Fuel - Filter - Stud Removal
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Fuel - Filter - Stud Removal
I finally got a chance to change the fuel-heater gasket on the wife's truck.
When I replaced the filter-stud, on my personal truck, with the short, heater eliminating, version, I was able to un-screw the filter-stud by using a flat piece of steel as a screw-driver.
Not so on her truck; the stud was in so tight that I simply twisted the flat steel on numerous attempts.
I checked at several parts stores in search of a drag-link socket that would fit, as described here :
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=187665
The only socket I found was much too thick to fit, and much too expensive to be experimenting with on the grinder.
SO, I took a HEX-shanked cold-chisel, of appropriate width, and ground a proper profile that fit the filter-stud slots perfectly.
A 3/8 box-wrench, of ratcheting persuasion, fit the chisel's shank perfectly.
With this, I was easily able to remove and replace the filter-stud with precise control.
Admittedly, my task was much easier, due to the fact that I had an extra filter-stud to use as an example, while grinding the chisel to fit.
Maybe this idea will help someone else who is up against heater-gasket replacement.
When I replaced the filter-stud, on my personal truck, with the short, heater eliminating, version, I was able to un-screw the filter-stud by using a flat piece of steel as a screw-driver.
Not so on her truck; the stud was in so tight that I simply twisted the flat steel on numerous attempts.
I checked at several parts stores in search of a drag-link socket that would fit, as described here :
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...d.php?t=187665
The only socket I found was much too thick to fit, and much too expensive to be experimenting with on the grinder.
SO, I took a HEX-shanked cold-chisel, of appropriate width, and ground a proper profile that fit the filter-stud slots perfectly.
A 3/8 box-wrench, of ratcheting persuasion, fit the chisel's shank perfectly.
With this, I was easily able to remove and replace the filter-stud with precise control.
Admittedly, my task was much easier, due to the fact that I had an extra filter-stud to use as an example, while grinding the chisel to fit.
Maybe this idea will help someone else who is up against heater-gasket replacement.
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Here you go :
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...80&postcount=7
I am pretty certain that number is still good; I think it is the number I used when I recently ordered one.
The factory-original filter-stud is slotted, much like a screw; whereas, the short stud requires an Allen-type hex-wrench, a much better deal in my opinion.
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