Wrangler TJ Gas Overflow Fix

[lBasket]

I have an 05 also and am trying to get the lock ring for the fuel pump off with no luck. I bought a tool that inserts in three points on the ring and am using a ratcheting wrench with breaker bar but I can't get the ring to move. Any suggestions

I used a 2x4 piece and a hammer to get mine started

 

[freebo86]

I have an 05 also and am trying to get the lock ring for the fuel pump off with no luck. I bought a tool that inserts in three points on the ring and am using a ratcheting wrench with breaker bar but I can't get the ring to move. Any suggestions

use a piece of wood and hammer, smack it. If the wood is too soft, use a chisel and hammer.

 

[sab]

I used a 2x4 piece and a hammer to get mine started

use a piece of wood and hammer, smack it. If the wood is too soft, use a chisel and hammer.

Just use caution by looking where the end of the wood or chisel end up if it slips off after you hit it. There are lots of brittle plastic doo-dads on the tank that will render your tank useless if you shatter them. Not to mention that a sharp chisel run amuck can puncture the tank wall itself. Follow shooting rules #2 and #4 (never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy, and be sure of your target and what is beyond it.)

 

[Zorba]

Just use caution by looking where the end of the wood or chisel end up if it slips off after you hit it. There are lots of brittle plastic doo-dads on the tank that will render your tank useless if you shatter them. Not to mention that a sharp chisel run amuck can puncture the tank wall itself. Follow shooting rules #2 and #4 (never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy, and be sure of your target and what is beyond it.)

I'd be worried about sparks from a chisel...

 

[OldBuzzard]

I have an 05 also and am trying to get the lock ring for the fuel pump off with no luck. I bought a tool that inserts in three points on the ring and am using a ratcheting wrench with breaker bar but I can't get the ring to move. Any suggestions

The seven metal clips have a little detent you have to get past a ridge, all seven at once. I ground an old screwdriver to a fat square tip, and whacked the ring with the screwdriver and heavy hammer to get it past the detents. Otherwise it moves a little and springs back. Turning pressure with your tool, plus whacking, should do the trick.

 

[MikeE024]

I have an 05 also and am trying to get the lock ring for the fuel pump off with no luck. I bought a tool that inserts in three points on the ring and am using a ratcheting wrench with breaker bar but I can't get the ring to move. Any suggestions

A decently sized demolition/tang-through flat heat screwdriver and big hammer worked well for me multiple times. I prefer that route over using a cheap tool from Amazon (even after modifying the tool so it would work better).

 

[Captain Phoenix]

I prefer that route over using a cheap tool from Amazon

I bought the tool way in advance then dropped the tank as part of a different job so wasn't ready and couldn't find the tool I had bought.

 

[DougB]

I just did this fix today on my 06 LJ after 10 years of listening closely for the sound of fuel coming up the fill hose and quickly stopping the filling at that moment before getting doused in fuel.

What helped me get the ring loose was a generous amount of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil sprayed in the slots and around the ID of the ring. Let it sit a few minutes. Once I did that it popped loose with a few good whacks.

I used a brass punch ground into a wide, flat tip (like a screwdriver but thicker). Large screw driver kept slipping out of the a slot. Brass also won’t spark so you eliminate that small risk of a spark.