JACK UP REAR OF CAR AND SUPPORT WITH JACK STANDS. STANDS SHOULD BE PLACED UNDER REAR DOORS AT FOLDED SHEET METAL, AKA ROCKER PANEL. MAKE SURE TO GIVE ENOUGH ROOM FOR REMOVAL OF TANK WITH FUEL TANK ON JACK. REMOVE THE HOSE CONNECTING TANK TO FILLER CAP TUBE. SIPHON OUT ALL THE FUEL YOU CAN. NEXT, SUPPORT TANK IN MIDDLE USING A PIECE OF PLYWOOD OR OTHER THIN MATERIAL TO DISTRIBUTE WEIGHT OVER A GREATER AREA OF TANK TO KEEP JACK FROM BENDING IT TOO BAD.RAISE JACK AND APPLY GENTLE PRESSURE ON TANK. 2 METAL STRAPS HOLD TANK IN PLACE. EACH HAS A NUT ON ONE END. RENOVE NUT, SLIGHTLY LOWER TANK WITH STRAPS BENT OUT OF WAY. NOW DISCONNECT ELECTRICAL PLUG FOR FUEL SENDING UNIT, USUALLY GREEN WITH A FEW WIRES.DISCONNECT ANY OTHER HOSES, PRESSURE HOSE AND RETURN HOSE AND VENT HOSE. PRESSURE HOSE AND RETURN HOSE MAY TAKE A SPECIAL TOOL. YOU CAN CHECK AHEAD OF TIME AT PART STORE. CAREFULLY LOWER TANK. WHERE LINES CAME FROM TANK THERE IS A ROUND FLANGE THAT HAS PLACES FOR A FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER TO PUSH AGAINST TO ROTATE. USUALLY 4 STICKING UP. YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE FLANGE HAS RAMP LIKE PLACES GOING UNDER TABS ON TANK, THESE ALLOW THE FLANGE TO SORT OF SCREW INTO TANK AND SQUISH SEAL TO KEEP GAS FROM LEAKING OUT. ROTATE FLANGE COUNTER CLOCKWISE BT HAMMERING ON SCREWDRIVER AGAINST ONE OF THE 4 TABS OF THE FLANGE, GO AS FAR AS YOU CAN AND MOVE TO THE NEXT TAB IF IT GETS DIFFICULT TO ROTATE.REMOVE WHOLE SENDING UNIT WITH SEAL. DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WERE SOLD AT PARTS HOUSE CHANGE OUT PARTS AND SEAL AND REINSTALL, SOUNDS HARDER THAN IT IS . WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S ONLY 2 NUTS AND A COUPLE OF HOSES.
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