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davidberryman
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Hi all, spent a few months preparing 2.3 saloon for MOT, filled tank, stink of petrol, leaking like a sieve, ordered tank (£95.00 BEEVERS), had to cut off heads to strap bolts to drop tank (worry about getting bolts out later)...question fuel pipes do not come out from sender unit and for that matter cannot remove sender...aware ford has special tool for sender but hoping some one can advise..advise greatly appreciatted.
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scorpio_man
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Re: fuel tank
« Reply #1 on: Apr 14th, 2007, 8:10pm » |
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hi there
the sender unit just unscrews. the ford tool is a big spanner. i've changed the tank just by hitting the ring off with a flat screwdriver.
hth
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Re: fuel tank
« Reply #2 on: Apr 14th, 2007, 8:16pm » |
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Thanks Scorpio-man, what about the fuel pipes, how do you remove?
Thanks
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Re: fuel tank
« Reply #4 on: Apr 14th, 2007, 8:26pm » |
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thanks a lot gives me the confidence to go have another go tommorrow, thanks again
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scorpio_man
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Re: fuel tank
« Reply #5 on: Apr 14th, 2007, 8:47pm » |
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hi there
when putting it back together, make sure you clean the electrical connections to the sender unit. not much fun taking it back down again. 
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mr._floppy
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Re: fuel tank
« Reply #7 on: Apr 15th, 2007, 12:38pm » |
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Yeah, just squeeze the two tabs on each side of the the inlet and outlet pipes on the sender unit and pull them straight up and out.
I have the same trouble with one of the tank strap bolts, one of them won't unscrew , let me know how you get on removing yours
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Re: fuel tank
« Reply #8 on: Apr 15th, 2007, 9:28pm » |
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hi there
you could try these. i've bought a set, but not tried them yet.
i got the bodyshop to replace my bumper. 
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a right pain they can be. some just come off no problem when you press the 'tabs'. mine (on my old sierra, same thing), just didn't want to budge, so i left them on. 
