Fuel Pump Removal

[vfrsouthbound]

I have a dukes 1499-00-21 fuel pump and after testing the connection it seems the pump is the issue. Can anyone give me tips on removing the inlet and outlet fuel lines. I did everything in the service manual but there's no mention on how to remove the fuel lines. It seems that after I loosen the nuts all the way they stop and the lines are still connected to the pump. Any tips would be helpful so I can remove the pump and send it in to be rebuilt. I guess Aeromotors ups their rebuild costs from $450 to $600 at the end of this year. 

[Mooney-Shiner]

12 hours ago, vfrsouthbound said:

I have a dukes 1499-00-21 fuel pump and after testing the connection it seems the pump is the issue. Can anyone give me tips on removing the inlet and outlet fuel lines. I did everything in the service manual but there's no mention on how to remove the fuel lines. It seems that after I loosen the nuts all the way they stop and the lines are still connected to the pump. Any tips would be helpful so I can remove the pump and send it in to be rebuilt. I guess Aeromotors ups their rebuild costs from $450 to $600 at the end of this year. 

I remember us disconnecting fuel lines in the area marked with crude arrows to drop the whole assembly out. Ended up pulling the curbed aluminum fuel line, along with the pump. Pro tip: video record the initial set up, so you can put everything back together the same way. Particularly, note the locations of the electric connections. 

You might have to drop the control rod (depicted on the left the pump). You will need a thin 1-1/4" wrench to tie the bronze safety nut depicted on the right of pump (between the pump and the pivoting bronze elbow) whenever you will finish the reinstall.

Edited December 3, 2021 by ukrsindicat@yahoo.com