Fuel Injector Connectors

[stopatnothing]

Whats the best way to get the fuel injector connectors off? I got the little retainer clip off but it seems stuck. Last time my friend did it for me and i dont know what he did but I cant seem to get it off. Any advice?

[Golden]

I'm sure there exists a special tool to remove them but I don't know where to buy it. If you're really patient and you look closely at how they lock down, you could get them off with some little needle nose pliers and flathead screw driver. There is a square shaped wire thing open along one side: it's held on by it's shape AND by a little plactic lip on the connector. Imagine the wire thing is like pacman only square: gently open it's mouth enough to slide it off the connector but don't forget about the little plactic lip on the back, I forget how you deal with that actually. I ended up sort of halfway breaking the little f***ers on purpose because their weather boots are all rotten too and I was planning to replace them. Afterward, lacking patience, I installed all my new higher-flow injectors and put everything back together and it worked fine surprisingly. I imagine they're not very secure with the little lock-down thingys broken but I haven't had a problem in over a year. If you break em and still use em, wiggle them all and see if any of them makes the engine run funny. If it doesn't, then you're fine. When you wiggle em, you are LIKELY to cause some fuel to squirt past the injector seals; especially if they're old. If any fuel gets out, wait for it to evaporate before continuing; don't let it accumulate. You need lots of ventilation so do it outside. Fuel doesn't actually burn, only fuel vapor and even then it only burns at certain consentrations with air. The trick to doing this relatively safely is to not let fuel vapor build up in the air. Heat, spark, or even static can cause a fire and assume they're all present under the hood of a running car. Wear some glasses, tie up your hair and put on cotton or other natural fiber clothes with long sleeves and baseball cap and make em damp with sweat or water (quite fire proof actually, prove it to yourself first with some lighter fluid) Be ready to jerk out of there real quick if you see any fuel. Wait for it to evaporate away before continuing, fuel can puddle up in places you can't see so use your nose to decide whether or not it's safe to go back in. Be prepared to deal with a fire on your body and in the car. For the car: Steal a fire extinguisher to keep nearby for this operation (they're everywhere) and then return it when you're done. Think about what you will do if you catch on fire. Don't panic, it actually doesn't even hurt as long as you are very quick to put it out. Just smother it with your damp clothes as quickly as you can. Hell, maybe I should cut and paste this stuff to a new post.

[stopatnothing]

haha that was the single most comprehensive response I've ever received. Thanks alot. Appreciate it, especially the fire-safety... I'm prone to explosions. If I dont get back on here, then I probably ****ed it up and ended up in the hospital.

But thanks, I'll give it a shot.

-Matt