RE: fuel pump changing some one gimme some advice
Ok, I must be the only guy who cut a hole in his floor. I must confess, I didn't do any cutting until I actually dropped the tank because I didn't know exactly where to cut, nor did I want to cut the tank with the floor!
Sorry, I don't have pictures. But I did figure out where to cut the hole (under the passenger side of the rear seat), cut the hole, then bought a piece of sheetmetal to put over the new hole. I did have to cut the patch panel to fit around a bump in the floor, so it's not a perfect square. I bought body clips that were threaded (wish I can remember the proper name for the clips), like the clips used with fender bolts to hold the fender on. I have 4 bolts holding the patch panel on using those clips. I did make sure the tank was up in place before drilling the holes for the bolts because in certain spots, the tank comes very close to the floorboard and I didn't want to screw a bolt into the tank. One other thing I did was "paint" the underside of the body where the gas tank sits, my new patch panel, and the metal shield (or rather, what was left of the metal shield) that covers the gas tank with a product called POR-15 to prevent rust.
I still had to drop the tank out THE FIRST TIME, but from now on, as God is my witness, I WILL NEVER HAVE TO DROP MY TANK AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!