Can someone point me to a topic that shows how to cut a hole to get to the fuel pump?, before i get flamed for this, IM NOT DOING THIS TO MY CAR!!, only my doner car, i just need to use its pump till i get the money for a new one, so can anyone point me in the right direction? please and thanks

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/fabr...cess-hole.html

But, if it is just a parts car, cut away.

 

Thanks you, see most people would flame but since the tank is already out of my 86 i just need to get the pump ouf of my 90

 

I did the trap door on my 89 FB Formula and have been happy ever since. Flame all ya like guys, it works.

 

http://www.turbobuick.com/forums/tur...utes-less.html
This is exactly what i did when my fuel pump went out. Only took a couple hours

 

how hard is it going to be to install the tank after i change the pump?, it was out when i bought the car.

 

here this might help if you wanna do it neat.

 

Got my check so i went ahead and got the new pump and strainer, but i need to get to the old pump anyways, i dont have the cover that goes over the fuel pump on this tank...seems like it got lost

 

Hmm... looks like you willl have to go to a junkyard and get one

 

Well i got the door cut, i hired someone to do it but they cut my fuel lines in the process so i got rubber lines till i get my new ones on.

 

On the parts car? That sucks, Thats why I always do my own cutting/removing at yards. Last time I called a yard and told them to take off the dash of a 91 they had. Long story short, when I got there the guy said there was no way to take it off without using force and cracked it. I got in the yard for free though from his screw up.

Also word of advice, just to make it easier for you next time or the guy after you. Keep the underside clean and do a clamp on exhaust. It was a pain to remove my rusted out panhard bar and brace bolts and 2 year old exhaust to get the tank out. As for putting it back in. If you decide not to drop the diff like me, your gonna struggle. In the end for me I had to bend the filler neck back into shape after It was installed.

 

yeah it was in the parts car, the 86 doesnt have the lines running to the pump.....

 

How far are they from the lines? or are they too far gone to do anything? I have done other vehicles mainly our 94 GMC Jimmy and used Rubber fuel lines, with reinforcement from a local small parts store and nothing has gone wrong in over 5 years and I checked it about a month ago. Lines are the same as the day I installed them. So if theres enough space for a good grip and clamp. I would do that route for now.

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Oh snap, Is it more or farther or in general? Are the lines there near where the pump connector goes on top of the Driveshaft tunnel? There should be 3 lines there. If not then like I said, visit a shop or parts store that carries lines and make them yourself. Should be simple not rubber of course but metal.

 

the ones on the 90 are cut at the pump itsself, but the 86 is cut at the rubber hoses under the car near the driveshaft.