Use a flat blade driver to assist removal
of the fuel level sender assembly harness connector from underneath the modular fuel
pump and sender assembly cover.
Use a flat blade driver to assist removal
of the fuel pump harness connector from underneath the modular fuel pump and sender
assembly cover .
Press in the tang retaining the fuel pump
connector on the fuel pump and filter assembly, then remove the connector.
Remove the modular fuel pump and sender
assembly cover from the reservoir.
Remove the fuel pressure regulator.
Pry open both tangs securing the fuel outlet
connector to the bottom of the motor and filter assembly , then remove the fuel outlet
pipe from the motor and filter assembly.
Push the motor and filter assembly down
the spring shafts and remove the circlip (only one shaft is fitted with a circlip)
from the end of the shaft.
Clamp the protruding end of the modular fuel pump in a soft jawed vice
to support the fuel filter and pump assembly in place.
Important: Do not over tighten the vice grips as this
may damage the fuel pump.
Insert a pair of medium sized flat bladed
screwdrivers through each of the service holes in the fuel filter assembly.
Firmly slide the blade between the fuel pump end cap and the internal
fuel filter clips that hold the fuel pump in place.
Push the screwdrivers in far enough so that the internal fuel filter clips
are deflected just free of each of the fuel pump end cap retainer shoulders.
Hold the screwdrivers in place with one
hand, and move the fuel filter assembly in an upward direction to separate it from
the fuel pump.
Remove the fuel pump assembly.
Remove the black ground wiring bridge from the fuel filter assembly.