HFCM any better to get to???

[swaldrep]

To anyone of you that have the 08...Is the HFCM, frame mounted fuel filter, any better to get to to allow for easier draining?

[apoth]

I crawled under one the other day to see if they had improved the HFCM setup and the salesman said he'd shown the new trucks to over a hundred
people and I was the FIRST person to crawl under one (?!?). The HFCM is in the same place but now has a lever that you open rather than a
screw-in plug. The strange thing about the truck I was looking at (KR F-250 CC) was that there was a huge wire bundle right behind the HFCM
where the filter is located. I tried to move the wire bundle out of the way and it was really stiff and hard to move so I asked the salesman
'how the hell is someone going to remove the filter with that wire bundle in front of it' and he just said "I have no idea"... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]

FWIW

[Texrob1]

[ QUOTE ]
I crawled under one the other day to see if they had improved the HFCM setup and the salesman said he'd shown the new trucks to over a hundred
people and I was the FIRST person to crawl under one (?!?). The HFCM is in the same place but now has a lever that you open rather than a
screw-in plug. The strange thing about the truck I was looking at (KR F-250 CC) was that there was a huge wire bundle right behind the HFCM
where the filter is located. I tried to move the wire bundle out of the way and it was really stiff and hard to move so I asked the salesman
'how the hell is someone going to remove the filter with that wire bundle in front of it' and he just said "I have no idea"... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shrug.gif[/img]

FWIW

[/ QUOTE ] Ford probably did that on purpose so you will have to bring it in for the techs to do. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]

[GShelton]

Yes, it requires tool number D-3489w2 or equivalent, which is a wire harness stretcher. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Kidding.

My salesman did give me the run down about emptying it. Nothing was said about the filter.

[mkopy1800]

HFCM is easier to empty but the same to actually change the filter. The company did make put a lever on it, also use a nippple to aid in draining it. But the filter is in the exact position for exchange.