Fuel pump removal tool

[auditude at get.net]

On 29 Jul 2002 at 22:53, Kneale Brownson wrote:
>
> At 06:12 PM 07/29/2002 -0700, auditude at cox.net wrote:
>
> >I didn't need the tool either.  I just drove off the retaining ring with a
> >screwdriver.  There is a danger of
> >creating sparks, so if you have a wooden dowel or other non-sparking
> >device, it would be best.
>
> The tool asked about originally was the one for extracting the pump from
> its basket retainer, not the one for releasing the cap on the fuel
> tank.  The latter is easily released and reinstalled with a
> nonsparking  rod (I used a brass dowel) and hammer.

Oh, I see.  I don't recall having to use any special tool to remove the pump from the basket retainer either.
I didn't even know there was a special tool for that.  I think mine just pressed it out through the top.
Maybe there was a hose clamp or something.

That part of the procedure I don't remember all that much.  I did take the pump and basket retainer out
together, and separated the two from each other out of the tank.

Ken