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The best tool for the clamp is the one made for them. It's a cable that will hook on the clamp that you can squeeze to lock. Work great, but spendy for a one time use.
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Thank you all for all the responses and help. I looked up that part...$60! Def the most expensive hose replacement I've ever done, lol. I will report back once I get started, seems straighforward enough. I am just worried about getting that clamp off near the engine.
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So I loosened up the strap clamp aroudn the big black tube and it wont budge. And I supposed to loosen the bolts holding on the base as well and remove that too?? Asking before I do it because I do not know what any of that is...
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OK so I think I can get this thing done if I just could remove that pipe. It looks like there is another strap clamp at the other end, but it seems impossible to get a ratchet down there! Even with the longest socket extention I have....do I need to get an even longer one??
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You don't want to remove that if you don't need to. Then you have to clean all the surfaces up well and re-gasket it.
Try twisting the hose back and forth and pulling at the same time. Are you sure you got the clamp off enough?
Try twisting the hose back and forth and pulling at the same time. Are you sure you got the clamp off enough?
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Also, did you remove the clamp from the bottom of the tube as well, and take the tube completely out?
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No problem! I actually got pretty frustrated with the whole thing and took it to my mechanic to get it done. I watched him do it...it was poetry in motion. He got that tube off with no issue what so ever, lol.
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You are probably right, I wiggled that thing around a good while! But I called myself tightening it back up so I could move the truck, but I am sure I did not get it that tight. Plus he was using a nice drill....I was using a ratchet/socket, ha!