diverter valve install: pointers to instructions?
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Tin snips.
I spent an embarassing amount of time fighting with the damn OEM single-use clamps until I realized that tin snips would obliterate them almost instantly.
Make sure that you've got some quality hose clamps to replace them, though. None of those with the holes in the bands, obviously. ;-)
Make sure that you've got some quality hose clamps to replace them, though. None of those with the holes in the bands, obviously. ;-)
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I didn't have tin snips, so I wedged the tip of a needle-nose >>>
plier into the small crimped loop of the clamp that gets pinched during the installation. Surprisingly, when the crimp expands out enough as you force the needle-nose in, it loosens the whole clamp.
Surprisingly quite easy. I found the adjustable clamp at the bottom more difficult due to its orientation.
Surprisingly quite easy. I found the adjustable clamp at the bottom more difficult due to its orientation.
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No real problems doing mine.....
The only factory clamp was the one on top, and I didn't even need to snip it off, I was able to just work the hose off with the clamp on.....
The other two actually had the screw down clamps because my DV had already been replaced at the dealer.
The new one went in to the existing hoses rather easily with just a little wiggling back and forth.
The other two actually had the screw down clamps because my DV had already been replaced at the dealer.
The new one went in to the existing hoses rather easily with just a little wiggling back and forth.
