I think the routing is different on my 18 but when I replaced mine it wouldn't budge either. There wasn't any foam but a sharp bend kept me from pulling it straight out. Solution was a large pair of channel locks used to twist the hose while pulling it out. It was a bear. I rerouted the new one on installation. Doing this might break the hose loose from the foam.
If it come out, the hole in the foam will need to be enlarged to make it easy to get the new one in. Maybe a drill operated drain snake with some kind of cutter rigged on the end. Maybe some aggressive sand paper wrapped on the end??
A vacuum cleaner with a small enough hose to put in with the snake and suck out the trimmings.
You won't be able to have that pull rope in there when your doing all of this but you could most likely pull one through with that vacuum.
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