Feel my pain!
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FULLY SEMI AUTOMATIC
iTrader: (9)
theres a tool to remove that ring. theres also a recall on the gasket under it iirc. mazda may replace the ring when they remove it if its damaged. worse case if you bust yours to hell i think i have one in my garage
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ohh nice - you're a legend! Last night amongst a lot of swearing and banging I still wasn't able to free it.
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Nah I have no love for the gas tank or the ring - I'm retro fitting them to an old 323 station wagon - but all that said I'm gonna have to make a tool cos bashing it off aint even working.
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Success!!!! and it only took me 30seconds!
I decided if I actually do need this part in the future it's easier to buy a new one anyways!
FWIW I did make a tool - it worked for the other side but then didn't for the fuel pump side because of the added height of fuel outlet.
I decided if I actually do need this part in the future it's easier to buy a new one anyways!
FWIW I did make a tool - it worked for the other side but then didn't for the fuel pump side because of the added height of fuel outlet.
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So, keeping it basic - start with an inspection of the fuel pump - (I'd actually thought that springy part of the fuel pump and or the other springy part that sits on the other side of the fuel cell was the fuel guage sendor... looks like now it isn't) It's stuff like that, which is hard to ask on a forum and easier to do in real life.