P38A Petrol leak - Help!

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QUOTE="DanClarke, post: 5017143, member: 29470"]I have not looked yet, but I am assuming that I will be able to re-use the clamps/clips and that they are not 1-time use things?[/QUOTE]
Oh, Dan see post #30,New clips will make the job so much easier.I'm speaking from experience, i had to cut through the clips on a Classic in the past because they were that rotten.
 
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OK, I admit defeat. :(
Front end chocked, rear-end up in the air on a hydraulic jack and then 3Ton axle-stands. OSR wheel off, arch-liner out and......
Cannot get a tool (that I am able to grip properly and turn adequately) on the jubilee clips on the hose joiner. :mad:
How LR assembly techs managed to fit them at such inaccessible angles for service/repair beats me. There must have been a competition run to see just how 'effing awkward they could make it. :mad:
So Bow-locks to it. The local Indie can have the pleasure up on a lift with at least half a chance.
 
DanClarke said:
OK, I admit defeat. :(
Front end chocked, rear-end up in the air on a hydraulic jack and then 3Ton axle-stands. OSR wheel off, arch-liner out and......
Cannot get a tool (that I am able to grip properly and turn adequately) on the jubilee clips on the hose joiner. :mad:
How LR assembly techs managed to fit them at such inaccessible angles for service/repair beats me. There must have been a competition run to see just how 'effing awkward they could make it. :mad:
So Bow-locks to it. The local Indie can have the pleasure up on a lift with at least half a chance.
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They probably fit the tank & filler to the body before dropping onto chassis . . . much like lots of other stuff.

No room to get a hacksaw in there, so I had to tap mine around the hose with drift & hammer until the clamp screws were accessible. Then I think it was 7mm 1/4 inch socket (might have been an old imperial similar size) with several extensions, and wound the screw out of the clip. Then prise jubilee apart.

Otherwise cut or saw through the pipe & drop the tank. It needs to move across to fit the replacement hose anyway, and the olives will be rusty.
 
pwood999 said:
They probably fit the tank & filler to the body before dropping onto chassis . . . much like lots of other stuff.

No room to get a hacksaw in there, so I had to tap mine around the hose with drift & hammer until the clamp screws were accessible. Then I think it was 7mm 1/4 inch socket (might have been an old imperial similar size) with several extensions, and wound the screw out of the clip. Then prise jubilee apart.

Otherwise cut or saw through the pipe & drop the tank. It needs to move across to fit the replacement hose anyway, and the olives will be rusty.
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The olives will be fine the retaining nuts and,or, the pipes rust away.on the early ones the pipe from the pump to the filter will set you back over £90 :eek:
 
Yes I should have put fittings rather than the olives !! When I undid mine, the pipes snapped off where they enter the pump. I had to blow out & dry the pipes, and then use heat & plus-gas to free up the fittings. Pipes cleaned up ok, but I was considering making & flaring replacements. Luckily the flexi ends by the filter were ok.
 
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