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quote:Originally posted by Rolo
Ya, those were good shots. Tip to help us n00bs: if you can, take another shot at a wider angle/further back to show relative location. I can barely find my way out of a paper bag. Those plastic ones? Oh, forget it!
What's will all these freakin' chalk-marks all over our cars!? They do not come out as easily as one would think.
I should probably get a tool to pinch-off the hoses before I go changing the clamps, eh? Is there something more elegant than vice-grips and a rag?
hehehe, "worm clamp", why don't you just say "c@ck ring" 
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The hoseclamp is right under the bottom aft section of the radiator. Stand in front of the car on the drivers side and position yourself right at where the battery meets the radiator. You want to go straight down from there to the bottom of the car. If you use an inspection mirror you can see the two lines, one hard, the other hard with a rubber hose coming from it. Using the picture as a guide you should find it pretty quick. Now as for the repair, just slide the hose up to the fitting as far as you can and then clamp it. Yeah, don't take the old clamp off, its just not worth the trouble it may cause. There is enough room on the fitting for the addtional hose clamp. Also watch how you tighten it down, because you don't want to deform the fitting. If this doesn't do it, let me know, because we 50+er's have to stick togther.
Donot pinch that hose, don't muck with it. (Rolo I hope that this didn't come off wrong,I'm not trying to be obnoxious. I'm just trying to say that, that hard line with a rubber hose transistion, apears to be a bear to change if it's messed up), so if you are mechanically impaired like me, just slide that puppy forward to the radiator and install a hose clamp behind the factory clamp and you should be fine.)
Another way to find the hose is to stand in front of the car and reach down to the Aft bottom RH side of the intercooler and gently move your hand along that area, you should be able to feel the fitting.
macster