What tool for cutting acces panel for fuel pump?
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This tool worked best for me. You can cut in nearly a perfect straight line with this tool compared to a power nibbler that walks and vibrates the metal too much over the tank and wiring underneath.
Drill a small hole to start and then cut. A thin band of sheet metal rolls up ahead of the tool as you squeeze the handle and push the tool forward cutting the metal. A slick tool indeed for thin sheet metal or aluminum.
I got mine at Harbor Freight - but it's since been discontinued. You might try this site or any very large tool supply house.
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Bessey_D..._Metal_Nibbler
http://www.taekwondoplus.org/z28/fuelpump.html
hth
Drill a small hole to start and then cut. A thin band of sheet metal rolls up ahead of the tool as you squeeze the handle and push the tool forward cutting the metal. A slick tool indeed for thin sheet metal or aluminum.
I got mine at Harbor Freight - but it's since been discontinued. You might try this site or any very large tool supply house.
http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Bessey_D..._Metal_Nibbler
http://www.taekwondoplus.org/z28/fuelpump.html
hth
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Originally Posted by rons 00z
plasma cutter!!!!
you know i've had a access panel in my 3rd gen and i dropped the tank out of my 4th gen and really i say drop the tank after doing a swap both both ways
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you know i've had a access panel in my 3rd gen and i dropped the tank out of my 4th gen and really i say drop the tank after doing a swap both both ways
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i got nice set of snap and clip type wheels for the dremel dont know exactly what there called but they are just like a real muffler grinder wheel.(not those crapp screw on brown disks).. just tiny. i'll look tomarow.
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A pair of metal sheers will do this job in under two minutes, once you drill the pilot hole to start your cut. I was thinking dremel but my friend cut the hole like butter with a matched set of metal snips. Dremelling would have taken forever. Seriously.