Thread: Never Assume anything!

Not long after I got the D2 I was trawling through the service history of it and spotted "Auto cooler pipes replaced "
Fantastic! I thought after reading the tales of woe entailing said items of steel and rubber!
This afternoon whilst doing a pre-flight check had cause to chase a screw on the passenger chassis rail and wha tha? Here is the auto rubber flex line half off the return line!!! No way that was new I thought, so around to the driers side line and lo and behold it looks new!
So it had been replaced but not the other side! So here I was thinking along the lines of what I would do, replace both at the same time, but it seems not all think like that!
So never assume anything about that other bloke! He has a different mind set to yours.
Cheers Scott

I just pulled the hose off the pipes . Once the pipe was off the crimp fitting slid off the end off the rubber hose with the help of the vice and pliers. I do not think the original hose would be long enough if it was cut both ends. If you can not pull or twist the hose off a dremel cutting tool or similar and slice the metal crimp(without cutting the rubber!) would do. But I think if you cannot pull off or twist by hand there is not much chance of it blowing off.
No oil leaked out apart from some residual in the hose, maybe a teaspoon full. Note the clamps must be the narrow type, approx 5-7 mm to fit as there is not much room either side of the metal crimp "bulge".
Cheers Scott