barrys
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- Bay Area, CA
- Vehicle Year
- 2010
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
I have a 94 ranger with fuel connectors that have these clips:
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/DOR3/55147.oap?pt=N1651&ppt=C0290
It's recommended to replace them. But, it seems that they might be reusable and mine are fairly new -- about 3 years old living in a comfy climate. I'm just wondering how to take them out of there in tact if that's not a stupid way to save a trip to the parts store.
There's a tab on them called the "shipping tab" that will probably act as a barb to keep them from being pushed back into the coupling. I'm wondering how to push that through without breaking it or if breaking it doesn't compromise the integrity of the clip. I can't see how the clip could just fall out based on pressure acting in multiple directions to keep it in place.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/DOR3/55147.oap?pt=N1651&ppt=C0290
It's recommended to replace them. But, it seems that they might be reusable and mine are fairly new -- about 3 years old living in a comfy climate. I'm just wondering how to take them out of there in tact if that's not a stupid way to save a trip to the parts store.
There's a tab on them called the "shipping tab" that will probably act as a barb to keep them from being pushed back into the coupling. I'm wondering how to push that through without breaking it or if breaking it doesn't compromise the integrity of the clip. I can't see how the clip could just fall out based on pressure acting in multiple directions to keep it in place.