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Fuel tank canisters

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Mattstang04

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Does anyone have a good method for getting these things out without breaking them?

Swapping in a cobra tank and pumps. Need to get the blue vapor canisters out of the mach tank for re- use.

Tried practicing on the nasty ones in the cobra tank. Broke the bigger one to pieces.

They are press fit into super tight rubber grommets. Really problematic.

Thanks
 

Dark04GT

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Those vapor valve seals are fragile. Several years ago I was inspecting mine while upgrading my fuel pump and remembered thinking that they will fall to pieces if I ever decided to install a cobra tank. 14 year old car problems. Don’t have good solutions.

Probably worth it to buy new seals. https://lmr.com/item/LRS-9076B/Mustang-Fuel-Tank-Vapor-Valve-Seal-00-04

LMR seems to have the most comprehensive listing of addition fuel tank widgets: https://lmr.com/products/94-04-Mustang-Fuel-Gas-Tanks-Components
 

Mattstang04

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I know are last a thousand people have done the cobra tank swap. Wish i could find the guy that figured the best method. Surely somebody had done it without breaking them.
 
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