I would try these first. https://www.harborfreight.com/fuel-line-and-ac-quick-disconnect-tool-6-piece-63595.html
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What Have You Done To Your Explorer ST Today
- Thread starter TNSmokee
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DSGR,
Hair dryer will warm the tubing up enough to allow it to come off the fittings. FWIW, our ST had the blue fittings installed rather than the orange fittings. October '25 build date so maybe ours has "old" fittings on it? Suggest that you use an old hand towel to insulate the surrounding area from the warm air and check every 30 seconds or so whether the tubing is pliable enough to remove.
Is there a video (YouTube or UPR) showing the installation for the 'orange fitting' equipped STs?
Good luck with the work.
Hair dryer will warm the tubing up enough to allow it to come off the fittings. FWIW, our ST had the blue fittings installed rather than the orange fittings. October '25 build date so maybe ours has "old" fittings on it? Suggest that you use an old hand towel to insulate the surrounding area from the warm air and check every 30 seconds or so whether the tubing is pliable enough to remove.
Is there a video (YouTube or UPR) showing the installation for the 'orange fitting' equipped STs?
Good luck with the work.
Thank you! Yep, Ford used those orange, one-use fittings designed by the devil! UPR says you can use a right angle pick, but there's not enough room to get the end of the pick under the edge all the way around the fitting, especially the end down by the turbo. I did see an alternate method on UPR's instructions to pry the black part away just enough that the orange locking tab will snap out. I have two pick sizes and there's one of the picks in both sets that's at this strange angle with a short end by the point. These might work to pry out the orange locking tab. I've been out looking at both ends carefully and have almost decided it would be easier to simply break the tab (according to Ford) and remove the fitting. It's probably not worth the time and effort when I'll be replacing the quick connect ends anyway with those supplied by UPR. Yes, I did find a couple of good videos on YouTube showing the removal of the orange fitting. One used a fuel line removal tool, but it was a struggle and there's not enough room to use it on the Explorer. He didn't say what he was working on. In another video, the guy simply broke the orange part. He said it broke fairly easily. You were lucky yours had the blue fittings. I'm jealous! The next thing is to grow a foot taller to get to the low areas under the hood...and I'm 6' 1."
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In 2019 when I bought my new "Donor Car" Mustang (I-4 Ecoboost Premium Coupe) to be converted to a SHELBY GTE, a dealer in Modesto was charging about $3,500 for the ESP protection like yours. Best part was when I traded it in back in May 2024, the Folsom Lake Inventory Manager told me his Dealership would NOT give me anything extra for the unused portion of the ESP protection. He suggested I sell it back to FORD; I got more $$$ back than you paid for your entire coverage. Go figure.
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