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Shouldnt have been any clamps, thats the whole point of the quick connect coupling system. They are $11.42 on rockauto minus the 5% discount code.
I had a he'll of a time replacing it. Couldn't get the old one disconnected. Finally I just started to snip away at it with wire cutters, carefully. Worked like a charm.
I know exactly the cuss words you made up. I had the same problem. I solved just like you did. Cut the plastic near the windows that the clips protrude from. Mine fell apart and came off after i made those cuts. They would not budge even though I was pushing in both clips. I figured out that after the plastic get so old and kinda brittle that instead of being solid and moving on one end when you push inward on the other end of the clips instead they just try to fold and that makes the clip engagement against the shoulder on the metal line not clear and stay locked. Bottom line is just destroy them at the windows and they will come right off.
Exactly! Same exact issue I had.
