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Fuel pump removal

Post by Mike-rx8-newbie »

Anybody know any tricks for removing the fuel pump those annoying tabs on the sides to be exact.
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You will need the tool to do this, I tried with out and just ended up snapping everything.
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Panic over my screw driver got hungry and are the annoying little tabs. All out in one peice
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Check out this item I found on eBay: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 0535916621
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Post by Mike-rx8-newbie »

I ev just saved myself £60 then.
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Yep that means you can now afford to fill her up :)
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Ha ! unfortunately is road tax time
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Didn't aston do a good tuturial in his thread about changing the fuel pump?
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I gave up trying to hammer & [plastic-headed] chisel the lid off.

I got a couple of spare rings off eBay and cut the old one off. I was then able to cut off the 2 tabs completely. I used a hammer and chisel to put a ring back on.

I'm doing flow measurements with various configurations so I'm knocking the ring only as far as I need. When I've got my preferred in-tank fuel pump configuration I'll knock the ring on firmly and use a bit of mastic as extra security
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Cut what two tabs off?
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Post by Mike-rx8-newbie »

Those two annoying one's that lock on to ring I'd say.
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