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Old Jun 25, 2021 | 09:53 AM
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Ive been watching videos. You got it right. 1 bad thing on the new Softails the ges pump connector is up under the tank. Got to pic it up about 8" in the rear to get to it. I think I will set it on wood shims to hold it up to un plug it. Then purge it. The service manual has 3 pages on it, and it jumps back and forth 🙄
Ah, good to know. Yeah the touring models you can get to that valve with the tank in place.
 
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Ive been watching videos. You got it right. 1 bad thing on the new Softails the ges pump connector is up under the tank. Got to pic it up about 8" in the rear to get to it. I think I will set it on wood shims to hold it up to un plug it. Then purge it. The service manual has 3 pages on it, and it jumps back and forth 🙄
I haven’t figured out how to hold the tank up with one hand and fish blindly under the tank to unplug the connector with the other hand. Also, there’s a vent line that has to be unplugged. I can see it but I can’t reach it.
 
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I haven’t figured out how to hold the tank up with one hand and fish blindly under the tank to unplug the connector with the other hand. Also, there’s a vent line that has to be unplugged. I can see it but I can’t reach it.
Might need a extra set of hands to hold it up, then you can get down and look under it better.
 
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Might need a extra set of hands to hold it up, then you can get down and look under it better.
Well, that’s a problem then.
 
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Originally Posted by Uncle G.
I haven’t figured out how to hold the tank up with one hand and fish blindly under the tank to unplug the connector with the other hand. Also, there’s a vent line that has to be unplugged. I can see it but I can’t reach it.
Try loosening up the front tank bolt, remove the rear tank bolt. Then lift the rear part of the tank high enough to place a small piece of 2X4 under the rear part of the tank to hold it up. Disconnect the connector and hoses.
Remove the 2X4, remove the front tank bolt and take the tank off.
Hopes this helps.
 
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Old Jun 27, 2021 | 08:03 AM
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I haven’t figured out how to hold the tank up with one hand and fish blindly under the tank to unplug the connector with the other hand. Also, there’s a vent line that has to be unplugged. I can see it but I can’t reach it.
I used a scrap piece of 2x4 to hold the rear of the tank up. Also, don't forget that electrical connector under there.

 
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I used a scrap piece of 2x4 to hold the rear of the tank up. Also, don't forget that electrical connector under there.
That is how I was going to hold the rear of the tank with. So I can disconnect the pump connector.

 
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I used an empty water bottle to hold up the rear of the tank while disconnecting the vent and fuel pump connector on my 2018 Sport Glide. Worked like a charm!
 
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I have the service manual to my 2020 Sport Glide . I was just looking on how to remove the gast tank, the manual makes it look like a all day job. I have been told it's so easy. One time my dealer had to take mine off on a recall to mack sure the brake line was OK, it was. I stood right there talking to the service manager the entire time, next thing I knew the guy was picking my tank up from a.bench and reinstalling it. I couldn't believe how fast he did it. Was all over in under 15 minutes . He did it so fast I don't remember how he did it. My new service manual scares the hell out of me.
No way the dealer did all the things the manual says I got to do . Has anyone on here taken yours off and didn't find it hard ?
I wrote that a long time ago, I was just looking ahead to this day. I thought this was obvious.
 
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I have the service manual to my 2020 Sport Glide . I was just looking on how to remove the gast tank, the manual makes it look like a all day job. I have been told it's so easy. One time my dealer had to take mine off on a recall to mack sure the brake line was OK, it was. I stood right there talking to the service manager the entire time, next thing I knew the guy was picking my tank up from a.bench and reinstalling it. I couldn't believe how fast he did it. Was all over in under 15 minutes . He did it so fast I don't remember how he did it. My new service manual scares the hell out of me.
No way the dealer did all the things the manual says I got to do . Has anyone on here taken yours off and didn't find it hard ?
I wrote that a long time ago, I was just looking ahead to this day. I thought this was obvious.
 
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