You know, in spite of all the negative comments you got on this, I've watched all the videos I can find on doing this job, and no one has one that makes it any easier than what you have and so what if you have a hole in the bed. No big deal, just slap a plate down on top of it and yank it off next time and you'll never have to wrestle out a tank or take off a bed again. I love it. Going to do the same. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the vid. The pump just croaked in my '93 Dodge and I was thinkin' I'd cut a hole in the bed while I had it off so if it ever went again I wouldn't have to do that, and your video came up first, so I appreciate seein' how you did it.
I am a busy handyman and I have experienced replacing auto parts including fuel pump . I like your idea. This is a good shot cut for old cars . I have a 1991 Dodge Caravan and I do not mind cutting open the floor to replace a fuel pump easily because I just want to drive this van for one more your. I want to tell you one more thing, your idea did not only save half of the time, it was also easy to check or maintain. After I replaced a fuel pump, I tested it and it started right away, but it had
(continuing from my first comment) After I replaced a fuel pump, I tested it and it started right away, but it had a small leak and I replaced a new clamp . It runs good now If I hadn't opened the floor, I wouldn't have known it had a small gas leak. Thank you for your video .
Being no stranger to working on my own (don't claim to know it all but damn proud of what I do know!) and changing several fuel filters on several vehicles,may very well become one!!
Happy you found my video,,it's nuts how they are still making trucks with no access door they should just put the fuel pump outside of the tank ,,but that would make cents
Hey man great video. Did this on my 99 5.9 with a grinder. Makes changing pump so much easier. Changing pump fixed my horrible misfire after about 20miles of driving. I would recomend doing this.
Aaaaaany leakage of gas fumes, and BOOM. Before the doubters start. My neighbors dad had this happen doing this. Scarred most of his face, permanently lost about 6” of hair and and is blind in one eye. I’m not an expert, but I think a shorty saws all blade is a much better option. Is your face and eyesight worth the extra effort ?
Well, I replaced the pump in my 2006 1500 by cutting the bed floor. I had JUST filled the tank that morning, I do not have a lift, I do not have a large enough floor jack, and I'm too old to wrestle 250 lbs laying under a truck. With 226,000 miles, didn't think I was hurting resell. The cut was made with a Sawzall, covered the tank with a wet blanket, easy cut. Replacing the pump was a piece of cake. I added two pieces of square steel tube under the existing bed, reattached the previously removed corrugated metal to those tubes. sealed it. Reinstall the liner. Good to go, with no loss of strength or evidence of deflection in the bed floor.
that U-channel was cut along with the bed floor. I added two longer pieces of 1" square tubing under the floor to support the floor section that I reinstalled after replacing the pump. Spend the money on a good quality pump. @@jordanstorey8267
There are a lot of negative comments on this video, but this does work. I did the same thing on a 1990 Chevy van, but the van was a piece of junk with 250,000 miles on it and a whole lot of dents and other damage. It had a 32 gallon tank that was full and I just didn't want to mess with dropping the tank again. This method does work, but I don't think I would do it on a truck this nice.
I had the bed off my truck in a hr and it was way easier than figuring out measurements and cutting holes and not to mention my bed is still strong enough that I can haul what ever I want without worrying about it
the manufacture should have put an access plate in. here is a story of when i did this and only put a bed liner over it. one day we were throwing bales down from the barn and managed to knock the plug off my f150 rear fuel pump. moral of the story is with the hole it was easy to fix but i put in some plate steel molded to fit qafter that. If it was me i would put some good support over that hole. you never know what will be in the back of your truck. besides what will the ladies think when you say ohh so sorry cant haul that it is too heavy and it may go through the big hole in my box. finish it off with a heavy duty door. i was so happy i did years later when the pump failed again with a full tank. 20 min to change the pump. nice vid and good measuring. i know that is not easy transfering those measurments and now i dont have to. thanks to your thoughtful vid sharing. oh and be sure to ground your tools to prevent static sparks and large fires and or explosions. that would suck
I am happy it help,,I love my old ram its still running on the same fuel I install on the youtube video. all trucks should come with a trap door for the fuel pump or just put the pump on the frame like the old turcks
I'm with you. I cut the bed out of my '91 when I changed it out. Good thing too. I've had to change it out 2 more times since then. Now I want to get rid of the regulator on top of the tank in my van that & can't cut out the bed. I want to mount another regulator & filter somewhere it's easier to get to. Got any suggestions?
This works great. On a Ram 2500 diesel it's faster to take off the bed than drop the tank. This way is the fastest, cut it out, change the pump, and weld it back in there. 15 min. Dropping the tank, means that you have to drain it first. Try sucking out 32 gallons of diesel, or leave it in and have 300 lbs drop on you and then try to wrestle it back up in there and hold it while you bolt up and adjust the metal straps.
Haha I just did this today works good I had to push my lifted dodge huge to a parking lot and do the work there 45 mins done and home saved me Alot of time and a tow thanks man
Great idea! I am going to have someone cut out that area on my 98 ram as well just in case I ever need to replace a pump. I read some of you other guys responses in here that said take the bed off which is 8 bolts not 6 and some that said drop the tank. Talk is cheap! Do you guys know how heavy a 35g tank of gasoline is??!! And drop the tank? Uh uh! My trucks sits tall and the bottom of that tank is only 8in from the ground in my driveway and the tank itself is 11 in tall, meaning it would need to be jacked up one foot PLUS the height of two floor jacks under the tank> WHEW! Remember talk is cheap. This mans video is a smart way to go! I am amaster mechanic myself and I know many people just rap and don't know what is real. Earl
Earl Guyton I had a 98 Dodge Ram 1500 2wd one week and stripped it completely took the “8 bolts” off the bed and dropped my tank. Got a 97 4wd the other week dropped the tank With a quarter tank of gas. How about be a man. This shit looks horrible. It isnt all that bad man.
