In future, sometimes it's easier to just blow the stuff out.
Put your finger over one exit barb, and blow hard in the other exit barb. The change-over and do the same with the xit barbs swapped around.
This is usually enough to blow lint and fluff out without having to disassemble.
Lint/fluff rarely gets stuck in the actual channels, it just sits on top of the channels under the inlet, and blowing backwards through the block is enough to get it out.
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