Was the tank full of gas or did you empty it? is it hard to drop a tank that is full?

The fuel is going to weight over 7# per gallon. 50 gallons will be another 350+ pounds. And if you accidently tip the tank you're going to have a very large mess and a dangerous situation with spilled gas.I'd figure out how to drain as much as possible.Bill

I did mine with about 1/2 tank (30+ gallons) .....a floor jack and a bunch of 1x short wood pieces make excellent cribbing.........If you have access to 2 floor jacks......then go that route.......build up some cribbing on both ends of the tank and then lower it down a couple of inches at a time.......I've done 2 tanks now and I'm all done in less than 2 hours......

If it was mine and I was doing it myself? I would try to save/transfer all of the fuel out.If I had no way to save it or transfer it to my other rides I would give it away.Be sure the pump is bad.Check everything in the system, sometimes its not the pump. Relay, connectors between body and engine harness, grounds.

What Bill said x2..Remove as much fuel as possible even a couple gallons sloshing around makes a difficult job even more difficult.Another hint,,check your sender before you put the tank back in.Mine reads half a tank when its full.It was such a pain to drop the tank that I just deal with it and know about how many miles on the trip meter its time to fill up.

When replacing the pump/sender on my F150 when it started to go bad, I ran the truck to get it as empty as I could. Kept a 2.5 gal gas can in the bed the last few trips in case I pushed it too far. Also had a rubber hammer to tap the tank with to get the pump running when it wouldn't start as the pump was dying.If you can borrow an ATV jack, it worked well for me. All applications are different but releasing the vent lines and inlet hose were the most difficult parts of the job. Just make sure you get a good quality replacement. Went with a new Motorcraft unit for my Ford. Replaced the vent at the same time.

for those of you that have dropped your gas tanks

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96Bounder30E
Explorer II
Oct 15, 2013
I did mine with about 1/2 tank (30+ gallons) .....a floor jack and a bunch of 1x short wood pieces make excellent cribbing.........

If you have access to 2 floor jacks......then go that route.......build up some cribbing on both ends of the tank and then lower it down a couple of inches at a time.......

I've done 2 tanks now and I'm all done in less than 2 hours......
Trackrig
Explorer II
Oct 15, 2013
The fuel is going to weight over 7# per gallon. 50 gallons will be another 350+ pounds. And if you accidently tip the tank you're going to have a very large mess and a dangerous situation with spilled gas.
I'd figure out how to drain as much as possible.

Bill

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for those of you that have dropped your gas tanks

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