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.