Help with disconnecting fuel line (PICS)
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Burning Brakes
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From: Saratoga CA
Help with disconnecting fuel line (PICS)
Ok, I'm trying to disconnect the fuel line that goes to the fuel rail, but I'm having some problems.
This is the fuel line I'm trying to disconnect :
This is the fuel line disconnect tool I bought :
This is what I'm trying to do :
I stuck the tool in there and I hear a slight click, nothing real solid but anyway, I tug on the fuel line and it doesn't come out. I try to push the tool in as far as possible and that's pretty much all I can do without breaking out something to leverage it in. Tugged back and forth and nothing. Is this the right tool? What am I doing wrong?
[Modified by akw408, 9:29 PM 11/3/2002]
This is the fuel line I'm trying to disconnect :
This is the fuel line disconnect tool I bought :
This is what I'm trying to do :
I stuck the tool in there and I hear a slight click, nothing real solid but anyway, I tug on the fuel line and it doesn't come out. I try to push the tool in as far as possible and that's pretty much all I can do without breaking out something to leverage it in. Tugged back and forth and nothing. Is this the right tool? What am I doing wrong?
[Modified by akw408, 9:29 PM 11/3/2002]
Melting Slicks
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From: East Tennessee
Re: Help with disconnecting fuel line (akw408)
Your pics arent showing up but make sure you push the tool towards the line, then push the line towards the tool like you were installing the line. Then move them both together while holding pressure on the tool. If you just push the tool the little clips will hang on the flange of the steel line, you have to push the hose on a little then release them with the tool - its hard to describe but when you do it you will see :)
Oops, the pics just worked, you have the right tool - just push on the line then push back on the tool while holding the line and pull them off together (the tool will stop at the barb on the line)
[Modified by kp, 10:37 PM 11/3/2002]
Oops, the pics just worked, you have the right tool - just push on the line then push back on the tool while holding the line and pull them off together (the tool will stop at the barb on the line)
[Modified by kp, 10:37 PM 11/3/2002]
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Burning Brakes
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Re: Help with disconnecting fuel line (kp)
Thanks kp. I tried again and failed miserably. I tried pushing the line towards the tool, it moves about 1/4" or so. The tool will not go together with the line when I pull on them. Could it be my tool is not exactly right? Maybe the cylinder is too thin or too thick? I mean, it shouldn't be that difficult is it? Or how much pressure should I be applying? I think I am applying at least 20-30 lbs or pressure.
Melting Slicks
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From: East Tennessee
Re: Help with disconnecting fuel line (akw408)
You have to push the tool into the line pretty hard with the line pushed up, you will feel it go into the line and compress the spring. The tool will not follow the fitting all the way off, it can only go as far as the barb that the clip on the line is holding on to. If the tool snaps around the line with a small gap its the right one.
Take two fingers and put them around the tool while holding the line forward with your thumb/palm and pull the tool into the line pretty hard, then pull back on the while thing and you will feel the line slide back and it will be free, the tool will stay on the pipe. I could take it off in one second if I was there, just hard to desribe over the internet :/
I lost my tool the other day and took my line off with a plastic strip I cut from a spray can top so it shouldnt be that hard to get it off.
[Modified by kp, 1:29 AM 11/4/2002]
Take two fingers and put them around the tool while holding the line forward with your thumb/palm and pull the tool into the line pretty hard, then pull back on the while thing and you will feel the line slide back and it will be free, the tool will stay on the pipe. I could take it off in one second if I was there, just hard to desribe over the internet :/
I lost my tool the other day and took my line off with a plastic strip I cut from a spray can top so it shouldnt be that hard to get it off.
[Modified by kp, 1:29 AM 11/4/2002]
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Burning Brakes
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From: Saratoga CA
Re: Help with disconnecting fuel line (kp)
Hey kp. Thanks for all your coaching. I tried and tried and couldn't figure it out, and then finally I just wrapped the cylinder with electrical tape to increase the thickness because the last thing I could think of was that the hooks weren't getting fully pushed in to release it. Well, with about 10lbs of pressure, the thing came off. Boy, glad I finally got the easiest thing out of the way. :lol: Thanks. :cheers:
Drifting
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Re: Help with disconnecting fuel line (Face)
If that disconnect tool isnt a 3/8" tool, its gonna be a pain like you are describing. I've tried 1/2" tools and it was a seemingly impossible task. With the 3/8" sized one, it came off in a little under 3 seconds. Seriously. Sounds like the size is off just a little. I've done this 5-6 times and have a whole set of those little disconnect tools. I think you need a smaller one or its gonna be tough.
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Burning Brakes
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From: Saratoga CA
Re: Help with disconnecting fuel line (jmX)
If that disconnect tool isnt a 3/8" tool, its gonna be a pain like you are describing. I've tried 1/2" tools and it was a seemingly impossible task. With the 3/8" sized one, it came off in a little under 3 seconds. Seriously. Sounds like the size is off just a little. I've done this 5-6 times and have a whole set of those little disconnect tools. I think you need a smaller one or its gonna be tough.
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