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DrEntropy

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...the ones for the oil cooler lines. One down, one to go. Took FIFTEEN minutes for me to get that monster smooshed into the support. In the past I've been known to cut them and worry 'em in but these were new ones and the lines were off. The winning combo is a wooden chopstick and silicone grease. Durn-near burst a blood vessel on that puppy!

sheesh. Is it beer-thirty yet?!?!?
 
Ha, it's always the little things. Joy joy.
 
when in doubt, get a bigger hammer! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hammer.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
 
I repainted my radiator support and taped around these for that very reason. I knew it was going to be a bear. Intilly I was going to order new but then wisely decided against it. Did they heat them up at the factory or something.
Also noticed that it looked ilke the ends of the hose would not fit through. do they?
 
It ~will~ go together. It's a ~really~ snug fit. I put the grommet on the hose first, then stuff it into the shield. Ain't fun, but I wanted to replace the old ones and "make nice" under there. I don't think the hose end would go through it if it were in the shield first... and I ain't gonna try it for the second one! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I know what the problem was Doc! You waited until AFTER you did it to have a beer...Ya should have had one after 5 minutes of trying and it would have gone in much smoother!

And yes, you will have to remove them and put them back in place when you install the hoses because the fittings don't fit through in place...at least mine didn't.

Bruce /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif
 
ON the hose from the jump. This ain't my first dance /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif


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Man, that's the one grommet I really don't like working with. Heck, I'll remove a radiator support with hoses intact just to keep from messing with it.
 
Agreed, Tony. But the old ones were FUBAR. Would have been a shame to leave 'em.
 
I've never worked with then or a B. This is my first and just looking at it gave me the willies /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazyeyes.gif
 
Silicone grease! "Dow Corning Silicone Stopcock Grease." About the slickest stuff I've ever encountered. Think owl droppings on doorknobs slick.
 
EEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/pukeface.gif


I was thinking a little dish soap and a drop of water would help lube up the necesary bits... what? It works for wetsuits!
 
Need I ask what "Stopcock Grease" is. Keep your replys clean!!
 
Stopcock greese is for stopcocks of course. Today we call them valves.
 
Thank you Jack. Yup. Laboratory glass valve. Cone shaped.

I may now announce I've emerged victorious from the SECOND grommet war. Like tryin 'to shove an eel thru a keyhole! It oughta be an indoctrination ritual. I need another pair of 'em to hang from the mirror like fuzzy dice.Number two took the same time, so I don't know if there's a possible proficiency increase for this job, and don't care to pursue it.

Somebody, pleeze hand me a BEER!
 
I've got an easy solution for anyone else that needs to do this...

Send me your oil cooler, and the lines, and I'll send you my non-oil-colled bypass line /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
You dawg!

I keep one of those by-pass hoses on board for long trips. I'll keep my hard-won cooler and lines for now though.
 
Any time i have to get a grommet into a little hole like that, I use a length of string (or heavy fishing line), a can of litium greas and two 12 oz "barleys". Spray the grommet and hole with lithium, wrap the string (line) around the grommet. Pass the line through the hole and pull the grommet in place slowly using the string to move the rubber flange through. A second set of hands is a plus. If you've ever replaced the rear window on a pick-up, this sounds fam.
Good luck
 
was about to say, that procedure sounds very similar to the method that I've seen used to install front/rear windows in many modern cars.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif Who'd a tunk it'd work for grommets too! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
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