The easiest way to remove those clamps is to stick a screw driver (flat)
in the space and twist. This loosens the clamp. The clamp can also be
squeezed tight again with a plier and reused. Aloha, Ed

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 19:18:21 -0700 Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
writes:
> If you were in the military or around aircraft or just been around,
> you know FOD=
> foreign object damage. Finishing up the overhaul of my cooling
> system today, I removed
> the plastic coolant distribution tower and when I pulled it off of
> the short large
> hose that connects it to the plastic pipe to the radiator, I reached
> my finger in the
> hose, as I always do, to check for debris. I felt something loose
> and when I pulled it
> out, it was the last 1/4" of the plastic pipe. Not the current one,
> but the previous
> one that was replaced some years ago. Been in there all this time,
> but apparently not
> obstructing flow.
>
> I found a way to remove the small crimped on hose clamps, that
> worked better for me,
> since I didn't have any suitable diagonal cutters. Using 3
> successively larger drill
> bits, just drilled out the little loop at the top of the crimp until
> it was thin
> enough to bend and break.
>
> Jerry
>