WTH...Smelling gas/Fuel pump went out

[BUNNY15]

Just curious if this is a common problem out there? I searched this forum, but didn't run across anything too quickly. Saturday night (raining), I'm headed to get the dog from the groomer. I pull into the parking lot to park and the 2 just cut off. All electronics were still working but it wouldn't run. It would crank but wouldn't fire off. God Bless, I just happened to be in a parking lot next to a Firestone. I've never used them, but I sure was glad to see them that night. If you've never had to push a 2, let me tell you, that thing is a BEAST!! I ran over (still raining) to see if they were still open and they were. I had a fifteen minute window to work with. Pretty friendly guys, one of the mechanics ran out (in the rain) to the 2 with a fuel pressure gauge and NOTHING!!! Banged on the tank, NOTHING!!! There was also a strong odor of gas, but that had been the case for a few weeks. I had someone look at it before, and they thought it might be a bad gas cap, or even the fuel pump gasket not being seated correctly. That was two weeks ago....Not sure exactly if either of those were correct, but the pump sure did fail Saturday night! First quote was for $985 installed. That just wasn't going to work...$715 later, new pump installed and ready by Sunday at noon. All I can say is "thanks Firestone, way to step up to the plate.