Fuel Pump Removal Tool - Fuel Pump Lock Ring Tool, Fuel Tank Repair Kit, Fuel Tank Lid Cover Remove Spanner, 3/8" to 1/2" Adjustable Lock Ring Spanner

Purchased this to remove fuel pump from our 2004 Ford Escape XLT 3.0 liter. It worked as expected. It met our expectations as well. Before you work on your vehicle review replacement in Youtube.YouTube. It's a great tool.

I could have made one but it would have taken more time. In all honesty this item works if you take your time and apply downward pressure while u twist. Can’t go wrong for the price. Works on 99-07 f350 that I know of. I don’t know if the 08-23 use the same type of retaining ring but based on a quick google image search, it’s the same type of retaining ring (plastic with raise indentations). So im going to say it works 99-23. If u take out quite a few of them, weld the arms in place. Or even buy a few since they are that cheap and weld them in place for the “big three” truck manufacturers.I don’t know why you would fault the tool if it doesn’t work or it busted your ring retainer - it’s not specific to just one particular vehicle. Takes some skill and know-how to avoid damaging the retainer. Sometimes it’s unavoidable all together.I generally remove the retainer with a blunt chisel and it works well but I wanted something I can remove and tighten the retainer ring faster and more consistently. This fits the bill.

Even though this tool fit my 2012 Corolla fuel tank ring very nicely, I could not remove the ring with it. When I started breaking the plastic tabs off of the ring, I gave up and cut the old ring off and bought a new ring ($48 from my local Toyota dealer). This tool is designed and built well enough that I gave it 4 stars. The two legs that stick down have square shoulders at the top, so they fit well in the slots in the bar and do not turn, which is good. One simple but big improvement I made was to add 5/16 inch split washers under the wing nuts. I did use the tool to screw on the new ring, which is enough to justify the purchase. Even though I could not remove my old ring with this tool, I don't blame the tool. That ring just was not going to come off without a fight. I used my best 24 inch breaker bar and I put some pretty good torque on it. I also tried a hammer and pry bar to loosen the ring first. I do wonder if I had a helper to push down on the tool while I used both hands on the breaker bar if that would have worked? I don't think having just 2 feet instead of the 4 that I saw on more expensive tools was the issue. The curved ends of the feet and the slots fit my Corolla ring very well and it felt very secure, especially with the added split washers. Again, overall I was very happy with the tool. BTW, it was very easy to cut the plastic ring off using a Dremel tool.The attached photo shows that there is just enough screw length to add a split washer. Also note the curved shape of the foot, it fit my Corolla ring perfectly.

Needed to replace my fuel pump in my 1999 Jeep Sahara. Once you adjust the arms snuggly and be sure to tighten the wing nuts it turned the lock ring. It didn’t slip on the initial turn at all. The wing nut loosened up on its own somehow. Worked well tightening also. It’s a great tool for a light duty task. I’d change out the wing nuts for nylon lock nuts next.Pictures show old pump. Pump removed. New pump installed.

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This tool doesn’t work, if the cover of the fuel pump is on tight, the metal on this tool just bends (both the socket and the hole it goes in).

The tool did what I needed it to do but it slipped off easily and needed to be readjusted and tightened often.

This bailed me out after numerous failed attempts to get my 2003 Honda Accord's fuel pump reinstalled by hand (with a screwdriver and hammer). After the fails, I gave my old hands a couple days to recover (they were incredibly stiff and sore) while waiting for this to arrive, and once I had it the reinstallation task became a lot easier. One trick I realized after scanning a number of youtube videos (I think I only saw one out of dozens that did it this way), is that if you have a car where the back seat folds down, you don't really need to be crawling into the trunk to reach at things, you can just fold the back seat down and reach it much more easily that way from inside the car (doh). Not that I'll ever be doing that again.