HELP, fuel pump rusted into the tank!!
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HELP, fuel pump rusted into the tank!!
well after my first autocross on saturday, i realized i need to clean my feul pump prefilter because i was getting that nasty cut-out during hard left hand turns. let me tell you--it makes for some interesting slaloms
so yesterday i read the thread about how to do it and looked at sureshot's pics and set out to work. i got the plate in the hatch of but then i look at the plate holding the pump itself in the tank and i notice that all the screws are rusted out to the point where they are stuck and dont even have a head to get a screw driver into. i tried pliers on them but that didnt work either. normaly i'd just drill them out but this is my gas tank and i figured that might not be a very good idea.
so, how do i get those screws out and get my pump out without blowing my car up?
the only other idea i have is to get a dremel and cut slots back into the screw heads and try turnig them out with a flat-head driver. but flying sparks doesnt exactly sound safe either right above 18 gallons of gas.
so yesterday i read the thread about how to do it and looked at sureshot's pics and set out to work. i got the plate in the hatch of but then i look at the plate holding the pump itself in the tank and i notice that all the screws are rusted out to the point where they are stuck and dont even have a head to get a screw driver into. i tried pliers on them but that didnt work either. normaly i'd just drill them out but this is my gas tank and i figured that might not be a very good idea.
so, how do i get those screws out and get my pump out without blowing my car up?
the only other idea i have is to get a dremel and cut slots back into the screw heads and try turnig them out with a flat-head driver. but flying sparks doesnt exactly sound safe either right above 18 gallons of gas.
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Mine were rusted as well.
You take a chisel, and dig the corner of it into the edge of the screw head, use a hammer on it to rotate the screw around...
Works amazingly.
I then replaced my screws with stainless allen head screws.
Thats what I hate/love about my car... all of the "bling" is hidden...
You take a chisel, and dig the corner of it into the edge of the screw head, use a hammer on it to rotate the screw around...
Works amazingly.
I then replaced my screws with stainless allen head screws.
Thats what I hate/love about my car... all of the "bling" is hidden...
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The screws are not torqued very tight.
If you can get them to budge, they will come on out.
Try dressing the nose of a small vise grip plier on a grinder to give a good square bite on what's left of the screw head.
If you can get them to budge, they will come on out.
Try dressing the nose of a small vise grip plier on a grinder to give a good square bite on what's left of the screw head.
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Just did mine a few weeks ago. Totally rusted, wouldn't budge.
I whacked off the heads with a cold chisel, then removed the pump and then used vice grips to grab and unscrew the shaft of each screw. Messy and annoying, but it worked...
I whacked off the heads with a cold chisel, then removed the pump and then used vice grips to grab and unscrew the shaft of each screw. Messy and annoying, but it worked...
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nuts off spray, much better than WD-40. let is sit for a while and chisel or cut a small line on the screw head to use a flathead screw driver on - should work
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