Cooling Lines News Today

Landmark in des moines, iowa. almost all of the citys firefighters joining the effort to try to save the former yonkers department store, which was being renovated. general motors adding to its recall list 500,000 pickup trucks and suvs because cooling lines were not properly secured. a giant sinkhole opening up on detroits west side. a road worker noted the ground started to give away. its reportedly 30 feet wide and 16 feet deep. just two days away from the march 31 deadline to sign up f...

Other news besides millionaires. two american astronauts onboard the international space station preparing for emergency spacewalks to fix a broken cooling line. nasa officials say a broken pump forced half of the cooling system to shut down. the analysts call it a massive repair job. thats just a picture of the thing. you can see the so the. it could require as many as three spacewalks, including one on christmas day. reports the astronauts are safe and comfortable but theyve turned off all the...

>> reporter: you probably never heard of jippy type and dont recognize this. but the company makes 140,000 of them every day. if you have a vehicle, the parts may be helping your engine run more smoothly. >> theyre used in cooling lines, fuel lines, pretty much every fluid under the hood. this is a quick connect and quick disconnect. so, again, just push to connect. to disconnect, no tools are retired. >> its a thriving example of an american company that still creates products. even designing t...

>> reporter: you probably never heard of jippy type and dont recognize this. but the company makes 140,000 of them every day. if you have a vehicle, the parts may be helping your engine run more smoothly. >> theyre used in cooling lines, fuel lines, pretty much every fluid under the hood. this is a quick connect and quick disconnect. so, again, just push to connect. to disconnect, no tools are retired. >> its a thriving example of an american company that still creates products. even designing t...

>> they are used in cooling lines, fuel lines, all fluid lines. this is a quit connect and quick disconnect. push to connect. and to disconnect, no tools are require. >> there are 300 million in service today. >>shepard: but they are exciting things. that is spectacular on the "road to recovery." thank you, and jimmy buffet just fell right off the stage at a concert. there is video of it, too. we will let you know the latest coming up. hey, lawrence, my parents want to talk to you. oh. about wha...

Configuration you have to put force into it. the problem with applying force, you dont want to break equipment. there are delicate valve closure and opening mechanisms you dont want to disturb. the other problem the body with the weightlessness doesnt have way to move this around unless youre anchored. doug is out there on a foot platform to exert the extra force to get it off. they will get the pump disconnected but probably not as far along as they hope to get. >> shannon: someone who has done...

Half of the stations pump is gone. if the second goes down you would have to shut it down and in survival mode with emergency repair campaign mounted after that. to replace todays pump package. they are dealing with stiff cooling lines and remove the electrical and mechanical bolts to remove and get the spare in place. >> they are calling this the managers of the mission a major failure. have you heard of this happening before in and what are the predictions and guarantees that they can make the...