10 mins into coolant flush: stuck already!
10-12-2014, 11:25 AM
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10 mins into coolant flush: stuck already!
Hey everybody,
I removed air box and got to the lower radiator hose and ran into my first dilemma. The hose clamp (corbin tension style) is oriented up with no way to get a wrench from either the bottom or top. Is there another way to get the hose off of the water pump? Can I pry it off?
Mill
I removed air box and got to the lower radiator hose and ran into my first dilemma. The hose clamp (corbin tension style) is oriented up with no way to get a wrench from either the bottom or top. Is there another way to get the hose off of the water pump? Can I pry it off?
Mill
10-12-2014, 11:34 AM
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You have to rotate that clamp and get it off, other wise you'll have a hell of a time removing the hose.
If it's possible, try to remove the pump with the hose still on it. I've had to do that before on other cars/trucks.
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If it's possible, try to remove the pump with the hose still on it. I've had to do that before on other cars/trucks.
JR
10-12-2014, 11:44 AM
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Last time I had mine off, I used a really long pair of cheap curved needle nose pliers from Harbor Freight to get on those tabs, and I went at it from underneath the truck where I could see what I was doing. I was able to squeeze the tabs enough to walk the clamp down to where I could wiggle the hose off.
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