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Oct 28, 2007 | 12:51 PM

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Well, if Stealth won't tell me when to go by, guess I'll have to go pick up a plastic one. Wish I knew what was different this time from the previous 3 times it worked.

I bought the whole kit, it also included the ac line disconnects too. I think it was 10 or 15$.

Oct 28, 2007 | 12:53 PM

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Jim - could be the filter ends this time - those flanges or ridge thingys could be a little pookered or sumptin...

Any suggestion as to what to try, other than the plastic tool? I would hate to take it to the dealer.

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Oct 28, 2007 | 12:55 PM

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I bought the whole kit, it also included the ac line disconnects too. I think it was 10 or 15$.

That may be my next purchase. What I have is the soft metal with a different size on each end.

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Oct 28, 2007 | 12:58 PM

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Any suggestion as to what to try, other than the plastic tool? I would hate to take it to the dealer.

Well - patience - I had a similar issue - just took my time, wiggled the conector back & forth, pushed them towards the filter to relieve some of the tension - eventually it came off.

Oh yeah... I was using my set of plastic disconnect tools

Oct 28, 2007 | 12:59 PM

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Oct 28, 2007 | 01:04 PM

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Damn, I hate to give in and buy the plastic! I stayed pretty patient, had the truck jacked up so I could get to it easily. Tried to release it while it was in the clamp and the while the filter was free out of the clamp, at a different angle. I'm pretty well convinced that it will not come off using the metal tool I have. Thanks for the comments.

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Oct 28, 2007 | 01:12 PM

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I was skeptical about the plastic removal tools as well, but they worked. I think I used the 5/16 and 3/8 ones in the set. There were many and they were various sizes. I picked them up at oreilly auto. Here's the ones I used in this pic.

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Oct 28, 2007 | 01:15 PM

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I was skeptical about the plastic removal tools as well, but they worked. I think I used the 5/16 and 3/8 ones in the set. There were many and they were various suzes. I picked them up at oreilly auto. Here's the ones I used in this pic.

Thanks, I am planning on going to the car wash later, so will swing by O'reilly's

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Oct 28, 2007 | 02:54 PM

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Same here. I bought both the metal and plastic type. The plastic one worked, I couldn't get the metal one to release it.

Me too. The metal scissors worked OK on the inlet gas line. But I could not get the scissors in the outlet gas line. I have a regular kit for changing fuel filters so I tried my plastic release tool and it slipped right in and the outlet gas line released easily.