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Old 8th December 2020, 18:37   #31
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Originally Posted by Lovel View Post
That’s not original. A jubilee clip was not fitted at that place. An incorrectly tensioned jubilee clip will squash the plastic elbow over a period of time. The original clamp had a specific force when new which when the plastic of the elbow deforms over the years allows the hose to weep. Along comes heavy handed Horace and fits a jubilee clip and generally overtightens it accelerating the deformation.
I know it's not, if you look at the photo Simon commented that it looked like a bit of hose just below the jubilee clip but that's the original clip the last boy just left there.

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