Urgent! Changing Fuel Pump

Puma94GT · 06-10-2003, 01:39 PM

Hello. Please help. Right now I'm changing my fuel pump. I have the gas tank lowered and I'm in the process of removing the fuel lines. I'm having a hard time getting the fuel lines removed. Is there any way I can do it w/o any special tools. Do I need a special tool to remove them. The Chilton book says I need a duck clip removal tool??? Please help ASAP. Thank you.

silver_pilate · 06-10-2003, 02:41 PM

Well, special tools really help. However, I changed my first pump without 'em.

I don't remember exactly how I did it, but I removed the clips with a set of needlenose and a couple of screwdrivers.

Just take it easy, slow, and don't break anything.

Sorry this doesn't help much, but I know it can be done.

--nathan

Dark_5.0 · 06-10-2003, 02:50 PM

My fuel pump came with new clips so i just broke the old ones and put new ones in.

Dark_5.0 · 06-10-2003, 02:52 PM

Just press in the clips with a couple of small screw drivers and pull the lines off.

Puma94GT · 06-10-2003, 06:13 PM

It's all done. Thanks for your help. I was thinking of using a small screwdriver but I was afraid to break the clips. I ended buying a universal one at an autoparts store. $25!! . . .and I probably never use it again. Oh well. Thanks again for the replies.

silver_pilate · 06-10-2003, 06:34 PM

You got the tool? You might be surprised about using it again if you keep that mustang a while. Also, when one of your buddies runs up against the same problem, you can nonchalantly say, "Oh yeah, I've got that tool" and whoop it out. Hey, if there's one thing I've learned, it's that you can never have too many tools.

--nathan

06-10-2003, 01:39 PM	#1
Puma94GT Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: L.I., NY Posts: 10	Urgent! Changing Fuel Pump Hello. Please help. Right now I'm changing my fuel pump. I have the gas tank lowered and I'm in the process of removing the fuel lines. I'm having a hard time getting the fuel lines removed. Is there any way I can do it w/o any special tools. Do I need a special tool to remove them. The Chilton book says I need a duck clip removal tool??? Please help ASAP. Thank you. __________________ 94 Mustang GT- Kwik Shift, K&N Filter, removed air silencer, Mac Pullies.

06-10-2003, 02:41 PM	#2
silver_pilate DURKA DURKA!! Join Date: Sep 1997 Location: Lubbock, TX...(TX panhandle) Posts: 1,418	Well, special tools really help. However, I changed my first pump without 'em. I don't remember exactly how I did it, but I removed the clips with a set of needlenose and a couple of screwdrivers. Just take it easy, slow, and don't break anything. Sorry this doesn't help much, but I know it can be done. --nathan __________________ '91 GT, Coast 347, 9.5:1 compression, full intake, Wolverine 1087 cam, exhaust, Keith Craft ported Windsor Jr. Irons (235 cfm intake, 195 cfm exhaust), AOD, PI 3500 converter, Lentech valve body, 3.73's (4.10's in the works), and Yokohama ES100's out back. Daily Car: '04 Infiniti G35 Sedan 6MT

06-10-2003, 02:50 PM	#3
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	My fuel pump came with new clips so i just broke the old ones and put new ones in. __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, GT40X heads, Ported cobra intake, stock cam, Vortech SC trim. 00' Lightning-Stock 88'CRX-13 second ego killer

06-10-2003, 02:52 PM	#4
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	Just press in the clips with a couple of small screw drivers and pull the lines off. __________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, GT40X heads, Ported cobra intake, stock cam, Vortech SC trim. 00' Lightning-Stock 88'CRX-13 second ego killer

06-10-2003, 06:13 PM	#5
Puma94GT Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: L.I., NY Posts: 10	It's all done. Thanks for your help. I was thinking of using a small screwdriver but I was afraid to break the clips. I ended buying a universal one at an autoparts store. $25!! . . .and I probably never use it again. Oh well. Thanks again for the replies. __________________ 94 Mustang GT- Kwik Shift, K&N Filter, removed air silencer, Mac Pullies.

06-10-2003, 06:34 PM	#6
silver_pilate DURKA DURKA!! Join Date: Sep 1997 Location: Lubbock, TX...(TX panhandle) Posts: 1,418	You got the tool? You might be surprised about using it again if you keep that mustang a while. Also, when one of your buddies runs up against the same problem, you can nonchalantly say, "Oh yeah, I've got that tool" and whoop it out. Hey, if there's one thing I've learned, it's that you can never have too many tools. --nathan __________________ '91 GT, Coast 347, 9.5:1 compression, full intake, Wolverine 1087 cam, exhaust, Keith Craft ported Windsor Jr. Irons (235 cfm intake, 195 cfm exhaust), AOD, PI 3500 converter, Lentech valve body, 3.73's (4.10's in the works), and Yokohama ES100's out back. Daily Car: '04 Infiniti G35 Sedan 6MT

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