how do you get a gas tank out?
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If you decide not to drop the IRS, I've read that you can rotate those fuel hose clips 90 degrees clockwise and remove the hoses without removing the clips entirely. After you complete your tank/fuel pump work, and you reattach the hoses, you rotate the clips back to their original position to lock in the hoses.
The XJ40 has a similar if not identical setup. See some photos here:
http://www.jag-lovers.org/snaps/snap...xgLHCwDHiNE%3D
The XJ40 has a similar if not identical setup. See some photos here:
http://www.jag-lovers.org/snaps/snap...xgLHCwDHiNE%3D
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well I finally got the tank out and the new fuel pump in lines installed and now am having a real hard time installing the fuel gas cap assembly. Any help looks like I have nicked the paint on the backside of the cap and now really ticked off that this will not go into the tank. Also when I drained the last of the fuel out there was some green muck never ever seen that before-any ideas?
Mark
Mark
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Went a different direction
Same problem, bad pump.
I took out the carpet, liner in the back window. Once it's all out there is a silver metal plate with 4 screws. I removed it and could see the pump.
I VERY carefully cut a "square u shape" in the very thin metal above the pump and folded it up.
Took 10 minutes after the cut to have the new pump in.
Fold metal back down and am going to re seal with high heat epoxy and re assemble. Worked fine. 1 easy to reach fuel line and one wire.
I took out the carpet, liner in the back window. Once it's all out there is a silver metal plate with 4 screws. I removed it and could see the pump.
I VERY carefully cut a "square u shape" in the very thin metal above the pump and folded it up.
Took 10 minutes after the cut to have the new pump in.
Fold metal back down and am going to re seal with high heat epoxy and re assemble. Worked fine. 1 easy to reach fuel line and one wire.
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Same problem, bad pump.
I took out the carpet, liner in the back window. Once it's all out there is a silver metal plate with 4 screws. I removed it and could see the pump.
I VERY carefully cut a "square u shape" in the very thin metal above the pump and folded it up.
Took 10 minutes after the cut to have the new pump in.
Fold metal back down and am going to re seal with high heat epoxy and re assemble. Worked fine. 1 easy to reach fuel line and one wire.
I took out the carpet, liner in the back window. Once it's all out there is a silver metal plate with 4 screws. I removed it and could see the pump.
I VERY carefully cut a "square u shape" in the very thin metal above the pump and folded it up.
Took 10 minutes after the cut to have the new pump in.
Fold metal back down and am going to re seal with high heat epoxy and re assemble. Worked fine. 1 easy to reach fuel line and one wire.
Remember wood or lead tools once the ring is removed.
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well I finally got the tank out and the new fuel pump in lines installed and now am having a real hard time installing the fuel gas cap assembly. Any help looks like I have nicked the paint on the backside of the cap and now really ticked off that this will not go into the tank. Also when I drained the last of the fuel out there was some green muck never ever seen that before-any ideas?
Mark
Mark
The Gas Cap on my 1995 XJS Convertible was connected to the fuel tank with a rubber/boot sleeve, which was such a pain to separate without damaging the paint, that it was easier for me to just cut through it.
So knowing that the new one would be just as hard to put back, I put the rubber boot in some hot water to soften it up and then put some washing up liquid around the filler spout on the tank and the same on the gas cap.
To give it some lubrication and make the components easier to slide in.
I also fitted the rubber boot to the Gas Tank 'before' I pushed the tank back, so I only had the Gas Cap to push into the sleeve.
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