FUEL FILTER HELP!
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Cargo Master
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FUEL FILTER HELP!
Ok i have tried twice now to change my fuel filter....
i have a tool for 5/16 line that worked great on the fornt side of the filter but i cant for the life of me get the back connection off and the filter out of the bracket.
any help would be appreciated ad i now have a big dent in the fuel filter from trying to get it out of the bracket.
i really don't want to have to bring it to a shop to have it done but its beginning to look like that is whats going to happen....
help! please
i have dual tanks if that makes any difference....
i have a tool for 5/16 line that worked great on the fornt side of the filter but i cant for the life of me get the back connection off and the filter out of the bracket.
any help would be appreciated ad i now have a big dent in the fuel filter from trying to get it out of the bracket.
i really don't want to have to bring it to a shop to have it done but its beginning to look like that is whats going to happen....
help! please
i have dual tanks if that makes any difference....
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I just changed mine this afternoon on my 97 F-250 short box with dual tanks and what a Bi### it was to do. I had good luck with getting a pair of pliars up there to twist on the hose just to free it up. Then I installed the tool and I used two pry bars, one to push against the fuel filter and the tool to press the tool into the line, and then the second pry bar pressed against the tool and the line and it popped right off. Basicly the tool was sand-whiched between two pry bars, with one pushing the tool and the other pushing the line. I had tried to push the tool with one hand and use the pliars to push on the line with no luck.
It is too bad Ford did not move the filter 6 inches closer to the front, on mine it was right next to the mid ship fuel tank which made access even worse, but then again maybe they are this way on all of them.
I hope this helps!
Jeff
It is too bad Ford did not move the filter 6 inches closer to the front, on mine it was right next to the mid ship fuel tank which made access even worse, but then again maybe they are this way on all of them.
I hope this helps!
Jeff
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From: East Helena MT
Im not sure what tool you are using, but mine is the metal one about 4 inches long and it pivots in the middle and has different sizes on each end. I am able to slip that tool up and get it over the tube on the end of the filter and pushed in against the spring. Then I get the pry bars up and it came right apart.
If you have those disconnect tools that is only for one size and is basicly a half circle, I could see how that is harder to get up as there is little to no room between the fuel tank and filter.
Jeff
If you have those disconnect tools that is only for one size and is basicly a half circle, I could see how that is harder to get up as there is little to no room between the fuel tank and filter.
Jeff
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oh and i used an open ended wrench to press the tool into the coupling on the of the filter (filter was super close to the fuel tank, not much room for my hands... ) popped right off.
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2 additions on this matter I'd like to add...
1)-Relieve the fuel pressure.....So as not to get a nice burning face full of petrol....
2)-After doing #1....Do Mikeys way, and use another tool (Large handled screwdriver, or a small household hammer) to SLIGHTLY tap the OE wrench....To help break tension...
Also, soak it in PB Blaster.....
1)-Relieve the fuel pressure.....So as not to get a nice burning face full of petrol....
2)-After doing #1....Do Mikeys way, and use another tool (Large handled screwdriver, or a small household hammer) to SLIGHTLY tap the OE wrench....To help break tension...
Also, soak it in PB Blaster.....
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If the skid plate is limiting your hands, try dropping it down on the rail side. The only way that I can change mine, is to lower that plate down.
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I don't have a 3/8" tool so maybe that's my issue... A guy up the road Sao he would change it for $20 so I dropped the truck off there last night lol for $20 it Isnt worth fighting with it to me
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