OK, so after I got up the energy to shorten up the drive chain on my small tractors 48" snowblower and replace some items on the discharge chute, I climbed under the truck to see what was ahead of me. My first mistake was not wearing the knee brace I am supposed to be wearing after my surgery. The second mistake was forgetting I had the surgery and then kneeling down on the knee that I just had surgery on. OUCH ! This aging thing is kicking my ass !!
Anyway, after a small bout of bitching and moaning and rolling around of the floor, I shrugged it off, fetched my creeper (which I should have done in the first place) and got under the truck. I found the rubber hose coming from the tank and going to the pump.
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I cannot get to the hose clamp (screw is on the back side of that hose), so my only alternative is to take a Dremel tool and CAREFULLY cut off the clamp, remove the damage section of the hose and go from there. So, does anyone know what the size of that hose is, in case I have to replace that short section? It looks like a regular fuel line, not a custom bent hose. I think I can use those "different" fuel line clamps when I am done, like the ones Rick used on the supply hose from the filter to the IP.