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–  Check safety rules before starting the installation work → Chapter.
–  First check whether the vehicle has a coded radio; if so, consult the antitheft code.
–  With the ignition off, disconnect the battery earth strap.
–  Drain the fuel tank and clean round the fuel filler hole.
–  Unbolt the mounting bolt of the tank cover unit and remove the unit.
–  Fold the rear seat forward.
–  Remove the cover from the fuel supply unit.
   
–  Release the connector -2- and the fuel return line -1- from the flange.
–  Remove the fuel supply line -3- and the breather pipe -4- by the connecting hoses.
  Note!
To do so, press the hose lock buttons.
  Caution
The fuel supply lines are under pressure. Before loosening the hose connections, place a cloth round the connection point. Then eliminate the pressure carefully removing the hose.
–  Drain the fuel tank.
  E20-0026
–  Remove the union brace -1- from the bodywork.
–  Remove all the fasteners of the rear part of the exhaust system -2- from the bodywork. Then lower the exhaust system slightly and hang it from the bodywork with wire.
–  Remove the right rear wheel.
–  Remove the right rear mudguard: → Rep. Gr.66.
–  Remove the fuel filler hole plug.
–  Remove the filler hole from the bodywork.
–  Remove the fuel tank fastening straps with engine and gearbox lift -SAT 1001-.
  N20-0119
–  Remove the filler hole from its fastening to the fuel tank; to do so, it is necessary to remove the dust boot and the fuel lines.
  Note!
When removing the filler hole, be very careful not to damage the inner seals of the tank.
–  Remove the fuel tank along with the antithermal plate.
  E20-0022

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