Nagging question on Clamps

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by blue62

Spring type clamps are typically made from "spring steel" spring steel does not wear out so there is really no reason to replace them other then if there is some sort of damage to them.
I always reuse my flat spring type clamps. The round wire type I do not care for and usually replace them. I replace the round wire type simply because I find them hard to work with.

That's really helpful, thanks.

So when you replace the round wire type, where do you obtain replacements? Online? Or do AZ, Advanced Auto, O'Reilly, etc just have drawers full of generic clamps that can be used? (I don't know, sounds like you've been around for a while...maybe YOU have drawers full of various generic clamps )

And, if you were doing the coolant tank replacement, with everything so difficult to access, would you still use that approach? (ie reusing the flat spring type?) I just don't want to have to access those clamps twice.

I don't know—maybe you have done the coolant tank. From what I've seen in DIY pictures, it looks like the connections are all that type, the flat spring ones. Did anyone encounter any of the round wire ones in doing their coolant tank?