[AT] Chevroplet 8500 Air brake issue

Brad Loomis brad.loomis at gmail.com
Tue Jan 18 19:42:19 PST 2022


For all the miles of nylon tubing air and nitrogen lines at the last winery
I was at I always used a needle nose if I couldn't get my fingers to do it.
Grape juice sticks big time. 4mm through 5/8" OD.
We used DOT nylon tubing from McMaster. Miles of it.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 7:16 PM Roger Moffat <rogerkiwi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think you’re thinking of something like this - I bought one a few years
> ago to undo the fuel line connections on my wife’s Camaro.
>
> https://www.amazon.com/OTC-6509-Fuel-Line-Disconnect/dp/B000XSJKCI
>
> Roger
>
> > On Jan 18, 2022, at 9:31 PM, Carl Szabelski <c.s.szabelski at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Cecil,
> >
> > Seems to me that there is a tool for easily disconnecting them, remember
> seeing them somewhere. Maybe it was at Harbor Freight or maybe Autozone.
> For the ones that I use on our reverse osmosis system, I’ve learned to use
> a small screwdriver to make the disconnection, but them I have plenty of
> room to do so.
> >
> >
> > Carl
> >
> > On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net>
> wrote:
> > I have an air leak under the dash in my C8500 1998 Chevrolet tractor
> mover.  I have the instrument cluster out and can barely reach to the
> fittings in the firewall.  Ther eis one line that goes from the parking
> valve to over the top of the steering column to who knows where.  My leak
> is somewhere beyond the air valve.  It really hisses.  I have replaced
> nearly all the fittings last spring on this thing.  I have an alcohol tank
> ordered.  Those quick connect fittings are a pain in the butt...  Does
> anyone have any experience with these..  Maybe Steve W..???  The factory
> service manual is $300+, and I have tried to download 2 times today and it
> failed.  I will wait until tonight after midnight to download...
> > Cecil
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