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yup, its in the tank, part of the fuel sending unit, you have to drop the gas tank to get to it.

as far as your problem, what your grandad is talking about referrs to carbed cars with a mechanical pump at the engine. when you ran out of gas those lines went empty, and even when you put gas in the tank, the mechanical pump couldnt create enough suction to pull the fuel all the way up the line, so you had to pour gas down it untill it was full, and then the pump could pull the gas normally. the electric pump in your gas tank, has more than enough power to overcome that problem, but it is actually located in the gasoline, and pushes the gas up the line, avoiding the problem all together.

what probly happend is that the pump burned up when you ran out of gas, because the pump relys on the gasoline in the tank to sap the heat away from it. no gas, pump motor overheats.