Hey Guys,

It's been awhile since I have posted, but I have run into a small problem.\

I need to change my fuel filter, I couldn't get the filter to budge, so I finally broke down and bought a vise grip filter wrench, now the filter started to move but the heater also moved with the filter.

What am I doing wrong and how do I get the filter off without the heater?

I can't break the truck, so I stopped and am asking advise.

Thanks in advance,
Michael

PS- I won't be back on till morning, but thank you for posting your help.

 

i would say see if you can get a wrench on the heater to hold it while you spin the filter. it shoulda really not have been on that tight in the first place. try that im sure someone else will chime in becuase i might be going about this wrong but thats what i would do

 

This happened to me over the winter and this is how it works, to the best of my memory. Here goes...

The fuel heater is held on by the stud that the fuel filter threads onto. This stud threads into the engine, through the heater. (The stud basically sandwiches the heater in place) You should be able to spin the stud out with the filter. It's kind of hard to explain... but you should be able to hold the heater with your hand and loosen the filter off.

Then you just have to get the stud out of the filter, and thread it back into the engine through the heater. Theres a gasket for the heater that the filter's usually come with, ought to replace that while the stud it out. You can tighten the stud back down with a really big straight-blade screwdriver, you'll see the key in the end of the stud when it comes off.

That's the way I remember doing it on my 92...hope it works out for you.

 

What he said. Get a fuel heater gasket, because I bet it's gonna leak when you put it back together.

 

Here's how things look under there ~


The head's mating surface . . .





And the fuel heater with that stud they mention. Also note the square-cut O-ring that Wannadiesel speaks of .. . .





I unfortunately don't have a pic of the bottom of the heater but the stud sticks through the heater to hold the heater to the head.

Hope this helps.

 

Thanks guys,

I feel foolish asking about something as simple as this.... but that's what were all here for, Right

I'm going to try again tomorrow.

Thanks again, especially the pics.
Michael