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Goddamn, that thing is beautiful.

I have to ask: do you trust those hose-clamp spring things?

I had them on every hose, all over my 440 and it kept blowing the supply hose off the heater control valve, dumping all coolant. However, first I'd know of it was at the traffic lights, when it blew steam. Basically, they'd lose their spring. I didn't trust them moving forward, as it blew this hose off 4 times in one week, completely draining the cooling system each time. Cost me a fortune in new coolant each time and a pain in the ass to bleed the system on the side of the road etc. I removed them all and replaced with worm-type clamps - less original, but they hold.
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