MikeT wrote:Yep, spent literally days fighting this "problem". I believe it's to do with how the matrix and/or holding plate is lined/bolted up to the bulkhead. If it's not fully flush/square/abbuted and tightened up the hoses coupling won't go that last micron to latch in place. I could be wrong but trust me when I say that force is not the fix, so don't go getting all primeval on it and wearing yourself out using aggression (like I tried); I devised all manner of ways to push/ram the connector on when, in fact, once aligned properly, it took very little effort to get it to clip in place - I mean a small girl could probably do it.
Hey, thanks for your reply.
Not being native in English, I don't really understand what is not aligned with what and how to get it like that.....pretty much my whole car is put together, this is the only thing missing and I'm good to go...but one of the bolts, holding my heating box or whatever the bulky thing containing the heating core is called(the long ones held by a golden nut) is broken so it may well be that the whole thing stays just a little out of place.... :S I hope i don' have to put the whole car apart again....
PS already tried it with the hammer....gently, of course, as much as this is possible with a hammer and it didn't move....so I figured violence is not the solution
PS2. iiuc, its all about the angle with which the water hoses hit the heater core ends....so in theory if I detach the water hoses from their other side and try to connect it to the heater core end first, it should do the trick?
