Hose clamp removal

[bigegg]

Has anyone got any clever method to remove a "jubilee" style hose clamp.

It the sort you turn with a screwdriver/10mm socket to tighten/loosen.

The band is stainless. The bolt is mild steel, and has rusted. I can turn the bolt, but it doesn't loosen the band.
It's on the cars fuel tank, so no grinding!
Access is *very* limited. I'm having to stretch up through a hand sized gap to reach it - I doubt I could even get a Dremel in - and I certainly couldn't see to cut accurately.

I've tried levering the band to see if I can get it to "grip" but it's not working.

Last resort is to try mangling the bolt housing with a pair of diagonal cutters , unless anyone has a better idea?

 

[bigegg]

 

[voipio]

Maybe try some Plus Gas on the band and screw thread area. Leave it for a while then try turning the bolt again. Can the tank be lowered, to give a bit more space to work in?

 

[bigegg]

Wish I hadn't bothered.
The filler neck wasn't *that* bad.

 

[Dilkris]

Come on - you know you are all thinking about it so ...... first prize goes to who can name that car.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

^^ Rusty?

 

[Dilkris]

^^ Rusty?

Cute.....
OK - who can name the MAKE of the car

 

[bigegg]

Cute.....
OK - who can name the MAKE of the car

Anyone who's read a few of my posts knows what make it is.

 

[bigegg]

Maybe try some Plus Gas on the band and screw thread area. Leave it for a while then try turning the bolt again. Can the tank be lowered, to give a bit more space to work in?

It's actually under the tank. It's the rear axle thats in the way

 

[bigegg]

I'm actually amazed at how bad it is.
Nothing else on the car is anything like that bad. A couple of pinholes from stone chips, and light rust on the underside, but otherwise it's clean and solid.

I wonder whether it's been changed for some reason in the past, or it was just a duff pipe that got past QC.

 

[Hotstuff]

Going by the degree of the rust, my guess would be Mazda MX5?

Edit: Or Land Rover.

 

[bigegg]

Going by the degree of the rust, my guess would be Mazda MX5?

Edit: Or Land Rover.

Not even close...

 

[dobbslc]

Ford Scorpio.

 

[DanZac]

Going by the degree of the rust, my guess would be Mazda MX5?

Edit: Or Land Rover.

It's not an MX5. They come from the factory with more rust than that.

 

[bigegg]

It's my *LEXUS*

 

[dobbslc]

It's my *LEXUS*

A !exus? Jeeesus!

But you did have a Scorpio once didn't you?

 

[Hotstuff]

It's my *LEXUS*

No way that’s a Lexus……are you sure it’s not an MX5 and someone’s put Lexus badges on it?

 

[Gareth J]

Had a Mitsubishi that looked like that. Too expensive to source the proper part and all s/h ones were just as bad. So I trimmed back the mid section and bought fuel grade hoses to fill in the gaps. The hoses weren't super cheap but were available and cheaper than wherever I could get the proper part from.

 

[bigegg]

A !exus? Jeeesus!

But you did have a Scorpio once didn't you?

Omega

Only non-van ford I had was a mondeo

 

[bigegg]

Had a Mitsubishi that looked like that. Too expensive to source the proper part and all s/h ones were just as bad. So I trimmed back the mid section and bought fuel grade hoses to fill in the gaps. The hoses weren't super cheap but were available and cheaper than wherever I could get the proper part from.

£73 for aftermarket

£120 for 2nd hand

£250 for OEM from dealer