You should try to find something flat that will allow you to push on the
"edge" of the hose end.  I use a carpenter's pry bar, also called a "flat
bar".  When you get something on there and push, it should come right off.
I think what happens is a sort of "Chinese finger puzzle" when you try to
pull off that hose. It is a bit soft and stretchy.  So you pull hard and it
elongates a little and also gets skinnier and tighter on the radiator
outlet..
 Don Hanson

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:02 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:

> Just to expand upon the idea, Z is on the right track but I find squirting
> some rubber lube (armor all, vinylex, etc..) on the hose end while lifting
> with your right angle tool will get a nice layer of lube in the junction
> and
> the hose will come right off.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Zoltan
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 6:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Coercing the radiator hose off
>
> Simple.  Get a tool that can slide between the hose and the pipe and move
> it
> around to free it, then it will come off.  The tool is available at Harbor
> Freight, it's call radiator hose removing tool.  But I have made one myself
> by bending an old screw driver to an L shape, after I have sharpened the
> end
> of it.
> Zoltan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "B Feddish" <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:47 PM
> Subject: Coercing the radiator hose off
>
>
> > The vertical radiator hose came off easy. I can't say the same for rusty
> > clamp.  I cannot get the horizontal hose to budge at all.  What is the
> > secret of getting this hose off without tearing it which I feel I'm going
> > to
> > do with any more force?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bryan
>