hey guys, just need some help real quick, been thinking around and the fuel filter listed in the Motorcraft book is the wrong one, it looks absolutely nothing like the one I had stock, its much wider. can anyone consult their owner's manual, (I can't find mine) and get the right fuel filter motorcraft part number.

~Toast

 

Try this FG-986B I just put one on my L about 2 hours ago took me all of 5 minutes to change. Actually 15 minutes if you count trying to wash that crap off my hands that ford puts on the frames.

 

so fuel filters are pretty easy to change? Dont you have to worry about gas running out everywhere or have special tools?

 

as long as you releive the pressure in the fuel system gas wont drip out so much at all. If you want to be real smart about it you can get a small peice of shop paper towl and plug the fuel line as soon as you pull it off.

There are no special tools needed at all, ford was actually pretty smart and little quick disconects are right there on the fuel line for you.
The fuel filter is located pretty much right underneath the back of your driver's seat right along the frame.

~Toast

btw,,, can anyone else concur on the fuel filter part number here.

 

wrong a special tool is needed you need a quick disconnect fuel line tool to push in after the clips come off

 

I own that tool ($2.99 or something from murrays etc) but when I got under my truck to do the job i never ended up using it. as a matter of fact I think the tool is still in the box, never bothered to take it back, maybe I should post it in the classifieds?? Or I could make my own and sell it for $35.

~Toast

 

~Toast,
whatever happened with your truck?? didn't you have an explosion or something???..JR

 

i located the fuel filter a long time ago but im just unsure about gas leaking/spilling out everywhere when i unhook the clips. Looks like to me the clips can be clamped using a pair of pliers on each one, slid the filter out, and slip the new one in.
U sure a rag stuffed in the gas line will prevent gas spillage? How you i relieve the pressure in the tank-unscrew the filter slowly to releave pressure slowly?
THakns for any info guys

 

Toast, you need the tool. The metal retainer clips are just safety failsafes. Once you pop them off, you still need the special tool to release the lock tabs that are inside the fuel line ends.

 

I did it with a screwdriver but it was a pain in the ***, and i like the smell of gas so im not worried about it dripping out. LOL

 

lol,, bingo screwdriver still a pain in the *** but since I was already under the truck I was too lazy to get back up. A shop towl should work as long as the initial squirt is out, I've used that technique on tranny lines as well, doesn't work perfectly, but works nonetheless. Keep your eyes away from it if you are worried about too much spillage, but you will open the flood gates if your fuel line still has pressure in it, I learned that the hard way the first time I ever changed a fuel filter on my old old 92 taurus

~Toast

 

I'll update on the truck when the time comes. Just glad to have problems in the winter when she'd normally be up in storage as opposed to in the summer when I'd be dieing to drive her.

~Toast