SidewaysCupra

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Mar 20, 2007
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Carmarthen
Jeeeeesus!

If I never see one of those O.E hose clips again i'll be a happy man.

Is there a special tool out there that i could have used to take them off?

My method of pulling them with pliers and levering them off with a screwdriver nearly made me resort to violence. So bloody fiddly.

Started fitting my FMIC today but the light gave out before i could finish. Another couple of hours of swearing and cutting my hands to ribbons and the jobs a good 'un.

Will post some pics when i'm done.
 
Pipe grips mate, work a charm. Allow you to open the clips fully with one hand while removing said pipe with the other.

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you do get a fancy tool for doing it, available from your local motor factors, around a tenner if i remember correctly.