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Old 09-21-2006, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Ara T. View Post
BTW the primer pump was a horrible, horrible pain in the ass, I couldn't find a 24MM wrench in town, and even if I did i dont see how it would fit in there. I even tried one of those nutty basin wrenches but it couldn't do jack. So i just used vice grips and every ounce of muscle I had. Of course I knocked one of the fuel lines, those clear plastic ones and it sprung a leak so I was running around a couple days waiting for the dealer to get it in stock. By my calculations i dribbled 8 gallons of fuel onto the ground... :|
If you have an original style pump, a 15/16 SAE "Crows Feet" wrench attached to an extension and ratchet works great. You can get those at Sears easily. I do believe 15/16 SAE and 24MM are the same size.
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