Well the Van is mostly for my girls and they love colrful funky stuff, besides is just duct tape, so is no big deal to take it off..

well so you understand my fear..

I'm already looking for a place where i can drop the tank and do everything that needs to be done..

So far i'm sure the police will not be to happy if they catch me drooping a tank right on the street but I'm on it reading about the procedures..

 

Okay finally I found the receptacle, but man are you kidding me what kind of Humpalumpa hands do you need to get to the bottom of it..

So far I look from the front and I can take the two 13mm easy and the upper connector but the two lower ones I can not even see...

do you reach them from inside the cabin...???

help I have monkey hands..

 

Are you working on the fuel bowl?

 

I'm trying too, I got all the Orings and I'm ready to fix it but I can not fit my hands in there much less a wrench, but it most be a way, I have seeing good 20 videos on youtube but they are all trucks, no one van..

They where no kidding is little space to work on the engine of this vans..

 

Hm I’ve never worked on a 7.3 van before but I’m sure there’s a way somehow. I think I used a 3 in extension when I did mine and a ratchet wrench but then again was on a truck

 

I need to get my self some "Craw foot" and a remote view camera for my Iphone, I have no idea what I did not take a picture today..

Is about 3' inside the "Fire wall" (about 4' behind the bonnet opening, but is only about 1 1/2" of height to get to it..

it most be a video some where of how to do it..

 

I looked up a little and most people said they did it by feel. Sounds better to delete the fuel bowl than having to deal with that again....

 

I will love to delete it but I'm kind of broke at the moment and I read is very expensive mod to do...

 

Yeah very understandable I’m in basically the same boat. Trying to keep up with maintenance previous owners didn’t due gets expensive rather fast.

 

Plus I'm working on the street (next to a really busy street) so I need to be Fast and "do it by feeL" is many things but not fast..

 

I think I found a answer, you take it from the dog house side, but you need to take the turbo to get to it, loads of work but at least you can see what you are doing..

 

sounds like you should find a freind with a driveway or shop or something.
I was going to suggest pulling the turbo to get at it from the back end but it’s quite a bit of work. I’m about to pull mine tomorrow. It’s not terribly hard and should be a lot easier for you because you can look at the collector and realign it.

 

Tell that to my Ex, in the old house I had space to park ten trucks..

Well tomorrow I will open the doghouse, find some lights and go from there, I'm not afraid of work, I'm afraid to f$ck up somehow

 

The tear down of the bowl is going slow but is going forward, I decide to clean the dirt and soil and examine some of the rust near the dog house floor boards (more than I was specting.)

Took the air intake and that give me a ton of space *I can fin my hand, but not really move it around, but by tomorrow I hope to have it all done

The videos on youtube are very helpful since I can not see the bowl at least with the videos I get a general idea of where the parts are located..

 

I have a lot of admiration for you van drivers. Your determination and dedication leans toward the side of insanity at times.

Unless you are changing up-pipes, then it is a 15 minute job.