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Originally Posted by HWYSTR455
Sweet! Lookin' great!
I used those hose clamps before, and with new hose I found heating them with a heat gun for a little to relax the hose helped them from leaking initially. Thought you might be interested.
I used the OE repop 'ring' clamps on the 442, and those too needed some heat to relax. Some wouldn't provide enough tension, and had to try several to get them to work sometimes. Luckily I bought bags of them!
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I will do the first few heat cycles on water only in the cooling system. Coolant makes such a mess if there is a leak. I will try heating the hoses if needed. They felt tight but don't use tower clamps very often. I have the wire ring clamps on my 62 Catalina. They fit super tight and didn't leak.