If any of guys ever meet the Son of a B!$ch that positioned the fuel filter were it is on a Disco I , plz smack him repeatedly for me. Damn this thing is hard to reach and my PO probaly never changed it9big freaking suprise, caused it is rusted to hell and back.

Any ideas , help , or suggestions will be galdly accepted and appreciated.

Phillip
'96 Disco I 153k

 

Remove the wheel.

 

My sentiments exactly sir, PB blaster and cursing eases the pain.

 

I moved mine farther up the frame rail where I could get at it, and now use a large napa filter with a nipple on each end.......way easier

 

Oh, man. I'm not looking forward to dealing with the ff.

I haven't had to deal with mine, but I'll definitely keep this in mind when I do.

 

As fun as it is, beats changing the whole filter/pump on a D2....

 

Now come on fellas, its not bad at all. Two wrenchs fit neatly.......Sorry guys I dont get the issues. I changed mine a few months back. No problems.

What am I missing?

 

Rust, not a problem where you or I live, but there are parts of the country.....

(I've only done a couple FF on Rovers from the rust belt, not fun at all)

 

Thank you for pointing that out. I forgot about that issue.

 

I had to split the nuts on mine the first time I changed it, took me 3 hours total, rusted right in place.
Now I change it once a year and use anti seize on the threads, takes about 15 min.
The only reason I change it once a year is because of the rust, I dont want to spend another 3 hours changing it again in the future.