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67ss · 1K+ Club

Not one of GM's better ideas

Chris S · Active Member

I won't answer the trivia question since we talked about it at the show in Rush City today.

Now I know why you were not excited to go home and work on it. YUK! Hope the pump cures the problem and you can ship that thing out of the shop.

John D · 2K+ Club

Well... since there's mounts for a "torque arm" on the diff, I'm guessing a Camaro or Firebird.

Enganeer · Mega Poster

98-02 F-body.

67ss · 1K+ Club

It is an 88 Camaro. Won't be doing one of these again. All they would of had to do is put a rubber coupler on the filler neck and it would come right out.

Lost in the 60s · President

67ss wrote:
It is an 88 Camaro. Won't be doing one of these again. All they would of had to do is put a rubber coupler on the filler neck and it would come right out.

Most people who do that work themselves, cut an access hole in the hatch floor to change the pump and screw/seal a cover back down.

All the third and fourth gen F bodies are like that. GM had 20 YEARS of production to do something better and refused. I wonder if the gas tank is accessible in the 5th and 6th gen cars ??

67ss · 1K+ Club

Yea I know about cutting the access hole but to do that means you have to cut all the lines at the top of he tank as well. No way you can pull the sender through that hole with all the lines attached.

Chris R · 2K+ Club

I never understood why domestic car companies never put the access hole for the pump. The Asian and European car companies have been putting a removable panel above the fuel pump since the 80's, maybe even longer then that. Dropping fuel tanks to change pumps really gets old.

And the kicker is american car companies have had more fuel pump problems then any other brand I ever had to deal with in my 20 plus years working in the field. If anyone needed to put an access in the floor, its american car companies. Asian cars and european cars are not uncommon to go 200K plus with zero fuel pump issues and its other parts of the car that wear out.