dannylt Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Is there some special trick? I've spent at least 30 minutes randomly moving it around now without joy. I need to replace my fuel tank & pump, but please don't say the roll cage needs to come off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djg Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 No you dont need to take the bar off, or at least I didn't. Just keep trying, I seem to recall it comes out diagonally across the boot opening away from the fuel filler, with the floor narrow bit up and then out the near side rear corner of the car, if that makes sense. Mine just fits through, maybe the previous owner of mine filed it to fit ?? Good Luck Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesElliott Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 It takes a bit of fiddling, but it does come out without taking the cage off. Charles --- Triple E Racing - build diary and race reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I usually try to get the passenger side end down in the side corner and then lift out the fuel filler corner at 30 degrees. here is C7 TOP Taffia joint AO with Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stationary M25 Traveller Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Is yours captive around the fuel filler pipe ? If so, you have to take the pipes off the fuel filler to remove it. When off, you may wish to open up the hole around the fuel filler so it is not 'captive' any more ? I have a small bit of wooden flooring for the front third of the boot, and honeycomb ali the rear two thirds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irrelevant Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 It's one of those things that looks like it will never fit . . .you fart about for ages, all different ways, and suddenly it's in your hands and free. It's like one of those tricks where you have two bits of bent metal and need to separate them - and every time you do it it's just as hard as before as you always stumble accross the solution and can't remember what you did before. Removing the honeycomb would have made a great Krypton Factor test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Faulds Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannylt Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 Ok, that's a lot of encouragement - thanks! I'll get back out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Fung Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Use some duck tape on the skin it'll give you a little more confidence when wiggling the thing out. Like Adam said once you get it you'll have that "Wow! that was easy" moment quickly followed by "hmmm how did this get in/out again?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 the other option is to simply cut a slot in the rear skin and slide it out sideways* * a supurb wind up when I was recently reskining the back of the car (but she didnt know it was having a reskin) and er in doors was "helping" with the boot floor 😬 😶🌫️ here is C7 TOP Taffia joint AO with Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilK Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I spent a good few hours trying to get mine out and gave up - next day it came out 1st attempt - but cant remember how I did it. Although the way Doug described it seems very familiar. Not a lot of help I know - but it came out without taking the rollbar off - or cuting a slot in the back Green/Yellow 2006 1.6K Roadsport SV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannylt Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 If you hadn't of selfishly moved Stuart, it would have been on your doorstep by now Ah... I see what you did there! I removed the fuel filler pipes and it came out pretty easily after that. Strange though, because it should have just come out the other way instead, but it wouldn't - maybe because of the battery mounting bracket. Thanks! Hopefully the rest is easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz Hemsley Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 Just swore at mine in the end that worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamer_uk75 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Just check it isn't something daft like a bolt for the rear wing which is hindering it. Like Adam says - every time it's a pain, takes ages, skins fingers, and then suddenly pops out but you're never quite sure how! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pikey Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 it's a 10 second job once you know how. First protect the ally on the right hand side where it rolls over the top tube. Then raise the forward edge of the floor a few inches and wiggle the N/S/R corner downwards in to what would be below the floor area while raising the O/S/F corner out past the protected tube. It just comes out with a few mm to spare. Last time I took mine out I wrote instruction on the boot floor so I didn't sit there trying to figure it out again hence why it's stuck in my mind. jason It clunks, it rattles, the wife hates it, but I love my BEC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannylt Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Yep - that's exactly how mine came out. I will add to the techwiki :-). Fortunately the fuel tank was a doddle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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