David Jenkins
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| posted on 6/1/08 at 09:13 PM |
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I hate P-clips!
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...
<end rant> 
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 6/1/08 at 10:02 PM |
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I've got a big bag of them here - take it you dont want to buy them from me then!!! 
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mad4x4
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 09:03 AM |
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Maplin do Plastic P-CLips cheap as chips.
www.maplin.co.uk
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 11:46 AM |
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But having found that several of the old plastic clips had broken, I decided to use metal ones...
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Mix
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 05:17 PM |
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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
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scutter
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 05:53 PM |
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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.
The less I worked, the more i liked it.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 7/1/08 at 07:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mix
... it is normal practice in aviation to wire lock the P clip 'closed' temporarily when fitting inaccessible ones or multiples.
That's a good thought - late, but a good thought!
I was lying in bed last night when a thought suddenly sprung into my head (I was contemplating my scratched and sore right hand) - "I pulled the
reverse switch connector off the gearbox to get more room... bugger! I didn't replace it before screwing the tunnel cover on!"
Guess what I'll be doing this evening... 
[Edited on 7/1/08 by David Jenkins]
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