[82Stang]

Just wanted to update and end this thread on a good note.

After mulling over dropping the tank(1/2 full) or cutting a hole in the bed or lifting the bed, I'm happy to say it was rather easy to lift the bed by myself. I unbolted the front 4 bolts and loosened the rear two and jacked the bed up with a two by four just like a dump bed. Easy peazy. I could get my whole body underneath to the top of the tank. I plan on doing it this way for all my future truck fuel pumps.

New pump/sending unit installed and all was well. Except for one dead battery, which cleaning the terminals and rejumping cured right away. Truck starts and runs perfect now, or atleast as perfect as it was before.

So for those that are wondering which is easiest to do when changing the pump, it's the bed lift all the way for me. It's done properly and much, much easier than dropping that 26 gal tank.

Thanks for the responses.