I recently bought a 1995 Ram 1500 5.2 with manual transmission. The previous owner had installed a cold air intake but didn't do it right and it ended up breaking so I'm replacing it with a Kool Vue 1000 series intake. Everything mounts great except that it needs the OEM clamp to attach to the throttle body. The previous owner threw it away. I tried a generic hose clamp but it's too tall, it doesn't hold the housing down onto the body. By calling a dealer I've found the OEM clamp is 53032106AA but I don't have a picture of it. Can anyone provide a picture or description of this part? I live on an island in Alaska (no local dodge dealers) and so I have to order the part. I just want to make sure it's the correct part.

 

Clamp? The bottom section of my 96 stock airbox had 4 spring clips (IIRC) attached to it (couldnt be removed) on the bottom holding it to the underside lip of the tb. If adding an aftermarket cai or open 14" filter pretty well everyone uses an S bolt that screws into the top of the tb between the blades & goes up through the tb hat with a wing nut ontop.

Can see the S bolt sticking up through my tb hat in this pic of my 408 & where it screws into the tb in pic below. My S bolt came with a K&N 14" fipk many years ago. Most guys make them from 1/4" rod with 20 thread.
edit, added S bolt dia below

 

Thanks for the info. The S bolt is the part that broke off of the housing. It broke flush with the tb and when they tried to removed the bolt they messed up the threads.

Any other options?

 

Oh crap, well thats a bit of a problem then.
Probably best to remove the tb, drill small hole in the S bolt & try an easy out to remove it. If you have a compressor, Id be sure to spray it with air real good to get any metal filings out. Then just make a new S bolt & get a wing nut for it. Hard to see but I used a nylock nut on the bottom of the S bolt. That way I can position it at the right angle it needs without screwing it too tight into the bottom of the hole in the tb which could break it off like in your case.

 

If you want some more power, could order a Fastman ported tb & send the core to Dan if you dont have whats needed to remove it.
Fastman does supply everything you need with the tb & it will give a nice gain in performance. I had one of his tbs on my mild 360, well worth the money for me.

 

My gosh!! Look at that engine AND you have a Procharger on it. That's something that I need in my truck

 

yea indy puts alot of cash into his ride, too bad shes a trailer queen!!!!!!!!!!

 

So the OEM part that I'm looking for says it's a "clamp". Do you suppose it's just a normal hose clamp? I'd rather not pay and wait for a common host clamp.

 

Hey did you ever get my email last night, i wasnt sure which email address to reply to.

 

Was wondering that too. Mopar does sell a cold air kit for the rams so is that part# for an S bolt & wing nut to hold that cai tb hat down? I would call the dealer to confirm exactly what that part is before accepting it.