[AT] New Subject -- Tower Hose Clamps

[jdnut at aol.com]

Dean,My limited experience is that if the clamps are new, and the hose is new, and one really cleans up the pipe, the tower ones will work fine.  With old hose, I had leaks from the imbedded rust, etc.  Again, limited to one experiment.  As they say, your mileage may....
Take care,John in Ferndale

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From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Fri, Dec 4, 2020 5:42 pm
Subject: [AT] New Subject -- Tower Hose Clamps

This is going to be humorous to some of you.  This is a real nit-picky thing
that only the “correct police” would discuss.  When I took my 1935 JD B
apart to get to the Head I had to remove the upper and lower water pipes
that go from the Cylinder Block and Head to the Radiator. There are two
rubber hose 2 ¾” OD sections of around 4” to 5”  that have to be removed to
get the metal pipes out. Kind of a PITA if the hoses are old.  Anyway while
removing the rubber sections that were held in place by the common used
screw band clamps used all over the place today. So when I removed them I
made a mental mote to myself. that when I had time to look up in the Parts
Catalog what type of hose clamp was used in the tractor originally. I did
know the type we use today was not right. My guess was the two wire type
were used. Wrong. Turns out that Wittek Tower Hose Clamps were used. #40 or
FBA 40 2 3/4”  I’ve run into these a few times when parting out a tractor
and found them next to impossible to work with.  I/H used them as well in
this era. One can still get these from Steiner Tractor Parts:

https://www.steinertractor.com/IHS642?crawlparam&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIzfDwj_S07
QIVQ928Ch0hWQC-EAEYASABEgIVtPD_BwE

or

https://tinyurl.com/y6jcvon5

So what hose clamp am I going to use when I put the 1935 B back together? I
do know what was on it, the current SS screw band,  is incorrect even to an
casual observer.  Before I learned all this I had thought about just using
the two wire and screw setup that was used in years past as well but wasn’t
original on the 1935B.  Intuitively the Tower Hose Clamps look like they may
be a PITA since they have limited adjustment range.  So here is my
question.  I would use the Tower type if and only if they aren’t a real PITA
to install and keep the connections from leaking. If they are, I’ll just go
to the two wire hose clamps because I know they work well.  THE QUESTION:
Anyone out there in ATIS land have experience with the Tower type hose
clamps that would be willing to share their knowledge on the subject at
hand.  Comments and suggestions are encouraged and welcomed.


Dean VP
Apache Junction, AZ


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