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Willie

09-13-2002 06:57:41




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Trying to put a new fuel filter on the little ladies Exploer last night and I ended up not getting the job done (no ataboy for me). The little plastic fuel line release tool broke in half. This is the kind of filter that you slip the tool over the fuel filter nipple and press the tool into the line fitting. That acton releases the fuel line from the filter. I need to replace that junk plastic tool. Who makes one that is good? And is there some trick to this I missed? This is only the third time I've used that little thing and it's been a fight under the frame rail each time. It is a little round gray plastic tool that I got at NAPA. For some reason plastic tools don't last me very long.

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John Ne.

09-13-2002 18:01:29




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 Re: Fuel Line Tool in reply to Willie, 09-13-2002 06:57:41  
Ford mechanics invented some new words when these fittings were introduced some years ago. The AC lines are the same way. The problem we have here is most folk drive on dirt and gravel roads and the real fine road dirt seems to collect behind the small steel fingers in the fittings, nothing to do but use some cleaner and spray lot of air, otherwise the fingers won't push in and release. No way around it either. I like Brians idea too. The plastic tools I use for the lines are made with handles about four inches long. The tiny plastic ones that sometimes come with the filters, are pretty much a one shot deal. John in Nebraska

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Brian G. NY

09-13-2002 16:54:15




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 Re: Fuel Line Tool in reply to Willie, 09-13-2002 06:57:41  
When I had to replace the fuel pump/sending unit on my wife's Explorer I discovered these "new-fangled" fittings for the first time. I looked close at the repair manual, found some nylon bushing to fit one, brass to fit the other (of course, there has to be two sizes!), sliced them in half, filed on 'em and made my own. they worked, but I don't expect everybody to be as frugal (read cheap) or stubborn as I am. Of course not everyone has a 40 year accumulation of all the sh.. (stuff) I have at my disposal either.

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RobertTX

09-13-2002 12:01:35




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 Re: Fuel Line Tool in reply to Willie, 09-13-2002 06:57:41  
I got aluminum ones for about $6.00 each. They are one tool for each size, so if you have more than one fitting size you pay more. Maybe the other guy got a better tool that fits many sizes for $25, I don't know. By the way, if you haven't done it before, be ready. If the tank is near full, you may get a real good stream of fuel due to siphoning.



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Mac

09-13-2002 07:24:58




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 Re: Fuel Line Tool in reply to Willie, 09-13-2002 06:57:41  
Try another auto store for a good anodized alum one. They dont break. But cost 25 bucks or so.
I will agree, some of those DIY tools are not much count. Anymore the savings of a DIY job is almost a thing of the past on auto's. They have to make stuff so the shadetree dont have a chance.



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Ludwig

09-16-2002 13:04:21




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 Re: Re: Fuel Line Tool in reply to Mac, 09-13-2002 07:24:58  
Ain't that the truth, my wife's dorf cooked a computer module and I had to buy the tool to replace it. This particular tool is like a small deep socket with very thin walls. Well they had a little handle on the tool to help you use it, but the danged little handle makes the tool WAY too big to fit into the space by the distributor.
With half my apartment complex watching on I laid the tool on the ground and beat the handle off with a hammer and then ground flats onto it with a file so I could put a wrench on it. Now its pretty usefull and I'm not letting go of it. I've had offers to buy mine so I go to the store and get more and "modify" them, its actually a pretty good little cottage(apartment?) business.

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RB/CT

09-13-2002 17:34:07




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 Re: Re: Fuel Line Tool in reply to Mac, 09-13-2002 07:24:58  
They are a real pain. They seem to come off all at once. On my F-150, it took one and one half hrs. to get it off. A mechanic told me to push the fitting forward, and then use the tool. I have used both plastic and aluminum ones. The aluminum are about twelve dollars. Once you get it off, look at it and think how the tool works. The only thing I don't like is the o rings inside. They will only come off so many times before there replaced. One important tip, if I might mention it: Get yourself a small can of air, a duster for computer stuff. Before you take it apart, spray air in the fitting to get any sand or dirt out that might go into the o ring and cause problems. I got my small can of air from Wal-Mart. Good luck, use patience.

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