Pump it out with your fuel pump  ( though you wouldn't want to get junk
in it -)
or another old fuel pump.
of just waiit until you finally just have to take the sucker out of there.
I use a floor jack,
it MUST come down in steps - you lower it some, you struggle with
grommets and a vent hose,
you undo the fuel level sender wire.
then you lower it to the ground.

you have to support it 4./5th's up in there to undo and connect stuff
before you either lower the old one to the floor, or push the old one
all the way up.
it is not  a fun job.

there's a vanagon guy near me ..........a shop........He 'will not' do
gas tanks.
won't work on syncro's either.
and a syncro gas tank ..........now THAT is a nightmare job !
scott

Rob wrote:
> I have the 'out' hose on my '84 fuel tank in a gas can and the fuel
> is draining, very slowly but it is draining. Does the fuel always
> come out that slow? There is less than 1/2 a tank but I expected
> something more, in 10 minutes I have maybe an inch in my 5 gal can.
>
> I'm changing the fuel tank. After the 'noisy fuel pump' thread, the
> story related by Aaron and the lesson on old dirty tanks by Scott I
> ordered one from Volks Cafe on Thurs. A competitive price, the order
> was processed that same day, it was sitting here when I got home this
> afternoon and there were cookies too!. I can't really ask more than that.
> A quiet pump would be good and being able to use the whole tank of
> gas even better. I also ordered the tank reseal kit, new hoses and
> such down there sounds like a fine idea.
>
> Anything special I need to watch for with this project?
>
>
>
> Rob
>
> becida@comcast.net
> Western Washington State, USA
>
>