Now I'm a Real Man - Replaced the Gas Filter on I30t

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JM - 09 Mar 2004 00:21 GMT

But, I cheated. Did it while changing out the starter, so had nearly
a reasonable amount of room with the air ducts removed. Only 28 bits
of missing skin. Couldn't blow any air through the old one at 94,000
miles.

JM

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NissTech - 09 Mar 2004 01:49 GMT

the more you do them the easier they get, I always remove the intake ducting
to get to the fuel filter.
It takes a few extra steps but the savings in skin kind of balances it out

> But, I cheated. Did it while changing out the starter, so had nearly
> a reasonable amount of room with the air ducts removed. Only 28 bits
> of missing skin. Couldn't blow any air through the old one at 94,000
> miles.
>
> JM

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David Geesaman - 09 Mar 2004 16:25 GMT

I picked up a set of 'hose pliers' at Harbor Freight. Carefully applied
(don't wanna damage fuel hoses), they made a night/day difference.
Twisted/pulled the hose with the pliers while prying on the end of the hose
with a screwdriver. Did the FF on my ABS-equipped 97 in 20min. First time
it took 2 hours, all prying on the hoses and cursing.

Dave

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JM - 11 Mar 2004 17:00 GMT

> I picked up a set of 'hose pliers' at Harbor Freight. Carefully applied
> (don't wanna damage fuel hoses), they made a night/day difference.
> Twisted/pulled the hose with the pliers while prying on the end of the hose
> with a screwdriver. Did the FF on my ABS-equipped 97 in 20min. First time
> it took 2 hours, all prying on the hoses and cursing.

The cursing definitely helped me too.

The worst part of it was, that the clamps were put on "wrong" at the
factory and I had a hard time getting a screw driver on them. Then,
they were so tight that I ended up having to twist the screws out by
the threads with a pair of pliers.

JM

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llama_man - 12 Mar 2004 02:53 GMT

Changed out the fuel filter on my 98 Max(no ABS) for the first time
yesterday. I used and trick from my days of working on motorcycles to
make it easier. I pry up the edge of the fuel hose with a screwdriver
and then squirt a little WD-40 between the hose an the tube. After
that, the hose is fairly easy to remove by twisting and pulling.

> > I picked up a set of 'hose pliers' at Harbor Freight. Carefully applied
> > (don't wanna damage fuel hoses), they made a night/day difference.
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>
> JM

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