I have a 1994 ford f-150 5.0 and i CANNOT get this dang filter off. i have the right tool and it slides in ok but it will NOT detach we've been working on this for an hour we have tried every witch way Please help
Thanks

 

I know what you mean, oh do I ever. Big hands and no patience don't help. There is no real trick aside from patience, it'll pop off by accident almost, keep trying. Remember to keep it clamped as much as possible and wiggle, all I can say. Beware when you do get an end off, lots of gas still there and will (count on it) get everywhere because the other side will be just as hard. You just have to get it in the slot and kinda pry it with your fingers, good luck.

 

My trick was to get the tool into the line, then push the line even further onto the filter so that it gets opened up even more. Hopefully someone didnt try to change the fuel filter on your truck by prying something into the line to disconnect it or something crazy like that. That could mess up the little "teeth" inside the line. Best of luck bud.

~..Josh.

 

What he said. Get the tool into place, push the line inwards towards the fuel filter, push the tool outwards towards the line, wiggle and hold your mouth just right and pop.

 

Be sure to release the fuel pressure. It doesn't want to come off under pressure.

 

Hehe, and you can release it at the schrader valve, its like a tire stem. (its best to wait till the engine is not hot).



or if you get really desperate, use the Johngs 2000 with its unique "weld on/weld off" technology.

 

well my truck only has one tank so i popped the dash off and pulled the wireing harness off where the tank switch would be and then tried to start it and it died to the pressure is gone i'm kinda worried because the coupling has like vise grip marks and i'm prying every witch way possible

 

As mentioned (twice), what works is to set the tool in place, and pull the filter towards you while holding the tool in place, then pull the filter back.

 

Before trying to use the removal tool twist the filter on the fuel line so the seal will break loose from the filter inlet and outlet connections this makes it much easier. It's hard to explain but you need to put the tool around the fuel filter inlet/outlet and push the tool and filter together into the fuel line approx. 1/4 in. while holding the fuel line. Keep holding the fuel line and pull the filter and tool at the same time out of the fuel line. Once you get the filter off be sure to look inside of the fuel line connectors so you will be able to understand how the fittings work. Use a removal tool that is the same diameter or slightly larger as those small ridges on the fuel filter inlet/outlet metal tube.

 

Let's face it -- there is no "trick" to this job. You just keep trying and trying until, for some unexplained reason, the things pops off and spews gasoline in your face and all over the garage floor! And by the time you need to change the filter again, you'll have forgotten the "trick" you used to get it off the last time you did it!

 

Well I remember that I had several fuel filter tools and it seems that one of them worked better than the others. I think the one the worked best for me was some cheap plastic one that was about the size of a quarter like the one shown in a picture here (picture #10). Its hard to believe the name given to this connector is "Quick Disconnect".

http://www.troublecodes.net/articles/intank.shtml