Too late to help you now I guess but there is a far easier way to deal
with the Syncro tank and the tight fit at the left end where the sender
plate hits. I use a piece of tough flexible plastic, like the lid to a
storage bin or even a piece of coolant jug, etc. Cut a 6x8" or so piece
out. Slide it up between the frame rail and the tank sender plate. Now
the tank can be forced down without the fuel hose nipple or the plate
studs catching on the frame rail edge. It is still a battle but you
don't need to flex the end of the tank nearly so much. The same method
works reinstalling the tank. I have done this on 5 or 6 Syncros.

Mark

Tom L. Salicos wrote:

>
>
> Hi Daryl,
>
> For me, removing and replacing the Syncro fuel tank is about the worst
> thing
> I ever did voluntarily.  And that would include Basic Training at Ft.
> Lewis
> during the winter.................
> I had done two things that helped:  1) The left frame member had extra
> steel
> sticking out so I ground it back.  2)  I dremmeled off the extra
> length of
> the sender's studs so they would clear better.  They were at least 1/4"
> longer than necessary. You still shove and  pry the thing back up, but
> with
> the jack, you can assert upward force while you pry.