what we use at our shop are little picks like dental ones just bigger from snap-on to get the hoses off. if you are going to pull the hose and get a new one, just cut it along the length and peel it off. if I were you I would just pull the large coolant hose too for a little more room to pull the smaller one. if you have a little bit of cash to spend just replace all the hoses and hose clamps while you are in there, they shouldn't be too expensive. if one blew out the others are probably rotting a little bit too but that's just my 2 cents.
nice fuse block! im in the process of doing all that stuff too but am having trouble finding places to mount fuses inside the truck where they are still accessible since one is getting run to the back of the truck lol.
if you run a relay to give the block power I have the wiring diagrams for what wires are what on the steering column. for instance the blue and red wire is your ACC position on the keys. so my relay completes the circuit to the fuse panel when the key is in ACC position because I spliced into that wire so im not running power all the time and im not draining the battery. I can look up what wire is the Run key position if you want that too and other stuff like that
nice fuse block! im in the process of doing all that stuff too but am having trouble finding places to mount fuses inside the truck where they are still accessible since one is getting run to the back of the truck lol.
if you run a relay to give the block power I have the wiring diagrams for what wires are what on the steering column. for instance the blue and red wire is your ACC position on the keys. so my relay completes the circuit to the fuse panel when the key is in ACC position because I spliced into that wire so im not running power all the time and im not draining the battery. I can look up what wire is the Run key position if you want that too and other stuff like that