I know this is worthless w/o pics but I will try to get one up. But had to share this with you guys. Today I was doing some maintenace on the truck. Nothing too big, I did the oil change, flushed the power steering fluid, changed the transfer case fluid and decided to flush the coolant while I was there. Those constant tension hose clamps (Mobea clamps they are sometimes called) can be a pain! I had broken my hose clamp pliers sometime ago and never replaced them. Well, after some time fiddling with these clamps using slip joint pliers, down to the AutoZone I go. WOW! I got a neat pair of specialized hose clamp pliers! Imagine Pliers with a long cable going to 2 jaws that grab the clamp and compresses them! Much better than my old tool.
They look very much like these:
http://www.matcotools.com/ProductImages/hcpr20.jpg
But these are $80 from Matco. The one's I got from AutoZone were $34 and worked great.
They look very much like these:
http://www.matcotools.com/ProductImages/hcpr20.jpg
But these are $80 from Matco. The one's I got from AutoZone were $34 and worked great.
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