Car Repair

So, I decide that I would replace Miranda's fuel filter on her 1993 Plymouth Acclaim 2.5 liter, 100hp beauty.
Probably being that I doubt it had been changed since the car was new, or at the recommended time period of the owners manual.




So , I purchased the necessary gear ,ie; fuel filter, quick disconnect tool.

Assembled my gear, aka, tools.So, put the car up on ramps, e-braked and blocked the tires.
According the Chilton repair manual on the car, you are suppose to release the pressure in the fuel lines. To do that, you have to unplug the injector harness and set up a pair of jumper wires.
One to a ground and the other to a positive terminal of the battery.I'm assuming it runs the pump backwards to release the pressure??
After doing that with some speaker wire I found that did the job nicely, I crawled under the car to see what laid ahead for me.
I found the old filter to be a bit rusty.
The rust slightly worried me. Just from past experiences with this car, the rust on it can be the biggest pain. I have broke a many a bolts/screw heads on this car. But luckily I didn't have much trouble removing the quick disconnect nor the hose clamp from the other. The rest of the replacement was a snap. I got the new one installed no problem.
The new filter was a Wix, which looks identical to the old one, minus the rust
After I got all my gear packed up and everything back to normal (car off ramps, cleaned up) I took the car for a test run. Upon returning I crawled back under and checked for leaks. I was very pleased to find none! Praise the Chrysler gods something worked out.
After I completed my task, I decided that I wanted to see how dirty the old filter was. So with a little bit of patience and a hacksaw/tin snips, I opened it up and found it to be decently dirty.All and all I am very pleased with the result. Hopefully it will help with her fuel economy, and prolonged the life of the car. We are hopefully going to keep this thing running as long as possible, so we can save enough to get a nice new car. Probably Honda or Toyota, depending on what she likes.
Oh, I almost forgot to mention. The motor mounts have to be replaced on this car. I am not going to try to tackle that one. Probably run it to the shop and have our mechanic take care of it.

-later