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Okay, I need some help installing my Deluxe fresh air heater. There were no hoses hooked up when I bought the truck, so I have no reference. When I put hose clamps on the necks of the pipes on the heater valve, won't they crush the pipe when I tighten them or is there another way to attach the 5/8" heater hose? Same thing on the heater core, but the inlet/outlet pipes feel thicker and probably won't buckle when I tighten the hose clamps there. That heater valve just looks fragile. I just don't want any leaks from being too timid to tighten the clamps.

One more question......where do you bolt the capillary tube coming off the control valve? There's a little hole directly beneath the cigar lighter that I could use, but that's the only place I see. Does it go over and bolt to the heater housing?

Thanks for the advice.

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