Thanks Nate...it's worth a lot :)
I'm still learning about what tools are good to have on hand, which ones can be cheap, which ones are worth extra $, etc.
Of course, I had no idea what you were talking about, and at first I was thinking "But me and my beautiful assistant ARE a pair of dykes...and we tried!" and then I realized you must be talking about a tool so I looked it up ;) Ha!
And when I encountered that pesky stripped screw, I *knew* there had to be a good general way of dealing with those, and now I know!
As for clamps, that's good to know that the mercedes ones are worth keeping. I also bought an assortment of the german style, they have ridges but not the same kind, so they don't cut into the hoses. Good to know that was a worthy purchase :) I've already swapped out a few while putting in some new flexible fuel line sections.
Caitlin in Santa Fe
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Nate" <vwnate1@...> wrote:
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> Those pesky phillips screws can be forced out by using a pair of dykes to grab the screw head , you need yo use a dykes that'll reach the bottom of the slot & squeeze tightly , give 'em a twist , gradually applying counter clockwise rotational force , the screw will
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> Thos band clamps Mercedes uses , are special and worth the effort to rustle up some spares of , American screw typ clamps beat up on the hoses and cause shorter service life .
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> If the clamp screw head strips completely , just use the dykes to cut the ruined clamp away ~ this is why Professional Mechanics prefer good quality tools : when the job goes sick , Chinese tools won't be good enough to salvage it .
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> -Nate
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> > That's good to know...and seems easy enough now that I know what NOT to do ;)
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> > Well it sure was the way I tried it ;) Fluid drippin n splashin. I had about 9 seconds of freaking out and then I remembered to enjoy the "ride" (and learn)
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> > Hopefully I'll get to this tomorrow after I get the car back from the shop (v-belts, driveshaft securing).
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> > Cheers!
> > Caitlin in Santa Fe
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