how hard is it to change my fuel pump

[transamguy7]

i have a 95 T/A and the fuel pump recently gave out. i was trying to find out the best way to put a new fuel pump in it cause everyone knows its a bitch trying to replace a fuel pump in F-bodies. and also what how long do you think it would take a mechanic to preform this job?

[davesLT1]

Although i've never done it i've read that the easiest way is to cut a hole through the interior directly above the tank, so you can access the pump from above. Otherwise you got to drop the tank!! At a shop probally in the ballpark of 3 to up to maybe 6 hours labor.

[Chris 96 WS6]

Please don't cut up your car. I hate that approach. I know its easier but its not like you'll be swapping pumps all the time. Its actually not a hard job to drop the axle, exhaust and then tank and do it the right way. You will need 1 friend to help though.

[davesLT1]

Let me clairify my post. I'was not telling you to cut up your car, i was just stating what i've read. I would never reccomend to hack up your car... I was just telling you one of the easier ways to do it. Like i said in this post, it was just stating what i've read on this as to be the easiest way. I should've reread the original post to see he asked the best way to do this not, the easiest. Sorry for the bad recomendation!

[Black93Z]

ok the best way is to drop the tank, however the easiest way is to cut a hole in the floorboard, which im not proud i did but i had no choice didnt have a place time, or spare vehicle to be able to spare the time to drop the tank, but ive cut the hole in the floor and the hardest part is getting one of the two feed/return lines disconnected. if you need some more info cuz youve decided to do it that way then i can help you, i did it like 3 weeks ago, or around there.

['97z28m6]

I did it the right way, probley the most annoying thing for me was actually dropping the tank becauase my filler neck just wouldn't let it go, i ended up have to bend it a lot more then i prefered to. but it came out. also getting the case open that the fuel pump is in was a PITA but thats the same regardless of cutting a hole inside the car of dropping the tank. one thing i messed up though is the little thing that senses the gas level so now my gas guage constantly reads empty. i haven't had time to fix it since i replaced my pump. don't really feel like dropping the whole tank again...

[03slowZ06]

how about replaceing it with an inline and never having to deal with the tank again?