Does anyone know where I can get the hose clamps that connects #14 to the intake manifolds. One of mines snapped. Thanks in advance for any help.


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If you go with Autozone, Advance Auto, Napa, O'Reilly Auto, etc, you can get stronger ones. Just bring the broken one with you and they'll figure out the correct size.

 

I tried Pepboys, Advanced Auto, and Home Depot. The band on the ones they have are too wide.

 

Too wide for what? A standard clamp works just fine.

Here's the stock clamp compared to a standard clamp. The larger clamp still fits inside the ridges on the Y pipe.

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It doesn't have to be the same width, just the correct length. It's a hose clamp. If you look at the Y pipe the clamping area is an inch wide so some adjustment to the manifolds is possible. I had a mechanic look at the MB clamps and mutter, get some decent clamps on there boy.

Les

 

It sits into a groove.

 

Updated my response above and added photos.

 

Awesome pics, going back to get a set tomorrow. Thanks for your help.

 

You're welcome and you're car will thank you for the upgrade.

 

Dang Grip, you got your pic up before I could find my spare in the closet.

 

You need to step up your game, player.

 

OK, got the clamp back on. Now I am having the engine misfiring problem. This happened before when the sensor in the y pipe popped out, but this time nothing looks loose. Anyone have any ideas?

 

Looks like unplugging the negative for an hour fixed it. Must have been a crazy sensor. Thanks for everyone's help.