I've spent quite a few hours this weekend running a replacement petrol pipe up my transmission tunnel. It's held in place with those metal P-clips with rubber on them, and I've decided that I hate them! When you fit them the 2 legs sit 30 degrees apart, no matter what you do - push them together, or squeeze them with pliers, they just spring open again.

When I fitted the original pipe I didn't have the gearbox and propshaft in the way. This time I had to wrestle the pop-riveter into narrow spaces, while trying to sqeeze the legs of the P-clips together and stopping washers falling off the end of the rivet. After all the contortions and such, the backs of my hands are covered in bruises and scratches, and are now feeling very sore!

At least that's the toughest and nastiest job done in the current phase of 'upgrades', so I can now get on with the easier stuff...

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I've got a big bag of them here - take it you dont want to buy them from me then!!!

Maplin do Plastic P-CLips cheap as chips.

www.maplin.co.uk

But having found that several of the old plastic clips had broken, I decided to use metal ones...

Don't know if this would have worked in your situation but it is normal practice in aviation to wire lock the P clip 'closed' temporarily when fitting inaccessible ones or multiples.

Mick

Ditto what Mick said.

If you hate your fuel lines you should try P clipping 2 or 3 2" P clips together when they are tucked in the depths of an engine.

Wire lockings that good most times it's left on the clips perminately.

ATB Dan.

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Originally posted by Mix
... it is normal practice in aviation to wire lock the P clip 'closed' temporarily when fitting inaccessible ones or multiples.

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