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Anyone have a way to remove the fuel pump retaining ring n the bottom of the tank?

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Wrap a rag around the end of the screwdriver's tip and place the tip on the vertical edge of the fuel pump retaining ring. Tap the handle of the screwdriver with the rubber mallet until the retaining ring rotates and releases the fuel pump.

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Lift the fuel pump out of the tank by hand and set it aside. Remove the old fuel pump gasket, put the new one in its place and lower the replacement fuel pump into the tank, facing the same direction as the old pump. Make sure you do not bend or otherwise deform the fuel level float arm during the installation. It is also best to make sure the fuel level float arm has proper clearance inside the tank, so that it will not hit the tank walls during normal operati



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No its inside of the tank and has to be cut out for the new pump? Rotunda sells a specific tool but was seeing if someone else had an idea before I spent $200 on it.

first focus? did we quote out the job yet? add on to the quote to cover the tool.

Nah Ive done a few ford always lends me the tool but I dont liek to borrow things.

If you are talking about those plastic tabs in the bottom of the tank, I have cut them with a pair of wire cutters I have that the cutters are sideways compaired to normal "dikes". It is not the easiest thing to do, but I don't want the tool either.

I have not yet run into this. I should be prepared.

I ordered the tool I have borrowed it 6 times so I need it. $170 = freight from ford dealership

I think I have done three or four of these, the same set up in the cougars too.

I checked the repair procedure but there was no mention of it. Then I found it in a TSB. Tool looks like an end-nipper. Redesigned pump doesn't need the nips it would seem. Cool. Thanks for the info.

ricmorin wrote:. Tool looks like an end-nipper. .

Yeah, thats what I was trying to think of calling my cutters, they are end nippers, the ones from ford are longer and stronger then a regular pair, kinda like the nippers they use to trim horses hoves when shoding them....

ricmorin wrote: Redesigned pump doesn't need the nips it would seem..

That would be correct.

ya and I didnt want to leave stuff in the tank so I would then have to drain it and clean it out. I had a cougar with one also. they didnt make this pump to be repalced poor design or the car outlived its expectation.

how did you know she was a cougar?

fortknoxx wrote:how did you know she was a cougar?

She had to show ID to pay by check

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