I'm not 'that worried' about the two hoses being joined in the short term.
sure .hot coolant  bypasses the radiator, and don't really want that.

fwiw ...on Subaru-vanagons ....some coolant is always 'short circuited' in
the heater circuit, since Subaru unusually uses heater circuit flow for
t-stat sensing ( unlike all other makes of cars that I've ever seen ) ..

and it doesn't seem to hurt, having a little 'short circuit' going on there.

if I just had to clamp off a hose .........and I don't really like doing
that to a hose at all,
I'd just use a medium size C clamp and two small pieces of plywood, or a
good temporary set up.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?

>I was hoping to get under the van today and properly plug the hoses only
> it's freakin' snowing right now so if push comes to shove I may have to
> just pinch off the joined hoses with one of these HF clamps for my
> upcoming camping trip.
>
> Second to worse case: the clamp fails and I end up injecting hot coolant
> into the rad return, but the weather ain't hot.
>
> Worst case: the clamp cuts through the hose, coolant all over the road,
> engine overheats, billows of steam, AAA driver wraps tow line around
> steering tackle and destroys the front end, Mr Squirrel sinks into
> inconsolable depression, Mrs Squirrel gets fed up and leaves.
>
> Oops, wait -- nevermind. The sun just came out. Central Oregon, ya gotta
> love the weather!
>
> -- RJS
>
> On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 17:03 +0000, Marius Strom wrote:
>
>> I'm leaving mine joined until I can cap them properly. I wouldn't trust
>>  those HF clamps on such a vital line on the car, especially with all
>>  the vibration and such. If that clamp doesn't work, you're spilling
>>  coolant.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>> Of Rocket J Squirrel
>> Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 6:40 AM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
>>
>> Hey all,
>>
>> On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 17:14 -0400, Dennis Haynes wrote:
>> > When removing the factory water cooled ATF cooler the hoses should be
>> > blocked, not joined. This will make it the same as the standard tranny
>> > systems.
>>
>> If I don't get a chance to cut the now-unused ATF cooler hoses to plug
>> and clamp them, these should work temporarily?
>>
>> <http://www.harborfreight.com/4-piece-fluid-line-clamp-set-65116.html>
>>
>> If not, what kind of clamp am I looking for?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -- RJS
>>