Hi David,
They might have gone "sticky" rather than hard. As you have nothing to
lose, I would be tempted to spray some WD40 or similar into the connector to
see if it frees the O rings.
Regards
brian
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Subject: Europa-List: pitot/static connectors
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Since building my plane I have been very conscientious about replacing all
rubber hoses every 5 yrs, but sadly overlooked the 'O' rings on the quick
connectors for the pitot static lines at the wing root. These have gone rock
solid since last derigged and it looks as though I can only disconnect them
at the expense of destroying the connectors. I mention it for the benefit of
those whose connectors are nearly as old as mine and in the faint hope that
someone out there has found a solution to this problem.
Regards, David Joyce, G-XSDJ
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