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Clamps Soon!
Ok, my supplier has the clamps in Canada now so I should have them by Monday or Tuesday and can start filling outstanding orders soon after. Thanks to everyone for their patience.
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I finally have lots of the CT clamps in hand now so am starting to ship more of these kits again. Sorry for the long wait.
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I am needing to replace my gaskets and hoses (with CT clamps vs the screw type I have on today). I am a little confused as to whether this will work with my setup and prefer not to have to cut and weld.
I have a Superior IO360, parallel valve, cold air induction, fuel injected model. The intake tube has a slight taper/bulge where the hose connects the intake tube to the cold air sump. I don?t know the diameter of the tube where the slight bulge is located. Does anyone have a similar setup and have tried it or know if these will work without modification? Thanks! |
I installed my intake seals today. I tried every method. I liked the tape idea but I noticed that the spring clamps on my combo just barely tightened down to the intake tube. So I slid them up, and used them to hold the flange in place instead of tape.
Slide a spring clamp up to push the flange to the stop. Keep the space between the two tabs on the clamp away from the bolts. Put on the O-ring and aluminum ring. Push it up in position, insert bolts and tighten until 1/8" inch away. Take a flashlight to make sure the rings are still seated. Tighten, slide the clamp down, and torque. Put the spring clamps in position. Done. Pics available if desired. |
So excited..
I have had issues the same as most folks have described in various threads regarding having to swap out the paper intake seals every 200 - 300 hours. I had an induction leak get mean on a night flight and thankfully I had an awesome airport 10 miles ( I was at 9500) away and landed. After I figured out what happened I was just so darn frustrated with this part of the engine going bad again. I carry those paper seals with me in the plane and have had to preplace them on the road. Sigh... I ran across what Ross and Toobuilder came up with. I am hopeful and excited. I ordered the kit today and have faith in their idea. So excited and hopeful that this is the last time I have to mess around with this particular part.
Thanks Ross!! |
Got a whole herd of gold and red flanges back from the anodizer yesterday if folks want to fix this problem once and for all during annual.
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Pliers
Found a great tool for the constant tension clamps.
At Home Depot online..... It is a large tool and can handle the intake tube clamps without stress. Much easier than the channel locks etc. Also works on the smaller drain back hose clamps as well. The end sockets that grab the ears for the clamps rotate to help get in there to align the clamp where you want it. https://www.homedepot.com/p/GearWren...-205594175-_-N |
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