[s-cars] fuel pump retaining clips

[cody at 5000tq.com]

Important part - does the car run now?

-Cody Forbes



Quoting theringmeister at triad.rr.com:

> Thanks Scott,
> Right after I came in and asked for help both here and the AF S-cars  
>  forums, I went back out to the garage, put my hand down in there  
> and  pulled up on the hose (and therefore pump as well) which lifted  
> the  pump slightly.  I found the key is to have the pump as far up  
> as  possible so as to put pressure on the clips so when you spread  
> them  you only barely have to lift it before the pump raises above  
> where  the clips are.  From there it comes right out!  I was done an  
> hour  later, and that includes replacing the trunk carpet and  
> putting  various things back on the engine that I'd removed trying  
> to search  for frayed wires, bad sensors, etc.
>
> Kinda like a math problem you have trouble with...sometimes you just  
>  have to walk away and come back with a fresh mind.
>
> --
> Wylie Bean
> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
> 90 cq
> 91 90q20v sport
> 92 UrS4
> 01 allroad
>
>
> ---- Stott Hare <stott at gwi.net> wrote:
>> I could rotate the pump a few degrees in the basket, I don't know if that
>> will make your life easier to know or not.  The lip on the fuel pump is
>> fairly small, something like a dead credit card or strip of one should be
>> sufficient to wedge between the pump and the clip allowing you to then
>> concentrate your effort on extracting the pump without breaking the lines,
>> wires or basket.
>>
>> -Stott
>> 95 S6A
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of
>> theringmeister at triad.rr.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:15 PM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: [s-cars] fuel pump retaining clips
>>
>> Any tips on how to spread them apart far enough to get the pump out with it
>> still in the tank?  I don't have long skinny fingers, but they're not short
>> stubby ones either.  The rear one seems to be blocked by the wire
>> connections to the point that I can't hardly get my finger back there to
>> push it back.   I've been fighting this thing now for 3 hours trying to get
>> the pump out but it won't budge.  I'm almost willing to try getting the
>> entire basket out, even without the special tool.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> --
>> Wylie Bean
>> TheRingmeister at triad.rr.com
>> 90 cq
>> 91 90q20v sport
>> 92 UrS4
>> 01 allroad
>>
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