fuelfilter
You donot have to remove the starter or the intake to change the fuelfilter. it just looks harder than it really is.
You donot have to remove the starter or the intake to change the fuelfilter. it just looks harder than it really is.
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I tried to change mine before I put the body lift on and ended up taking the filter back to the store because I couldn't figure out how to get it off. Now that I have a 3" body lift on the truck I can do it in 15 minutes. I know that doesn't help you as a bl is not an option, but I just thought I'd throw that in. 
SO what is the correct way to relieve your fuel lines anyway? to depressurize your lines?
I also have a 3 inch body lift on mine... and its soo easy to get to just reach under the wheel well and there it is....
However it can be done without the lift with tiny hands..
I also have a 3 inch body lift on mine... and its soo easy to get to just reach under the wheel well and there it is....
However it can be done without the lift with tiny hands
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First crack the gas cap
Then you'll want to disconnect the fuel lines. A 17mm socket (swivel works best) with a long extension goes from the front of the engine just over the A/C compressor to get the front banjo bolt loose. the rear one can be had with a boxed end wrench by sliding you hand (and a portion of your arm) between the fire wall and the rear of the intake manifold. There are 2 mounting bolts, one on top and one underneath. should take a 12mm wrench unless someone has replaced them then it could be a 13mm. these can both be gotten off from the passenger side with a long extension and a socket.
When you have the filter off. take the new one and cut out the slotted hole so that it can be slipped over the lower mounting bolt the start the lower mounting bolt and slip the filter onto it. Starting that bolt through the filter is probably the hardest single part of the job. Then you can get the top bolt started by using you extension and while you are starting it peer in through the space in the intake manifold above the filter.
This is a challenging procedure and once you have mastered it you graduate to honoary shade tree mechanic second class.
Good luck
Then you'll want to disconnect the fuel lines. A 17mm socket (swivel works best) with a long extension goes from the front of the engine just over the A/C compressor to get the front banjo bolt loose. the rear one can be had with a boxed end wrench by sliding you hand (and a portion of your arm) between the fire wall and the rear of the intake manifold. There are 2 mounting bolts, one on top and one underneath. should take a 12mm wrench unless someone has replaced them then it could be a 13mm. these can both be gotten off from the passenger side with a long extension and a socket.
When you have the filter off. take the new one and cut out the slotted hole so that it can be slipped over the lower mounting bolt the start the lower mounting bolt and slip the filter onto it. Starting that bolt through the filter is probably the hardest single part of the job. Then you can get the top bolt started by using you extension and while you are starting it peer in through the space in the intake manifold above the filter.
This is a challenging procedure and once you have mastered it you graduate to honoary shade tree mechanic second class.
Good luck
Holy shnipes. That is the gayest thing I can remember doing on my truck. Took me well over 10 hours to do it. As we some how forgot the orientation of it, and it came on and off numerous times. I didn't even depressurize the system. We undid the lines, it leaked for maybe 30 seconds then stopped. We finally got it on right, then it started to leak fuel. We couldn't get the front line to stop leaking, so we finally double stacked an old crush washer with a new and it stopped. You couldn't pay me to do it again, even though it would be much easier now that I have have accomplished it.
That is the worst design of the entire 22re I'd say. It's in the most retarded spot. It could NOT be on the frame or somewhere more easily accessible. I would have been done within 30 minutes, but my dad didn't approve of mounting it to the fenderwell down lower from the fuse box.
That is the worst design of the entire 22re I'd say. It's in the most retarded spot. It could NOT be on the frame or somewhere more easily accessible. I would have been done within 30 minutes, but my dad didn't approve of mounting it to the fenderwell down lower from the fuse box.
Here's your fuel filter
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