Regardless of what David M has said. You would be hard pressed to find the
garter springs on more than 2% of the trucks ford has made. Just take a
quick look at your fuel filter and if it has clips on it, it will be fairly
straight into the housing. If it has garter springs, then you will see what
looks like a donut on both ends of the filter, inline with the fuel line.
Atleast this way you know if you need to buy the spring release tool while
you are picking up the fuel filter. I have a 2000 Ford Ranger 3.0L Flex
Fuel, and I have the clips, and every other loving car I have seen in the
midwest has had them clips as well. If you have clips, the first time or two
you are BOUND to break one. SO pick some up at the parts store if they arent
in the box. Also, I think they put the garter springs on the vehicles for
the colder parts of the world ie: Upper Canada, and Alaska. Where it gets so
cold, you can actually break a clip just by hitting a bump, and so the
springs would be a lot better to have. Ok my piece is said. Final ruling,
just look at your frame rail on drivers side and see if it has the clips
there. If it has clips, just use a flat head screwdriver and pull them out
GENTLY.
Pk
"David M" <NOSPAM@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2006.02.04.17.42.42.406948@sled351...
> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 05:00:43 +0000, CJB rearranged some electrons to form:
>
>> Under the hood, you have garder spring fittings, I'll agree. But on the
>> frame rail the filter has this:
>> http://www.autozone.com/images/cds/g...3d800a358f.gif
>>
>> CJB
>
> PS, they're not "garder" springs, they are "garter" springs.
>
>
>>
>> "David M" <NOSPAM@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2006.02.04.04.52.09.35943@sled351...
>>> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 04:44:19 +0000, CJB rearranged some electrons to
>>> form:
>>>
>>>> Methinks you're mistaken. I've done fuel filters on Ford cars or
>>>> trucks
>>>> of
>>>> just about every year in the 90's. I've never needed the spring
>>>> release
>>>> tool. they all have had those plastic clips.
>>>>
>>>> CJB
>>>
>>> Methinks not. There's no plastic clips on the
>>> fuel lines. The filter uses the garter-spring connectors.
>>>
>>> Any other questions?
>>>
>>>
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