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Allen Fulmer
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 Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
Spruce has a clamp on the fire sleeve page along with an "Economy Fire
sleeve Clamp Tool
P/N 12-00684 ..$17.70" but I don't get it? I bought one of the clamps (P/N
05-02652) but don't really understand how it is used, except it would
obviously take a special tool to put it on.
I bought a tool at Oshkosh called a "ClampTite" that makes clamps out of
safety wire. That looks like it might make a nice finished looking clamp
over the fire sleeve.
What are others doing?
TIA,
Allen Fulmer
RV7 Wiring/Plumbing
Eggenfellner Subaru E6T on firewall
N808AF reserved
Alexander City, AL
256-329-2001
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Larry Bowen
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Location: NC, USA
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:05 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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Safety wire worked for me.
http://bowenaero.com/mt/2004/01/firesleeve-dressing.html
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Larry Bowen
Larry(at)BowenAero.com (Larry(at)BowenAero.com)
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On Jan 27, 2008 9:36 PM, Allen Fulmer <afulmer(at)charter.net (afulmer(at)charter.net)> wrote:
[quote] --> RV-List message posted by: "Allen Fulmer" <afulmer(at)charter.net (afulmer(at)charter.net)>
How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
Spruce has a clamp on the fire sleeve page along with an "Economy Fire
sleeve Clamp Tool
P/N 12-00684 ..$17.70" but I don't get it? I bought one of the clamps (P/N
05-02652) but don't really understand how it is used, except it would
obviously take a special tool to put it on.
I bought a tool at Oshkosh called a "ClampTite" that makes clamps out of
safety wire. That looks like it might make a nice finished looking clamp
over the fire sleeve.
What are others doing?
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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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Allen Fulmer wrote:
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How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
Spruce has a clamp on the fire sleeve page along with an "Economy Fire
sleeve Clamp Tool
P/N 12-00684 ..$17.70" but I don't get it? I bought one of the clamps (P/N
05-02652) but don't really understand how it is used, except it would
obviously take a special tool to put it on.
I bought a tool at Oshkosh called a "ClampTite" that makes clamps out of
safety wire. That looks like it might make a nice finished looking clamp
over the fire sleeve.
I have one too, and agree that it should work really well.
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| Quote: | What are others doing?
I'll probably use the 'clamp tite' when I get that far.
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Linn
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TIA,
Allen Fulmer
RV7 Wiring/Plumbing
Eggenfellner Subaru E6T on firewall
N808AF reserved
Alexander City, AL
256-329-2001
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khorton01(at)rogers.com
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:36, Allen Fulmer wrote:
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How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
Spruce has a clamp on the fire sleeve page along with an "Economy Fire
sleeve Clamp Tool
P/N 12-00684 ..$17.70" but I don't get it? I bought one of the
clamps (P/N
05-02652) but don't really understand how it is used, except it would
obviously take a special tool to put it on.
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The Fire Sleeve Clamp Tool that ACS sells looks a lot like the
automotive CV boot clamp tool that I bought at the local NAPA Auto
Parts place, except the automotive tool had a crank that made it
easier to use. That tool worked great on my fire sleeve clamps.
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RV-8 (Finishing Kit)
Ottawa, Canada
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brian.kraut(at)engalt.com
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:14 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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I also had some of the clamps and could not get them on without a special
tool. Our techs at work have a tool for using stainless wire banding straps
(commercial ship version of a tie wrap) that might work, but I did not try
it. I just used a stainless hose clamp. I have also heard of people
sealing the ends with silicone which I think might be a good idea. I would
not use just the silicone although that might be fine.
Brian Kraut
Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
www.engalt.com
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yenduc(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 9:48 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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I also have one of the economy clamp tools. I had a problem at first
but succeeded when I turned the crank backwards -- the clamp end
didn't slip out of the spool when I did it that way. When I put fire
sleeve over my fuel flow sensor, I used a couple of stainless steel
water hose clamps -- cheeper and much easier to do; also you can take
the sleeve off if you need to without damaging it.
good luck
dave
On Jan 27, 2008, at 8:30 PM, linn Walters wrote:
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<pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.net>
Allen Fulmer wrote:
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> How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
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> Spruce has a clamp on the fire sleeve page along with an "Economy
> Fire
> sleeve Clamp Tool
> P/N 12-00684 ..$17.70" but I don't get it? I bought one of the
> clamps (P/N
> 05-02652) but don't really understand how it is used, except it would
> obviously take a special tool to put it on.
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> I bought a tool at Oshkosh called a "ClampTite" that makes clamps
> out of
> safety wire. That looks like it might make a nice finished looking
> clamp
> over the fire sleeve.
>
I have one too, and agree that it should work really well.
> What are others doing?
>
I'll probably use the 'clamp tite' when I get that far.
Linn
do not archive
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> TIA,
>
> Allen Fulmer
> RV7 Wiring/Plumbing
> Eggenfellner Subaru E6T on firewall
> N808AF reserved
> Alexander City, AL
> 256-329-2001
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n223rv(at)wolflakeairport
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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As mentioned, go to the auto parts store and get a tool for tightening CV boot clamps. Mine was around $10 and has worked very well for 4 planes worth of custom hoses.....
-Mike
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aerobubba(at)earthlink.ne
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:51 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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Hi Allen-
| Quote: | How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
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I also have a clamp tite, figured out how to use it, and realized I was at
least as well off just neatly 'strangling' the end of the fire sleeve with
a couple of turns of safety wire. I sealed the ends of the sleeve with
high temp rtv to keep the fiberglass from becoming saturated with anything
flammable.
I also have a couple of the 'official' clamps, and might have used then if
I had known NAPA sold the tool for them, but the safety wire solution works
very well and can be undone / redone very easily, as opposed to the fancy
permanent clamps.
SS worm drive hose clamps will also do a fine job technically, but are
somewhat more unsightly, heavier, more expensive, and each one presents a
fine place to shed a little blood the next time you reach into the engine
compartment.
YMMV, FWIW, etc
glen matejcek
aerobubba(at)earthlink.ne
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emrath(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose |
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I purchased a band clamp pliers for CV joints in the aviation isle of
AutoZone. The man said I could just rent it if I wanted to, but it was only
$10. Put the clamp around the firesleeve and hose, squeeze the clamp ends
with the pliers and you're done.
Marty in Brentwood TN
Time: 06:43:44 PM PST US
From: "Allen Fulmer" <afulmer(at)charter.net>
Subject: Clamping fire sleeve on fuel hose
How do you clamp Aeroquip fire sleeve?
Spruce has a clamp on the fire sleeve page along with an "Economy Fire
sleeve Clamp Tool P/N 12-00684 ..$17.70" but I don't get it? I bought one
of the clamps (P/N
05-02652) but don't really understand how it is used, except it would
obviously take a special tool to put it on.
I bought a tool at Oshkosh called a "ClampTite" that makes clamps out of
safety wire. That looks like it might make a nice finished looking clamp
over the fire sleeve.
What are others doing?
TIA,
Allen Fulmer
RV7 Wiring/Plumbing
Eggenfellner Subaru E6T on firewall
N808AF reserved
Alexander City, AL
256-329-2001
Marty ҿӬ
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