I'm already going bald, so grey's not a problem.:lol:
I couldn't get the bolt mentioned above to budge.It was a damn site tighter than it should have been and I couldn't get enough leverage on my 1/4" drive handle, even with a makeshift extension.
These hoses are a p*** take, you lube them up to allow you to manouvre them when you get them on the pipe and they seem to seize solid 1nanosecond after you put them on, so you can't rotate them, take them back off or anything else:evil:
I eventually got the springy hose on and realised that one is setting you up for the kick in the nuts which is smaller one. Given that there was barely enough room to get the back one on between the metal pipes, I put the smaller one on the right hand pipe all the way and then when I got the other end on, it was too short to go over the swage line and do the clip up. Would the hose slide 1" towards the other pipe, would it fook. It is absolutely solid despite being lubed up. I'm starting to think that rubber grease is superglue in disguise.
Oh well, last go tomorrow, then it's petrol and matches:lol:
Top tip to anyone wanting to do these hoses. Drop the engine, it'll be a damn site easier.
If there's a next time, I might drop the manifold, when I have more time. There's no way I'm going to do it in 45mins the first time, I expect there's loads of stuff hiding underneath that you need to fanny around with too.