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Old 07-18-2009, 08:14 PM
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I guess I was the lucky one then. My car had minimal rust on the underside, and came apart pretty easily.
 
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Old 11-08-2010, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Camaro 69
And here's mine. If you look at the picture of the top of the tank, those hard lines travel to the front of the tank, head over to the drivers side of the car, and then drop down the side of the tank. There's NO way the sending unit is going to come up a little, then bend 90 degrees like it needs to so it can lift out of the tank. At least now the car has a handy access panel to get to the wiring.
Do you have to lift the car up as far as you did? I'm restricted to doing it in my yard and I cant get it lifted that high, but I was able to get the spring out.
 
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Old 11-08-2010, 09:38 AM
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I first lifted the back as high as was needed for the rearend to drop to pull the spring out. I went higher up than that to give more working room, and most of the height was needed for the tank to clear the ground as it drops down and out at an angle.
 
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Old 10-22-2011, 05:35 PM
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When your taking the fuel pump out which tab on the lock ring do you have to tap to unlock it? is it (in the picture) the tab on the right or the other tabs? The only reason I'm using your photo is because this is the exact same thing as my Camaro.
 
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Old 10-23-2011, 01:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Camarovroom
When your taking the fuel pump out which tab on the lock ring do you have to tap to unlock it? is it (in the picture) the tab on the right or the other tabs? The only reason I'm using your photo is because this is the exact same thing as my Camaro.
Answered your PM. There are 3 tabs, in the picture it's one on the left, upper right, and lower right (can't see that one in the pic)
 
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Old 11-19-2011, 07:10 PM
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disregard that comment,i cant believe ANYBODY would suggest doing a hack job to one of our cars,must have been high or something
 
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Old 11-23-2011, 10:54 AM
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this is quite possibly THE hardest repair to do on one of our cars,and no there isnt any effective short cuts you can take.just say a prayer to your dieity of choice ,go slowly, and you can do it in a day by yourself. and because it was so hard to do i also replaced the tank sending unit while i had the thing apart.as i dont EVER want to do that again!!!!
 
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