I have removed the bolts and straps suporting the gas tank, and had expected it to slide down out of it's place. It seems securely STUCK to the bottom of the body, with no visable bolts or fasteners to remove. Do I use a pry bar to unstick to rubber cushion to drop it?

remove battery terminals. empty or drain out all the gas you can. take loose the filler neck from the tank or fuel filler door. Remove or take loose all fuel lines and electrical connectors. Place a jack under the tank with something soft as to not scratch/dent/ or puncture the tank, and jack it up to hold tank in place as you remove the bolts holding the tank straps in place. with the tank straps loose and placed out of the way, gently lower tank to ground and remove from vehicle. Tank may have to slide out over axles if its mounted over them.

Spray oil the bolts at the back end of the straps and let set for a while. Then remove the nuts securing the tank straps to let the tank down, remove the hose and gage wire from the tank and pull it out.

well the best way i found is to first siffen the gas out those tanks are heavy without gas and akward to handle, what i would do is place a jack with a board on it to help stablelize it and help with the lifting then i would loosen the bolt straps nearly all the way so i could get to the lines and remove them be sure to use 2 wrenches do not twist the lines they will break and or crack once thats done remove the electric clipted on wires and ground wire if its bolted to tank then remove the large fill up tube then finish removing the strap bolts while hanging on to the tank once bolts are out begin lower the jack holding on at the same time till your all the way down then gently slide tank off of jack , climb out from under vehicle then pull the tank out to replace sending unit then do it all in reverse.

The tank has to have straps holding it on &
the straps have to have bolts or nuts

I know it can be a bear if the bolts and pins are rusted. Unless the new straps are OEM, some after market straps don't fit quite as well and you need Godzilla strength to manover them into place to get them pinned and bolted back up.
You shouldn't have to drop the tank as long as you do the straps one at a time. Get a floor jack, transmission jack or even a motorcycle jack and place wood under the gas tank and do one strap at a time. I used a second jack to help push the strap in place so I could push it into place on a 97 Dakota. Good luck and sometimes it goes smooth but, some times it makes a preacher say things they wouldn't say in church. :)

Hi, welcome to FixYa.com my name is Shawn and I will be answering your question.

1. Relieve the fuel system pressure. Refer to the procedure in this section.

1. Disconnect the battery ground cable (14301) .

1. Drain the fuel from the fuel tank (9002) . Refer to the procedure in this section.
   
   Fuel Tank and Related Components

1. Raise and support the vehicle.

1. Remove the two pins from the fuel tank front protector.

1. Remove the three fuel tank front protector bolts and remove the fuel tank front protector.

1. Disconnect the evaporative emission hose (9E325) from the evaporative emission valve (9B593) .

1. NOTE: Label the fuel return line and fuel supply line to ease installation.
   Loosen the fuel return hose clamp and slide it away from the fuel return hose connection.

1. NOTE: Use a rag to prevent fuel from spilling while disconnecting the fuel lines.
   Disconnect the fuel return hose at the fuel tank .

1. Loosen the fuel supply hose clamp and slide it away from the fuel supply hose connection.

1. Disconnect the fuel supply hose at the fuel tank .

1. Disconnect the fuel pump and bracket electrical connector.

1. Loosen the hose clamp from the fuel tank to filler pipe hose (9047) and slide the hose clamp toward the fuel tank .

1. Separate the fuel tank to filler pipe hose from the fuel tank filler pipe (9034) .

1. Place a jack under the fuel tank to support it when the fuel tank support straps are removed.

1. Remove the two fuel tank support strap bolts and allow the fuel tank support straps to hang down.

1. Remove the spring clips from the fuel tank support strap hinges.

1. Remove the fuel tank support strap hinges and remove the fuel tank support straps.

1. NOTE: An assistant may be necessary to remove the fuel tank .
   Lower the fuel tank from the vehicle.

I hope my assistance helped you and resolved your concern, if you need further assistance please ask.

Hello,

Drive the rear of the Camaro onto a set of ramps and secure the parking brake. If the Camaro no longer runs due to the fuel pump, place the rear end of the vehicle onto jack stands.

Use a socket and ratchet to disconnect the negative battery cable from the negative battery terminal. This removes power from the electric fuel pump.

Place a jack under the gas tank and raise the jack so it butts up against the tank. This applies pressure to the tank and prevents it from falling while you remove the retaining bolts for the tank straps.

Use a socket and ratchet to remove the retaining bolt from each of the two straps located closest to the rear of the vehicle. These are the rear strap bolts. Pull the straps down.

Lower the jack to lower the tank from the vehicle. Because you left the front of the straps attached, the tank rests at an angle under the vehicle. This prevents the need to unhook all of the hoses connected to the tank.

Place the cam tool (J-24187) onto the retaining cam on the top of the tank and turn it a quarter turn counterclockwise. Take the sending unit cam off the tank.

Disconnect the fuel pump from the sending unit cam and plug the new pump into the sending unit.

Place the fuel sending unit cam onto the tank and turn it clockwise a quarter turn with the specialized tool.

Use the straps, bolts, socket and ratchet to jack the tank back up under the Camaro and secure it.

Use the socket and ratchet to reconnect the negative battery cable to the negative battery terminal.

I hope the above helps.

Good luck.

The fuel pump is located in your fuel tank...you have to drop your fuel tank to replace it...before you do so you will have to sifion [sp] most of the gas out as gas is heavy...when you get out all you can leave the gas cap off and remove the bolts holding the filler neck in place...Then jack up vehicle and place on jack stands....Remove battery ground cable,go under and remove sheild covering fuel tank,while there remove the ground strap attached to the filler neck...Once the cover is off this will expose the 2 tank holding straps.....at this point you will need a jack or holding and lowering devise to support the gas tank..... make sure it is supported well before you loosen the strap bolts!!!! disconnect the EVap hose from canister it runs to tank then remove the strap bolts ...move them aside and lower the tank enough to expose the top where the fuel lines are disconnect them and the electrical connector,ground ...then lower gas tank slowly checking nothing is still hooked to it ...After the tank is down remove it from under vehicle and use a BRASS punch or piece of wood not a regular metal punch to remove the pump retaining ring ...once ring is removed CAREFULLY remove the pump from the tank.....replace pump and new strainer... Then Carefully put the pump back in the tank...if needed replace the ring seal before you place the pump back in...tighten up the retaining ring ....take back to car and put on supporting devise and lift just high enough to reattach all your connectors...then jack up the rest off the way attach holdings straps ,cover,ground ******** filler neck,filler neck bolts,battery cable install gas cap and start hopfully

look under the car find two straps the hold the tank they will have one bolt for each strap suport the tank with a jack or something and take the straps off then take the fuel filler hose off then label the fuel lines and wires and disconnect them also if the tank is full of full remove the fuel hose the big one and use a smaller hose and sifone the gas out trust me that tank is gonna be heavy if its full.

On one end of each strap there should be a bolt. It's possible that there was an "insulator" between the strap and tank that deteriorated and fell out. It's not essential that it be replaced but likely you can tighten those bolts to take up some of the slack. Don't crank down too tight or you may distort tank.