Advice needed for removing fuel tank

[KevintheMilkdud]

Wow- I also have an 03 and had to do the same last month. Once I got started on it, it wasn't that bad. I was lucky and had only about 5 gallons of fuel in the tank. When I was shopping for the pump I noticed the prices were wild- from 105- 500 dollars and all stated a 1 year warranty. I hope I dont regret it but purchased the 105 dollar airtex which came with the rubber seal and all went well. The only tricky thing was removing the pump, as you have to turn the locking ring to free the pump. They have a special tool but I just used a hammer and a brass punch to knock it loose. You dont want any sparking so dont use hammer and a metal punch. Good luck! Not as bad as you think.

[ingydrummer]

Thanks to all who responded, I just ordered the pump, seal and locking ring. Now I have to go out right after this post to jack the truck up and drain the nearly 3/4 full tank of gas. It would have to happen right after I filled the tank. Oh well, just another adventure in owning a Hummer. I just replaced the ignition switch last week that had me stranded for two day's. Thanks again to everyone who replied.

[ingydrummer]

Let me throw this out here, would it be better to put the jack stands under the frame to let the axle be at its lowest point or should i put the stands under the axle? Just trying to think ahead here because im not sure if it would be better to let the axle sit low for clearance reasons.

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by ingydrummer

Let me throw this out here, would it be better to put the jack stands under the frame to let the axle be at its lowest point or should i put the stands under the axle? Just trying to think ahead here because im not sure if it would be better to let the axle sit low for clearance reasons.

You could try that and see if it helps. I didn't have any problems at normal ride height.

[ingydrummer]

Oh, so you didn't even jack the truck off the ground at all? I'm going to do that then, thanks DRTYFN

[DRTYFN]

Originally Posted by ingydrummer

Oh, so you didn't even jack the truck off the ground at all? I'm going to do that then, thanks DRTYFN

No. I only used my floor jack for the fuel tank. IIRC, I only had about 1/4 tank so it wasn't too bad muscling it around.

[LoJac963]

Maybe pull the rubber filler neck off the actual tank, then you could pump the gas out. 3/4 of a tank is going to be heavy as hell!