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[Teebee]

Yesterday removal of the good ECU from the scrap car took 5 hrs, today replacement on my elite took the same again so definitely getting faster seeing as that involved putting the fiddly screws back in 

Unfortunately it's not fully rebuilt yet as I still need to get some PAS oil and refit the top radiator hose.

Talking of which up until today i've always removed and replaced those clips with a set of mole grips, that was until I met clipzilla that secures the pipe to the block. I managed to remove it using mole grips but when I went to replace it it had sprung shut to the max and I couldn't open the grips far enough to compress it. I attempted to compress it with water pump pliers but it launched itself into orbit and I decided that some things are just too dangerous to bodge 

So, tomorrow i'm off for a walk(!) to get a set of proper pliers and some oil.

[aaronjb]

I hate those spring clips with a passion!

One of the two little tangs that you squeeze it by decided to snap off on the main radiator hose on the Toyota - good job I'd bought a spare hose 'just in case' and it snapped on the radiator end, really!

[Kevin Wood]

I hate those spring clips with a passion!

They're not too bad, imho. They grip the hose nice and evenly, can't be overtightened and stretch and relax with the thermal cycling an engine sees.

Easier to remove than a jubilee clip that's been rusting away for years and has embedded itself in the rubber.

Kevin

[Teebee]

I can't remember the last time I had a stuck jubilee clip though, and the spring clips I took off today were just as embedded in the rubber.

[Entwood]

Be very careful with jubilee clips, have a GOOD look at what you are tightening on to.

Many radiator pipes are now plastic, a jubilee clip will not allow these to expand/contract as the temperature changes, so they crack ... as they are not a replaceable bit it means a new radiator ... an expensive outcome over a very minor part ..

[Andy B]

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Easier to remove than a jubilee clip that's been rusting away for years and has embedded itself in the rubber.

Kevin

You've not changed your for stainless then?     

No I haven't done so on my Omega .... that was on the Senator  )

[aaronjb]

I hate those spring clips with a passion!

They're not too bad, imho. They grip the hose nice and evenly, can't be overtightened and stretch and relax with the thermal cycling an engine sees.

Easier to remove than a jubilee clip that's been rusting away for years and has embedded itself in the rubber.

I said I hated them... I didn't say I hated jubilee clips any less 

One of these days I'll just get around to buying a decent pair of spring clip pliers instead of messing with mole grips like the OP, I'm sure that will diminish my hatred some

[TheBoy]

The spring clips are the best option.  They are easy enough, not sure I understand the issue?  Damn sight quicker that jubilee clips as well (which aren't suited to this application).


The pesky ones are the Click-Rs which are the type on the breathers at the back (assuming still there).  But these are dead easy with a proper Click-R tool, though pricey at £12 (Amazon)

[feeutfo]

The spring clips are the best option.  They are easy enough, not sure I understand the issue?  Damn sight quicker that jubilee clips as well (which aren't suited to this application).


The pesky ones are the Click-Rs which are the type on the breathers at the back (assuming still there).  But these are dead easy with a proper Click-R tool, though pricey at £12 (Amazon)

Not done an hbv on your face lift yet have you? Clips have half one of the tabs missing, special tool available no doubt.