Epic Fail

[NJHandyGuy]

Working on changin my fuel filter as i did a tune up on my f150 yesterday

what should have taken 18 seconds and 10$ turned into 4 hours and $113

 

[NJHandyGuy]

That minagerie gentlemen in the hf (yes i know i couldn't get a better one on short notice thanks for being out of stock autozone) breaking off inside the damned fuel line which inturn locked the barbs around the fuel line (disconect kit my ***)

 

[allinon72]

I've found that the plastic disconnect tools work much better than the metal ones.

 

[NJHandyGuy]

good to know allinon i see a set of carlilse in my by 12:00 buying future today

 

[MartyO]

Dammit man!

 

[padronanniversary]

so what did you end up doing to fix it ? replace the whole line ?

 

[tatra]

was that the metal buurerfly type of disconnect?.....if so, pure garbage, get the plastic ones by lisle............and next time jersey, call on us for sdvice no matter how trivial it seems , coulda saved ya trouble as there are threads on here about those types of disconnects.............

 

[ihredo4]

Don't feel bad man. I hate those damned fittings myself. I am almost to the point I refuse to work on them or I cut them out.

 

[Seanbev24]

God I hate those damn things. The best way I've found is to spray PB blaster into the fitting, then use the plastic disconnect tool.

 

[diggerrick]

Might want to post this as a FAIL in the "HF Pass/Fail" thread.

 

[cyanidecotdpnuts]

Good ol' HF maintaining the image of ****** tools...

 

[truckdriver]

I bought the metal disconnect the first time thinking "metal is better than plastic". 2 hours later I was back at Autozone to buy the plastic on and had the line off in minutes.

 

[71Datsun510Wagon]

I bought the metal disconnect the first time thinking "metal is better than plastic". 2 hours later I was back at Autozone to buy the plastic on and had the line off in minutes.

This is exactly what I was thinking! A disconnect kit is on my buy list.

To the OP... sorry to hear about your troubles but glad you posted about it.

Cheers,

Rob

 

[d33pt]

what does this tool look like? i'm not familiar with it

 

[supertooljunkie]

Like this. I have a set of these and they are damn near indestructible. Great tool to have.

http://www.lislecorp.com/divisions/products/?product=207&division=1&category=28

 

[70redbee]

I have never used the plastic one but I hear they work great. I have a full set that are made of aluminum and they have always worked great. Don't know where I got them or who makes them, so not much help I guess.

 

[oldtools]

HF have several different set of tap and die. Avoid the really cheap ones. They are pretty crappy and useless. If you do get the HF, get the much higher quality ti-nitrate coated version. They are only for medium duty. If you plan plan to work with high strength steel, you should go with a professional brand.

 

[oldtools]

Sorry, post wrong thread.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Newer Ford's (like my 2007 Fusion and my daughter's 2008 Escape) don't have inline fuel filters ! Or if they do I can not find them !