Fuel Tank Removal and Inspection

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What happens here

To address the fuel system issues, the host proceeds with removing the fuel tank. He utilizes a newly acquired transmission jack to safely support the tank during removal. Once the tank is lowered, he confirms the pinched wire belongs to the fuel sending unit, not the pump itself, which was initially misidentified. He observes the old, thick fuel inside the tank and decides to remove the fuel pump to inspect its sock. He recalls a previous issue where RTV sealant had fallen into the tank and clogged the pump sock, causing fuel pressure problems. He also mentions building the transmission jack from its components, noting the humorous and poorly translated instructions.

Goal: Remove the fuel tank, inspect its contents, and confirm wiring and pump sock integrity.

Tools and materials

Basic Hand Tools — Removing fuel tank bolts and disconnecting fuel lines/wires
Flashlight — Inspecting the inside of the fuel tank and surrounding components
Transmission Jack — Safely supporting and lowering the fuel tank
Old Fuel — Fuel drained from the tank during removal

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and i thought to myself i bet that's why i did that because when i would turn i turned to the left which would shove the gas tank to the right and cut that wire that's why it was cutting out i am pretty sure so i'm gonna fix that too when i first put this thing together it had fuel pressure issues because uh rtv from the sending unit on top squished out fell in the tank got sucked up into the sock and was clogging the pump sock couldn't figure out what the heck was going on ended up being that i was terrified that it was a similar situation i'm pretty sure it was just that so i'm gonna get these uh these two bolts out of here drop this tank with my new ching chong trans jack and you like my custom painted diff cover that i did when i was like 18 you know it was already off of like oh screw i'm just gonna paint silver and put a sticker on it don't laugh at me actually yeah you can laugh at me it seemed cooler in my head when i did it but you know now it's just a piece of the pass i've never done this in the air before it's always been uh on the ground last time i did this wasn't even in a building i did it on the ground in front of my garage i don't know where the center of gravity of this tank is i don't know how touchy the jacket is because i've never used it so uh we're just doing all kinds of new things here today okay so it's not not that heavy it's not too bad i should be able to balance this if i lower it well enough okay i can see all the stuff on top of the tank now i'm gonna have to get in light in there and start disconnecting things i believe when this was built the tank was laying on the ground so it should have enough slack in it to get low-ish i just don't know how low that is well i got the tank out and i found out that this wire that was chopped that somebody ran through here i don't even know who did that uh this was for the sending unit not the pump i thought that i got lucky and figure out that's why i had a problem it's not but i dumped out almost all the gas tank and it barely got to like an inch to the top of a five gallon bucket so i think that the fuel is probably just low and sloshing around it was also really old really dark colored and it's almost like thicker consistency than gasoline should be based on how it fell on the floor after it came out of this an9 that looks like it's older than me i remember where it came from now it came out of some other car and just happened to be long enough to use for this it's been in the car…

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