My Saab (9000, 1991 turbo) has developed a fuel line leak from hose number 31 on this breakdown. Luckily it is pretty accessible from just behind the passenger side rear wheel and it looks like I can do it easily enough without a lift. However the three clamps from 1991 have rusted solid, and the heads are on the top (inaccessible) part of the hose anyway. Since the hose is leaking fuel, making a 15 second job out of it with the grinder is not my plan. Is there some way I can creatively razor blade the hose, or any other tricks or tools that you guys can suggest?
Also, just to be on the safe side, is there a JB Weld-like substance that I can use on the tank nipple/fitting in case it has a hairline crack? If I'm already going to be down there I'd like to save myself the effort or at least postpone the purchase of a $750 OEM tank.
If its that rusty, can you grab hold of the "clamp" part & gently wiggle back & forth until the band breaks?
DrBoost
UberDork
10/8/12 12:36 p.m.
I've always used a die grinder. Even with fuel leaking....I'm too dumb to be ascared. Other than that, use a pair of diag cutters and just cut them off.
I take a set of dikes and cut the hose in front of the hose clamp then I take an all and dig out as much of the hose from under the clamp and or just push the all in to the remaining hose under the clamp and lever the clamp off.
I have a pair of end nippers that work great to separate the worm screw housing from the band in cases like this.
I removed the front fuel tank from my '96 F150 yesterday. It was leaking. The hose clamps were no problem, but I did have to use a cutoff wheel on two nuts holding the tank straps in. I had a fire extinguisher ready and used some scrap metal to deflect sparks as best I could. I'm still here and the garage is still standing 
