tension clamps in the trash where they belong. 

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 08/30/2019 at 09:29

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Screw clamps cut hoses and crack plastic when overtightened. They also corrode and don’t screw nicely when they age.

Spring clamps are fast, easy, and always hold the correct tension.