Working on brother's 92 Firebird, fuel pump quit. He bought the car new, won't do the floor cut in that car. Got the exhaust system off, cross link bars off, shocks unhooked, rear end down as possible. Tank just won't come out. This tank has a relief area just over the rear pumpkin, helps but not enough. Any tricks to getting this tank out without removing the rear end? The fuel fill neck just won't clear. Thought about cutting the neck and rejoining with hose and clamps. Who the heck designed this mess, and with pumps that quit at 80k miles. Help!

 

the trick is having the rear axle down far enough . remove the brake hose first. laying under the car , you rotate and bring the right corner of the tank down first. it just falls out after that

 

 

Pulled the hose off, dropped and rotated the tank as you said.

 

very good , now use the highest quality fuel pump you can get , so you dont have to do it again in 6 months

 

Just a FYI, that's a baffled 1LE tank, which became standard for all 3rdgens around 90-91.
The double sided fuel strainer is a tell tail sign.

 

Got to do this in the next couple weeks. Never done it before. Should I be concerned with keeping the rear-end centered when I reinstall everything?

 

No.

The panhard bar takes care of that for you.

 

KX3G. i see you are also in knoxville . should you need any help . im at 442 chickamauga. you cant miss it , there are 6. 3rd gen camaros here

 

Thanks for the offer Rusty. If I need some help I know who to call.

 

Thanks Sofa. That's what I thought but wanted to confirm.

 

Doing this during the week this week. I was hoping to avoid disconnecting the rear brake line. Looks like there's no way around it?

 

Just have to remove the bolt that holds the T fitting to the rearend, that will let you bend the lines a little bit for more clearance.

 

Just what I was hoping to do/hear.

Thank you.

 

I need new hoses so I am going to replace them when I do the tank. Should give me more room to get the tank out.