My mechanic carries one of these: https://www.amazon.com/OTC-4521-Hose-Removal-Tool/dp/B0050SFZBG
(His may be a higher grade). Joel On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 4:42 PM Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I often find that I have to slice the hose axially and then peal it open > in order to get hoses off. Of course if you want to save the hose this may > not be a good option. In that case I would try a heat gun or hair dryer > and channel locks. Assuming it is diesel you shouldn't have any problems > with the heat. > > As for the deck fill side of the hose, remove the fill from the deck with > the hose attached. It probably needs re-bedded anyway. Once the fill is > out you can remove the hose, reinstall new, and then rebed. While the fill > is separated, clean up both matting surfaces, mask the deck and then place > the fill in place. Trace the fill, remove the fill and now remove the > traced portion of the mask. You should now have a perfect mask around > where the fill will attach to the deck. Use 4200 to seal the interface > between the deck and fill. After the fasteners are snug, wipe clean, > repeat, then remove the mask. After the 4200 has cured apply the final > torque to the fasteners. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2020, 16:06 Michael Crombie <michaelcrombi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I need to replace my fuel fill hose on my 33 mk ii but the old hose >> really doesn't want to come off either the fuel tank or the deck filler. >> Any suggestions other than brute force? Access at the deck filler is >> limited to getting one hand through a deck plate opening. >> >> Also, I would like to replace the exhaust hose (running from the muffler >> to the through hull at the stern of the boat.). Has anyone done this on a >> 33 mkii? I see no way to get access to the stern end. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike >> Atacama C&C 33 mkii >> Toronto >> October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution >> to this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - >> use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >> Thanks - Stu > > October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to > this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu -- Joel
October is the time to show your appreciation with a small contribution to this list to help offset the costs. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
