Which end to cut ugh!!

I am not a purist, so whatever works is fine for me. And that may be an option. I am right now trying to figure out why a stock hose will not fit what I have. Everything is in the correct place as stock?? Guy at the Napa store told me these prebent hoses are suppose to pop on with no alterations??
they don't manufacturer pre bent hoses for every single application, any more. For cost cutting reasons they combine similar designs into one amalgam hose design which fit the different apps to different degrees of success. Some brands actually have printing on the hose, and if you consult their parts book, it will decode the printing so you will know where to cut it to fit your app.
In your case, maybe you could trim some from both ends to make it work.