Forge DV Valve (Installation tip)..... long-ish
 

More of a de-installation tip.... I fussed with that horrible side clamp for a couple minutes and decided on a different approach. I disconnected the upper (the small one) hose first. Then I took a 1/4" drive 7mm deep well socket (using a VERY small 1/4" rachet) to get to the bottom hose clamp. I simply pulled the DV towards me and could easily get the socket on there. A screw driver would have been difficult.

Once the bottom clamp was loosened, I carefully pried the DV out of the bottom hose. It was then easy to route the DV under a couple smaller vacuum hoses allowing easy access to that D#%m squashed on clamp. I then just twisted pryed and generally destroyed the clamp to get it off...

Installation was a breeze... I lubricated the hose opening just a litle and popped the new valve in. The clamps that came with the new Forge DV were larger and took an 8mm socket.

Creatively done.

OK, so what's it like now?? Going to do mine this weekend.