RE: [DML] fuel pump access

["Mike & Ann Griese" <roscsyl@xxxx>]

Noah - Take a small flat-blade scdrewdriver and slip it under
an edge of the cover and gently pry upward by twisting the blade.
Work your way around the cover and it will come up. The sealant
is probably an RTV type adhesive. Be sure to replace the sealant
when you put the cover back on or you might get water in the
trunk. There was an article in one of the old DMC News magazines
that went over installing a Tankzilla that has pretty good pictures
showing all of this (if I do say so myself).

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Noah [mailto:sitz@xxxx]
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:41 AM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] fuel pump access


Right. the prevailing theory is that my hot start problems are due to a
faulty check valve. So ( the story goes ), I opened the hood, popped out
the tire and...

Lacking anything to compare it against, I have no idea whether this is
normal or not. My vehicular disection skills are definitely in the
'beginner' category, but I do know (I think) that the pump is accessed by
removing an access panel under the spare tire. That access panel (along
with at least one other panel, and in addition to most of the rest of the
luggage compartment appears to have been sealed with...well, sealant. A
black vaguely rubbery sealent. It's a bead-type seal, not a
painted-all-over-the-luggage-compartment seal.

So now what? Assuming I'm right about how to access the pump, I can crack
the seal, but how? Razor blade? Pocket knife? Teeth? Small hamster?

Open to suggestions, recommendations, step-by-step, etc. Thanks, folks. :)

Noah
#2867

"...a gang of Dadaist punks had broken into his car and installed an
expensive stereo."
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