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    AC and fuel line disconnect tools

    I have a set of ac and fuel line disconnect collets however there are 3 or 4 of them which have either broken or come up missing in action over the years.
    I was pulling the engine out of a pickup today and needed 2 of the ones I no longer had.
    My friend helping me asked what are we going to do, drive to town and buy a new set or what/
    Well my neighbor probably has a set but I know he is 100 miles away today so I'll just do 1 of my old Indian tricks and show you how to make your own out of a strip of thin metal flashing. or even metal banding strap. It only will take you a few seconds to make any size you need
    I used a strip of metal valley flashing cut about an inch wide then folded about 1/4 of it along the length to thicken it up and to give me a ridge my pliers could push against
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    Shown is the plastic one that was too small to fit the fuel lines or the AC lines next to the one I made my next size up was too large
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    only seconds to make and the single one I made worked to remove all 3 sizes of the lines I just cut it down as the line got smaller

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    Thanks Frank S! We've added your AC and Fuel Line Disconnect Tool to our Automotive category,
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