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    How can I free this stuck hose?

    Hi guys.
    My hose is stuck on the outside fawcett. The hose ends in a normal threaded brass female fitting. It is apparently corroded on to the brass threads of the fawcett. I can see a greenish-blue corrosion. I tried white vinegar and that did not free it.

    Any idea how I can free this?

    Thank you!
    Fred
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    Water pump pliers?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ron Citerone View Post
    Water pump pliers?
    Thanks Ron. I tried that. Amazingly it didnt work.
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    PB Blaster is what I go to on my boat for corroded bolts. Or try a little heat.

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    Before installing new hose, clean threads and coat with plumber's silicon grease. Once a month, crack thread open a half turn, and reseatl

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    Try some gentle heat on it.

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    You could try tapping on it with hammers. Place one hammer on one side of the coupling and gently tap on the other side with the second hammer. Alternate tapping on several sides. Just be careful not to hit it hard enough to bend the coupling.
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    I would use a pipe wrench. Be careful that you support the faucet or you may tear the faucet off the wall.

    To prevent it from happening, I use a little mineral oil in the threads, or as others have said you can just remember to disconnect it after each use.

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    A hacksaw should cut through the brass ferrule.

    If the hose is particularly old, a replacement might be more cost effective than a new barbed fitting.

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    Thank you guys! The ideas will help me out. I apprecriate it!
    Fred
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    Nothing grips like a pipe wrench. You might have to take a Dremel with a tiny cutoff blade or a multitool with a fine blade to cut the brass relieve the tension and break the corrosion, then insert a screwdriver to break it free.

    Would that be a Furrule Fawcett by any chance?
    NOW you tell me...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nicholas Lawrence View Post
    I would use a pipe wrench. Be careful that you support the faucet or you may tear the faucet off the wall.
    I did this once. Outside spigot was on a short pipe connected to a line in the basement by a compression fitting (not my work). A few manly tugs with two pipe wrenches twisted the spigot out of the compression fitting and created a mess in the basement, and an expensive emergency call to the plumber as I couldn't get the main valve shutoff.

    I'd try heat first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ole Anderson View Post
    Would that be a Furrule Fawcett by any chance?
    She was beautiful, wasn't she?
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    Follow up

    So I got it off.

    I tried PB Blaster but it didnt break it loose. Good stuff though and Im glad to have some now.

    Then I started looking at You Tube for ideas, since I was totally clueless. Turns out there's a thing called a vacuum breaker on outside faucets and the hose attaches to that - not the actual faucet. I figured I could pull that and replace just it. But it wouldnt unscrew either.

    After some expletives and another video, I (finally) realized that the vacuum breaker wouldnt unscrew because (head slap!) there is a permanent set screw holding it on. Turning the breaker so I could cut out the set screw didnt do my faucet's threads any favors. But using a dremel as suggested was fast and effective after I got it oriented. (Thank you!) I got the old one off and the new one sealed up just fine.
    (I decided not to tighten that set screw though. )

    Thanks for your help and advice.

    Fred
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    Heat combined with water pump pliers should do it. If not, shut off the water supply to the spigot & replace the spigot. They'er not that expensive
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