Last week I found myself stranded (not far from home luckily) when my Stone conked out on me. Some hunting around on Guzzi Tech and other sites pointed to a disconnected fuel hose inside the tank. The threads dealing with that issue don't have a lot of pictures, so when I opened up my tank I snapped some. I hope by posting them here someone can take on this repair with a little more confidence than I felt going in.
First, the access panel on the inside of the tunnel under the tank. This is looking into the front toward the back.
Here's the tank removed and lying on its side with the access panel screws removed. I gather from other threads that the line coming off the red elbow is a quick-detach fitting, but I never figured out how to get it undone. I just took the hose off the hard way.
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Here is the access plate pulled away from the tank. Here was my problem - no hose was attached to the gray pipe, which is the pump outlet.
For me, the trickiest part of the removal was getting the filter out without mangling the ribbed plastic hose connecting it to the access plate. When I disconnected it from the plate, things came out much easier.
Here's the filter with the two hoses attached. A PO had done this operation before: you can see the worm-screw clamp where it was attached to the fuel pump. The hose was mangled under that clamp and eventually slipped off again.
Hauling out the rest of the assembly: pump, pressure regulator and electrical connectors. Once the filter and hoses are out of the way, this comes out fairly easily.
First, the access panel on the inside of the tunnel under the tank. This is looking into the front toward the back.
Here's the tank removed and lying on its side with the access panel screws removed. I gather from other threads that the line coming off the red elbow is a quick-detach fitting, but I never figured out how to get it undone. I just took the hose off the hard way.
Here is the access plate pulled away from the tank. Here was my problem - no hose was attached to the gray pipe, which is the pump outlet.
For me, the trickiest part of the removal was getting the filter out without mangling the ribbed plastic hose connecting it to the access plate. When I disconnected it from the plate, things came out much easier.
Here's the filter with the two hoses attached. A PO had done this operation before: you can see the worm-screw clamp where it was attached to the fuel pump. The hose was mangled under that clamp and eventually slipped off again.
Hauling out the rest of the assembly: pump, pressure regulator and electrical connectors. Once the filter and hoses are out of the way, this comes out fairly easily.