Thread: the fun I had this afternoon

Well, I can understand your frustration, as last Sunday I went through the very same thing.

Was changing the same hoses but on the V8 but just about gave up on the bottom hose clip.

Had to walk away and yes made the same mistake of not getting the jubilee clips instead, which are not easy to get here in the correct size.

Never again!

Cheers, Jerry

Hey All,

OffTrack posted a link on my thread earlier about where to get the correct pliers for the clamps, reposting Hose Clip Clamp Pliers FOR CLIC AND CLIC R Type Types

Cheers

Originally Posted by Designosaur

Hey All,

OffTrack posted a link on my thread earlier about where to get the correct pliers for the clamps, reposting Hose Clip Clamp Pliers FOR CLIC AND CLIC R Type Types

Cheers

Yep saw that post........after......a long time after....... I did the job.

Mental note, prior to performing a "simple" job, look on here first.

Cheers

Matt

The weekend just gone saw me do this job as well.

I'd bought the BS225s about 18 months ago after the cooler leak became apparent but it stopped not long after so I put the job on hold.

But I've been spending a bit of time and $$$ under this MY99 Disco of late so I thought I'd keep up with the PM and get it out of the way. Best laid plans and all that...

The cooler itself wasn't hard to get off but only one of the two fuel lines would disengage so I couldn't give it the thorough clean out on the workbench that I was intending to do. I should have taken a photo of the brown-red gunge that was in the bottom of the cooler; it was pretty unhealthy looking. And how bloomin hard is it to clean that expansion tank to any degree? If it wasn't so late at night when I was doing the job I'd have put the Gerni onto it. I gave it a bit of that CLR cleaner but was a bit worried it might harm the plastic so I only got a bit of the staining and crud out of it. Next time I'll just replace it I reckon. A new cap would be the way to go too I'm guessing. I put new o-rings onto the cap too. I wondered at the time if there is such a thing as a 'coolant resistant' o-ring. Viton rings weren't readily available so I just used 'standard black ones'.

So the connector on this fuel line seems jammed on or stuck somehow. I wonder if anyone has tips on what trick there is to free up one of these if they've experienced same. I'd be happy to hear what worked for you.

I definitely agree that those bottom radiator hoses are in a bastard of a spot. I look at the back of my hands now and I count at least a dozen scabs from this one job alone. And that's no bad thing as picking scabs is a bit of a skill and I needed the practice.

I found that there was a particular combination of hose clamping 'direction' required to prevent the clamp rubbing on the hose immediately next to it (ie. the bolthead on the clamp had to be positioned in such a way that as it was tightened it wouldn't pull into the space that the other close-by hose was needing to occupy). That might not make sense but if you've just done the job you might recall how there is a pretty small gap between those two hoses and no room for the bolthead on the clamp to stick into the other hose. This could be avoided a little more easily by using the original spring type clamps but I swore I would not put them back on after the hassle of trying to get the little blighters off in the first place.

The next job on the list tonight is to solder the wires in the injector harness before getting the three-bond into the gaps/voids before doing the install on my next days off. There's been a small amount of oil in the harness that I wipe out every couple of months so it's time to sort it out properly (harness and (incorrect) gasket were bought about 2 years ago....). So much for my preventive maintenance regime eh?

Funnily enough I don't actually believe that the amount of oil that I see in the red plug adversely affects the performance of the vehicle. It doesn't run rough, misfire or is hard to start for example. And it can't be the cause of the seat belt pretensioner fault I picked up with the Nanocom the other day either!

So, if there is any diminished performance because of the oil in the plug I am looking forward to feeling how much better it drives after the job is done. I'll post back if any improvement is noticed.