Hello All,

Finishing up a long overdue ATI install here (delayed due to
wife pregnancy complications, etc). Anyway, I need to
disconnect the return fuel line in order to hook up the FMU, and
it's not going as easy as I thought. I have the plastic tool that
comes with the kit. I removed the safety clamp, and slipped the
tool over the line, and pressed it down in order to release
the spring coupling, but I still can't seem to pull the lines apart.

It's abit akward since I can only get one hand down in there,
and I haven't put a lot of muscle on it yet. I figured I would ask
before I break something. It looks like the male end of the
line comes from the fuel rail side and the female end comes up
from underneath the truck, correct? Is the male end ancored down
somehow with a clamp somewhere? It looks to me like there
is a bracket which ties the supply and return lines together in
a fixed spot. It is hard to see back under the cowl, under all
those wires and such.

Any tips would be appreciated, thanks in advance,
Bob

 

I must use both hands....I push in with the plastic tool as I grip the end closest to me and use my other hand to pull the other end out all at the same time.

 

Try moving the tool around a little, and you will probably have to use some force also.

 

The plastic tool won't cut it sometimes. I got my butt kicked on a return line on my tank with a plastic tool. Called one of my friends, he laughed and said he would be over with his metal Ford type tool. He got HIS butt kicked too.

Picked up one of these.... first try the line came right off. Pep Boys has them locally for about $6.00.

 

Burning rubber out of work parking lot, off to Pep Boy's

THANKS MUCH!

 

I should have mentioned that one is the return line tool.... the 5/16 is anodized red I think.

Without a doubt these are the best line tools I've ever used. I had the plastic ones work many a time, but the first time you get a stubborn fitting the few dollars is money well spent.

Besides.... plastic.... anodized gold..... Bling, Bling!

 

Worked like a charm, so easy I couldn't believe it. Amazing
what the correct tool does for you.

 

Runair,

I tried three different line tools on mine before I found the Performance Tool piece. I bet I had spent close to an hour with those other tools, determined that it was just a stubborn line. With the new tool it took only one try.

It makes me wonder now how many times the little extra effort and a couple attempts with the plastic or other tools could have been avoided.

 

Yes, I spent about 1/2 hour with the yellow plastic tool that comes
with the ATI kit. I'm very glad I stopped and posted to this
site before continuing.