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MUSKIE:

--- Quote from: "muddyweb" ---Sorry if I'm preaching to the choir here, but a couple of thoughts....

When cutting, don't use anything that is likley to create sparks / heat...  you are directly above the fuel tank

Also, if you are thinking of using something like a jigsaw, make sure you don't use a big long blade....  the last thing you want is to make holes in the top of the tank.
--- End quote ---


already thought of those things, i am very cautious around petrol. anyway the hole is done, did it with a set of tin snips and a couple of 10mm holes. cut a nice neat hole 100mmx150mm  and believe it or not the fuel pump ended up bang in the centre and also allowed access to the jubilee clip on the metal fuel line. soaked everything in wd40 now and will remove pump tomorrow.

MUSKIE:
i cannot believe the difference in the rangie now ive changed the fuel pump and filter they both looked like origional parts, out of interest i cut open the fuel filter cannister to see how bad it was, it was clogged solid  :shock: i would imagine that this is what contributed to the fuel pump destroying itself. that was a job well worth doing i just wish it had been a bit higher on my to do list. i will make it priority in future (lesson learnt). the vehicle now responds to the accelerator pedal properly.

if you havent done it, do it now. just worries me that i might use even more fuel now :cry:

oakeedokee:
Pity you missed the day out at Whaddon. Maybe next time? Glad to here you got your fuel problem sorted.

MUSKIE:
i bet it was wet there today :?:

oakeedokee:
put it this way - any gradient steeper than 1 in 20 was almost impossible to climb! Getting out of the place was a task in itself.

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