Advice on changing fuel filter 99 XLT

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SizzleMP - 17 Jun 2004 13:26 GMT

I picked up a fuel filter last night at the auto parts store for my 99 XLT
SOHC. It has 30K on it so I figured it's time. The fuel filter has these
"duckbill" clips on them. The counterguy said all I need is a pair of
needlenose pliers to get them off. Just wondering if its straightforward
replacing?

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SizzleMP - 18 Jun 2004 09:50 GMT

Well so much for the counterguy's advice. I was under my truck trying to take
the filter out and finally realizing that after trying to pull the lines out
for about 10 minutes, I finally called back another auto parts store. I asked
if there was a special tool to remove the filter, and he said yes. So I drove
down and got the spring release kit ( various sizes) and finally got the filter
off.

>I picked up a fuel filter last night at the auto parts store for my 99 XLT
>SOHC. It has 30K on it so I figured it's time. The fuel filter has these
>"duckbill" clips on them. The counterguy said all I need is a pair of
>needlenose pliers to get them off. Just wondering if its straightforward
>replacing?

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Jim Warman - 27 Jun 2004 06:38 GMT

There's a very good reason that these guys are making less than half what an
average tech makes.......

Anecdote of the day.... when this style of connection first appeared, demand
for the release tools was high and supply was short.. I paid over 40 bux
Canajun for the 5/16ths (8mm) release tool by itself. Now, I can buy 3 sets
of nearly full coverage release tools for the same money - but I needed the
tool back then......

A decent tech might make good a buck but the toolmonger gets most of it all
the same. A lot of this stuff is common sense and logical routines. Thanks
for sharing the experience. Hopefully someone else will see it and avoid the
struggle.

> Well so much for the counterguy's advice. I was under my truck trying to take
> the filter out and finally realizing that after trying to pull the lines out
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> >needlenose pliers to get them off. Just wondering if its straightforward
> >replacing?

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