Currently working on replacing a radiator and a few coolant hoses on the 2005 Mazda MPV. Impossible without this tool. How I managed to live on this Earth for this many years without acquiring one is now very hard to imagine.
Currently working on replacing a radiator and a few coolant hoses on the 2005 Mazda MPV. Impossible without this tool. How I managed to live on this Earth for this many years without acquiring one is now very hard to imagine.
That tool is life-changing. The only downside is that once you buy it you feel like a moron for not having purchased it before.
wae said:That tool is life-changing. The only downside is that once you buy it you feel like a moron for not having purchased it before.
Man! Ain't that the truth!
Yup. Doing the MR2 Spyder's engine swap those bad boys saved my forearms. There are coolant hoses buried where things shouldn't be on that car and they were not just so much better but so much more possible with those.
Yup, great tools. When I did the engine swap in the Miata last year, I took every one of those spring clamps and hucked them in the trash so they would never hurt me again. I'm sure any second now someone will jump into this thread to tell me I'm a berkeleying idiot and those clamps are superior engineering or some nonsense
that's hilarious, man. I echo all the sentiments above!!!
I just asked Santa Claus for one of those, actually......
I just put one in my Amazon cart. Santa will bring it.
I have no idea what that thing is, it's almost like this thread is about the Plumbus to me (except I actually have some idea what that does now).
Looks like it transfers the movement of the grips to an inward/outward movement at the tip. What does it do?
Edit: Oohhh remote spring-clamp compressor, I see. I prefer to replace the spring-type clamps with screw-type ones whenever they come off.
For removing hose clamps
There are places a screw type hose clamp would be very difficult to use in place of the spring type.
I like spring type clampls and I love that tool. I got a nice set of thoes in 3 different sizes.
NickD said:I'm sure any second now someone will jump into this thread to tell me I'm a berkeleying idiot and those clamps are superior engineering or some nonsense
They actually are better. :) Spring clamps will self-tighten when the hose deforms, so they don't become loose over time. That's why OEMs use them.
Spring clamps are so much better. And with the proper tools, they're easier! Win/win.
codrus said:NickD said:I'm sure any second now someone will jump into this thread to tell me I'm a berkeleying idiot and those clamps are superior engineering or some nonsense
They actually are better. :) Spring clamps will self-tighten when the hose deforms, so they don't become loose over time. That's why OEMs use them.
Also they dont look so cheap.
Anybody have a favorite brand/model of said tool? If I'm going to be prodded into action by this thread, I want to leap the right direction...
Ransom said:Anybody have a favorite brand/model of said tool? If I'm going to be prodded into action by this thread, I want to leap the right direction...
This post is relevant to my interests.
I use OTC brand.
Does it have a name?
”Stupid OEM hose clamp remover thingy”
Came in here expecting to see pictures of 1988RedT2's new dog. Still happy b/c I bet that tool will make replacing all the OEM coolant hoses on the Barchetta much easier.
came in here expecting to meet a man of wealth and fame.
codrus said:NickD said:I'm sure any second now someone will jump into this thread to tell me I'm a berkeleying idiot and those clamps are superior engineering or some nonsense
They actually are better. :) Spring clamps will self-tighten when the hose deforms, so they don't become loose over time. That's why OEMs use them.
After i had a radiator hose blow off of my car after replacing the radiator i started rechecking screw clamps after a few days of use. You would be suprised how much they loosen up, especially on the bigger hoses. It made me a believer in the spring clamps.
And yes those cable clamp tools are a lifesaver.
If I’m getting rid of the spring clamps, I’m putting on t bolt clamps on instead of the cheap crappy screw ones. Of course they are more expensive but still not a lot more. Of course that’s provided I didn’t use safety wire and my clamptite tool instead.
My buddy is always busting my chops for having "all the weird tools". He calls me Tracy the Tool Man. So we were doing a radiator on his car. I let him scrape his knuckles on the radiator a few times and watched him fold is 6'4" frame into a W124 engine bay. Then I said "wait, I have a tool for that" and gave him that. He said he's stop messing with me about my tools 
SVreX said:Does it have a name?
”Stupid OEM hose clamp remover thingy”
"Flexible hose clamp pliers" will bring up a lot of candidates on Google, and probably get the idea across to the parts counter guy. As far as brand, I took the "whatever the parts store carries" route, since I was needing it now. It's done its thing twice already, and hasn't broken yet.
1988RedT2 said:SVreX said:Does it have a name?
”Stupid OEM hose clamp remover thingy”
"Flexible hose clamp pliers" will bring up a lot of candidates on Google, and probably get the idea across to the parts counter guy. As far as brand, I took the "whatever the parts store carries," since I was needing it now. It's done it's thing twice already, and hasn't broken yet.
QFT. There's two hose clamps on the heater hoses on a SAAB 2.3 that attach to this flimsy plastic valve, at the back of the engine bay barely visible between the bottom of the throttle body and the bottomless reservoir of lost 10mm sockets. Any screwdriver or socket in that vicinity will be sucked beyond the event horizon, so threaded hose clamps are out, but with this tool, and skinny arms, I can swap those hoses out without even pulling or disconnecting a single wire or hose in the way..
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