Denser

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yea everything is said in the title never done it before and rather get advice than winging it

83Limited

Fuel filter is located under the car on the driver side just in front of the gas tank, held in by a metal "spring" clip. First, disconnect battery, dont want an errant spark to ruin your day, then crawl under car, remove the 2 lines from the filter, take the old filter out of the spring clip, install new filter, replace lines, and you are done. reconnect battery, turn key to run so the fuel pump turns on, check for leaks, and if there arent any leaks,start her up.....you are done.

Denser

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thanks highly appreciated. see without this i would have never disconnected the battery and would have had some real problems

ray green

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Safety is job one, for sure.

Another thing that always gives me a headache is unless you are really quick with the filter change the gas tank will start draining on your head if you don't plug the feeder line. Kind of makes you a human Molotov cocktail when you crawl out from under the car.

justinfox

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You cant really check for leaks until you give it a little crank. The fuel pump relay does not allow the fuel pump to switch on until you get a trailing spark.

Colbskee

My pump turns on when the ignition is in the on position.

Denser

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thanks i probably would have been drenched in gas im highly slow so ill be plugging the feeder

Sgt Fox

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If you pinch the lines with a pair of vice grips, you minimize fuel spillage.

Rx Seven

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This is only true for the 84-85 FB's

rxtasy3

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or just stick a bolt in the hose.

murben

I just did this on mine. I forgot to pinch the line before pulling it off. A splash of gas in the eye really doesn't feel very good. Using vice grips to pinch the line off before pulling it off of the filter works really well.

83Limited

Good point, didnt think about that when I did mine last week....since I had just rebuilt the ole Nikki I drained the tank and lines to get rid of any "extras", so I didnt have to worry about gas in eye syndrome...

Denser

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yea i def got gas in my eye -_- overall it went smoothly the car drives allot smoother and better still semi slow due to stock parts but its a progress