Thread: Tips dropping fuel tank on a 2002 Suburban

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Thanks Glenn; I tried dropping the front and jacking up the back and that would not work. I'll have to reverse it tomarrow and see if that will work for me. I swear they put the tank in then put the rear end in it. I hope I don't have to remove that thing.
I looked in the car manual and they don't have the front plate in front of the tank like I do. But I'll be at it again in the morning.
Kurt

Once you have the lines, fuel hoses and elelectrcal disconnected, the tank drops down in the back just enough to clear the differential, then slides back so the front of the tank clears the frame crossmember. Remember to disconnect the two fuel line quick connects in the front (one fuel pressure, the other fuel return). If you pull the driveshaft and the heat shield mounted on the tank, it gives you some addition room, but without a lift, it's a bi_ _h. I really helps if the tank is empty . . . . On the pickups, it's easier to raise the pickup bed off the frame to replace the pump/sender. D