Cheap Substitute for Daewoo Fuel Filter Removal Tool
Company: OEM Industrial Product: OEM Industrial Door Panel Remover
If you're unlucky enough to have gotten stuck with a Daewoo car, you probably already know that they're difficult to get parts for and more dificult to find someone to work on them. That's why I was not the least bit amused to discover that one of the connections on the Fuel Filter for my Daewoo Lanos was not the standard connection but was, in fact, a special tool listed by ALLDATA DIY as the KM-475-B Trim Remover.
If you're not familiar with a Trim Removal tool, I can explain that pretty easily. It's a hand tool that looks like a cross between a screw driver, a wrench and a two-pronged fork that is designed to slip into a thin, tight area and allow you to release certain interior panels (such as doors, plastic trim parts, etc). Why anyone would ever think to use this scenario as a release system for a fuel filter is beyond me. Regardless, that's just what they did. This part is a special Daewoo part with part number KM-475-B. As soon as I saw that I knew I would be waiting for one to be shipped to me to be able to change my fuel filter. (That's not accteptable. Not even Close.)
I did a little probing on Google using the keywords Daewoo and KM-475-B, and found a few results. It seems that the illustrious KM-475-B really was a trim removal tool. Having worked at Autozone in the past, I seemed to recall seeing trim tools there. A "Zoner" assisted me in finding the Door Panel Remover from OEM Industrial (OEM Industrial Part No. 25313) which cost around $6.00 USD. While it's touted as being "For easy removal of door panel clips without damage", it is nearly identical to the sketch of the KM-475-B as shown in the ALLDATA DIY listing for my 2000 Daewoo Lanos. If you own a Daewoo with this type of connector on its fuel filter, I would suggest purchasing one and keeping it with your (growing) Keep-your-Daewoo-On-The-Road toolkit.
I found that the OEM Industrial Door Panel Remover allowed quick and easy removal of my old fuel filter. (I had previously attemted to remove it with everything from a wrench to a piece of cardboard cut in the shape of a KM-475-B, but to no avail. After removing the old fuel filter, I found that by removing the standard clip provided on the intake side of the DEUTSCH Fuel Filter (Part number FF677) that was listed for my car allowed for it to fit into the strange "door panel type" Daewoo clip system that the old filter used. Amazing! A part from Autozone that actually fits on my Daewoo! With the Door Panel Remover tool, the replacement took only a few minutes.
-Geck0, GameVortex Communications AKA Robert Perkins
Related Links: Daewoo Manuals - Online (Subscription Based) You'll have to go to your nearest Autozone, it's not available online.
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