the knockoff ones I found at pep boys didn't fit directly on the inlet barb thing. like i said, i'll figure something out. right now I need to get a new rear heater hose (the one that always fails) because I was a dumbass and reused it.

Yeah, definitely replace that sucker. The original engine in my TII met its fate when the old heater hose blew. I just posted this in another thread, but the internal damage was amazing. Not fun.