[DeTomaso] Pantera Tool Review

Chris Difani cdifani at pacbell.net
Thu Oct 23 05:28:52 EDT 2008


Guys:

I'm in the throes of plumbing my 5.4LSOHC engine into my '73L. One of my tasks is making up the varied hoses that I need. Some are the "twist tight" style of AN hose (below 300PSI, and no stainless shield, but half the weight). Some are aluminum "hard line", which need a good bender and flaring tool. And some are the classic AN hose that we've all come to love; the stainless steel braid covered hose. The hose that has that stainless steel braid that punctures your fingers with glorious abandon when you try to make up a coupling. The kind that is such a pain as you assemble all it's parts. The kind that sometime's takes you 2 or 3 tries before you get a good "connection".

At this stage, I'm making up fuel hoses using Russel FlexPro hose. This is the only hose I've found that specifies that it's "suitable for all fuels". And of course it's not cheap. 

So I don't want to take 2 or 3 "tries" to get a good connection. And that's what led me to my newest tool, Koul Tools. These are 


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