Tii fuel filter change?

[Andy74tii]

I'm wanting to change my tii's fuel filter today -- the one next to the radiator -- and wondered if there is anything in particular I need to pay attention to. Is it simply a matter of undoing the incoming and outgoing lines, and then connecting it back? Being careful, of course, of any spilled fuel. Is there any pressure in those lines?

Thanks,

Andy74tii

[ArdenK]

Is it simply a matter of undoing the incoming and outgoing lines, and then connecting it back?

Yes, pay attention to the in and out of the new filter.

Is there any pressure in those lines?

If you do it in the morning before running it there won't be much pressure if any but be careful anyway and have a catch bucket under the filter. I did mine after the car sat a few days, there was a small dribble.

hth

[BillWilliams]

Examine the hoses, if brittle or cracked replace them with the proper fuel injected rated hose.

[Andy74tii]

thanks for the tips. As a matter of fact, I do have a supply of new 8X13 fuel hose left over from my restoration 6 years ago. One question, though, I recently found this clip, identified in the parts diagram below as #5, which I had plated during the restoration, but never figured out how it was reinstalled, do did not. Anyone have a pic of this thing installed?

thanks!

Andy74tii

[BillWilliams]

yep let me look for it

here tiz

[Andy74tii]

Perfect, thanks Bill!

[JohnP]

Be sure the hose clamps are properly fitted and tight. The upper filter clamp let go on the way to work a few weeks back, and in the 20 seconds or so it took me to pull off the interstate and investigate, the nose of the hood filled with gas and the entire engine compartment was dripping. I really dodged a bullet for want of a properly seated and tightened hose clamp.

John Phillips

'72 tii