Can someone please post a pic of their Fumoto with the spring clip on? I can't figure the darn thing out.. I've popped it off 20 times and nearly lost it 10 times.. Its sitting in my ash tray in the truck right now... The place I bought it had no photo of it, just put it in a ziplock bag lol..

 

Storm,

Look in Beachbumcook gallery
http://www.ford-trucks.com/user_gall...&albumid=27326

 

Rep points?

 

My stupid clip would not go around the valve body so I had to use a different kind of clip...

It is possible they packed the wrong size clip in the package!!!

 

I wonder if thats my problem.. I kept tryin to put the darn thing on, it kept popping off.. Was driving me nuts..

 

Never got a spring clip. Never needed one. Never had a problem. Thing is a pain in the *** to open anyway without a clip (not really, but does anyone know or ever heard of anyone having a problem). I heard they're bad to hit you in the EYE when they pop off (kind of like the kid with the BB gun in christmas story)--LOL.

 

Mine went flying 20 feet across the driveway,I tossed it the other 15 feet to the trash..I ended up with a spring clip that fills the slot but looks like a big bobby pin,kinda like a hitch pin.

 

They make special pliers for that kind of clip, or you can just make your own by cutting a small V into the end of a pair of pliers so it can hold the wire in the center of the pliers while you are squeezing it.

Otherwise others here have used screw type hose clamps or a 3 prong compression clamp which are a little easier to work with. I haven't installed my fumoto valve yet but I plan on putting some kind of clamp there. I realize it is highly unlikely the valve would ever get opened but it's not that hard to add one of these clamps and it keeps people from opening it up unless they've got tools with them. If someone wanted to screw with you bad enough to bring tools, I'm sure the oil being drained out is probably going to be the least of your worries.

 

Why don't you just use a regular hose clamp? Simple and easy to use! No eye protection required!

 

ive got a 9mm tool for that......

 

I tried the hose clamp approach but it did not fill the groove where the thing turns and it would have to go on the backside of the lever to stop it from entering the turn groove...Remember the release to turn the valve has to pull back ,then turn...

If the spring clamp fills the groove it CAN NOT pull back much less turn...

steve

 

I know there is always a first time, but in 2 trucks and 80,000+ miles, stuck in snow drifts, and playing in the pasture I have never had it come open...mine is in the toolbox somewhere.

Bob

 

I cut wood on some rough land and have had small sticks and branches end up in wierd places on the underside of my truck..

This truck,btw,is a great wood hauler.I can load the long bed and haul a trailer with NO Effort and still get great mileage..

Steve

 

my clip is still in the plastic bag in my glove box...decided not to put it on for now.

 

Don't use it. Not had problem.