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Just remembered another one
1997 CC Intrigue
Gillig
Cummins 8.3 325 hp
Smell diesel, backup camera lens fogged up with fuel spray
11" long flexible 5/16" ID hose connecting transfer pump to steel tubing on injector pump leaking.
Cause: somebody at Cummins in their infinite wisdom thought that short legth of flexible hose should be supported in the middle with a bracket [think hose clamp bolted to the block]. After about 50K miles, vibration caused the bracket to wear a hole in the hose. Replaced hose and discarded bracket. Wait there's more--
At about 70K miles, the bracket supporting the steel tube at the end where the aforementioned flex hose connects, with the help of vibration, made a hole in the steel tubing. This bracket is necessary but the rubber insulation had deteriorated.
On the road fix: new piece of flex hose long enough to cover hole clamped behind hole.
Permament fix: Brazed over hole, filed to dress to original OD of tubing and used same extra length flex hose as insulator.
NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT YOUR TOOLS!
1997 CC Intrigue
Gillig
Cummins 8.3 325 hp
Smell diesel, backup camera lens fogged up with fuel spray
11" long flexible 5/16" ID hose connecting transfer pump to steel tubing on injector pump leaking.
Cause: somebody at Cummins in their infinite wisdom thought that short legth of flexible hose should be supported in the middle with a bracket [think hose clamp bolted to the block]. After about 50K miles, vibration caused the bracket to wear a hole in the hose. Replaced hose and discarded bracket. Wait there's more--
At about 70K miles, the bracket supporting the steel tube at the end where the aforementioned flex hose connects, with the help of vibration, made a hole in the steel tubing. This bracket is necessary but the rubber insulation had deteriorated.
On the road fix: new piece of flex hose long enough to cover hole clamped behind hole.
Permament fix: Brazed over hole, filed to dress to original OD of tubing and used same extra length flex hose as insulator.
NEVER LEAVE HOME WITHOUT YOUR TOOLS!
