pconrad

Title says it all. I've tried the banjo clip trick. Torque wrench. Impact driver. Thing won't budge. I think a PO stripped it out and then epoxied the entire unit to the tank.

Any ideas other than leaving it in and attempting to flush the tank?

Mark Anderson

You may consider removing the tank from the car to flush it and leave the strainer in. New tanks are over $2k and used are also pricey

karl ruiter

Yes, if it is epoxyed in you will likely not get it out without further damage to the tank. You could look with a flashlight, but if you are running modern pump gas your strainer may be toast, so you may have to think about how to put one between the tank and the pump. Tanks comes out pretty easy.

Petza914

Hopefully, messing with it isn't going to make it leak now.

I added a filter between my tank outlet and pump on my 81 Euro S. There is fuel line from Amazon called sidewinder that is a section of hose with a bunch of molded in angles in it so you can cut out the sections you need to make curves without risk of crimping the hose. I found a small WIX fuel filter with the correct sized barbs and plumbed it in. All fit behind the metal cover with no kinks or issues. Wix filter is a 33299.



Sidewinder fuel hose - comes in 2 or 3 different IDs


External Wix filter installed. Used some wire ties inside tubing to wrap around the filter to isolate it from rubbing or rattling.



Cover fits over assembly

karl ruiter

So the Wix filer is 1/2 on one side and 3/8 on the other? That's the tricky part. I also like that you have replaced the stock tank to pump line. The stock part for that is lasting less that 2 years here in Hawaii before they turn to chewing gum. I'm hoping more modern lines like Gates Barricade will do better. It may not be in bad other places but it is so humid here that a car not driven very often with pump gas in it will absorb water into the fuel, with (apparently) an acidic result. The result is that in about 5 years the strainer is totally gone. Just a few parts of the cage drifting around in the bottom of the tank. In about two years the screen on the strainer is falling off and the tank to pump line is falling apart. After the pump is the better, high pressure, line with the hard plastic center which seems to hold up a lot better. And, thankfully, the tanks seem to hold up fine.

Petza914

No, it's 1/2" on both sides.

karl ruiter

So....how does that work then? The outlet of the tank is 14mm (1/2 ish) and the inlet to the pump is 10mm (3/8 ish). Just really cinch down the pump connection? The stock hose flares at the pump end.

Petza914

Unfortunately, I don't remember what I did as it was almost a year ago. Likely I used the 3/8" version of the hose to fit the fuel pump barb correctly and then forced that over the 1/2" filter barb, maybe with a little dielectric silicone grease as a lubricant. I wouldn't cinch down a too large hose onto too small a barb. Probably bought both sizes of the hose (like you see in the photo) to figure out which would work better.