@Earl Guyton 35 Gallons of fuel weighs 210 pounds but most people would drain the tank before they pulled it. Taking the bed off is the easiest way to change the pump. Disconnect the fuel filler, unscrew the eight-bed bolts unplug the wires in the back under the truck get 2 or 3 friends to help you lift the bed off & on. Make sure you pick up the beer at the same time you are out buying the pump. The whole process takes about an hour and a half start to finish if you are drinking the beer while you are doing it.
How much weight do you think the bed could handle doing it this way? I need a new fuel pump. I have about a half of tank of gas in tank still and I have 26 gallon tank. I usually haul a 300-400lb quad in back and maybe a little bit of landscaping bricks. That’s about it.
@X2caveman Hey I have a 97 dakota to, I heard it is easier removing the bed? did you? where did you get the pump, I'm looking ebay some goes for $150 others for $80 . Any tips before I get onto it? Thanks a lot !
I just bought a 2001 ram 1500 4x4 and the fuel pump is bad. This one has the 5.2 318 and my question is. Will these measurements be the same as the ones you measured and cut? I have the 26 gallon fuel tank. Great video!
Nice job. Although cutting the support member wasn't a good idea. A person could easily fix the hole as you could patch like drywall with backing and zip screws.
Cut up the bed to replace the fuel pump? Pull the bed completely with the help of a couple of friends, or you can take the bolts out of the left side and just loosen the ones on the right and lift up the left side and put a prop under it. Then your not leaning down trying to work in that small area with the sharp edges.
At 2:11 can somebody please tell me what the small grey thing at the top of the fuel pump is with the black line connected to it and what it does? Mine was broken before i got my truck and it was rigged with a zip tie where the line connects to that piece. Theres nothing to connect the line to now and my truck won't start after replacing the sending unit. I need to see if I can replace that piece asp. Thanks for any help.
Never mind figured it out. I pulled the fuse which is M 22 on a 2009 Dodge hemi. Crank the engine over many times until it would not start anymore. Then I simply remove the fuel line.
Sawzall method might be faster if your bolts are solid stuck and you can't prop your box up that easy. If you have a plastic bedliner, you can just create your trap door if you want for later access when you hit 500k miles. I have 252k miles on my truck. Pump cost me $234 at Advanced. I know I could have gotten it for half online, but I could not wait past the weekend to get it fixed.
Interesting. Honestly, I would just lift the bed. The tolerances can be kinda tight between the bed and the cab, and the bed and the bumper so if you're not careful you could scratch up the bed or the cab but at least I can carry rock or stand on the driver side of my bed without falling through. Now, if you were taking the time to complete the load bearing bed frame, or "box in" your cutout to and strength to the sides I would be all for this. Unfortunately, that kind of takes away from the quick and dirty approach of accessing your fuel pump this way, and before I would want to weld in a structure to support the sides I would want to remove the fuel source, which gets me back to removing the tank anyway. I can't say I'm a fan of Mike's way, but if all you haul is feather pillows or helium balloons this may be right up your alley. Honestly, I have no idea what the next thing I'm goin to put in my truck is, but guarantee it will be big and heavy. This is no option for me. Best of luck guys.
well I think its a good idea and I am also gonna attempt it...not everyone has the means to lift the bed and I to have a full tank and no real way to drop that ...But I do have drill bits and I will have to use a grinder as I don't have a sawzall
Lighten up, his trap door could be a selling point for when he is ready to get rid it after a hole gets into his bedliner and all of the rain water drains onto his fuel tank and rusts it out. He can just mention how easy it will be to change the fuel pump.
I like the idea of that a lot. It's wasted space under the truck anyway. It would be cool to make a door out of the removed piece so it all looks uniform.
hey I dropped gas tank pulled out ruel pump checked it wiyh 12vlt it pumped rehooked every thing it started ran for a day then same cranks over but acts like fuel sencor or even filter
Well, it looks like I will get the experience of changing out the fuel filter on my van. Done it before on other cars I owned but sadly, on my particular vehicle, Dodge put em in the gas tank...niiiice.
Knowing my luck, there won't be but having seen this, there may very well become one!! I'm sick of car makers making it next to impossible for "regular folk" to do their own wrenching because when you don't have money for a mechanic, you are essentially SOL (except that I do have my motorcycle for back up, hell yeah).
That’s what I need to do to mine now and I just want to see how you did it I will put hinges on mine and put stop plates on the inside so I can put my metal back then put the liner back on...
Lol...its amazing how everyone is killing him, but in fact I dont mind. It just took me over 3 hours fucking with my heavy ass tank alone. I was trying to save money instead of buying a new one, so i had to get a small weld on it because it was leaking fuel. The weld worked, but I believe the heat damaged the electrical component, so know I have to replace it. It would be very convenient if that hole was cut out. It wasnt to bad and my truck is an older truck. I probably wouldnt recommended doing this on a newer truck, but not a bad idea. Good video, very descriptive on how to.
@euro11AG no i just dropped the tank ,.. it was quick but be sure not to break any of the plastic fuel fittings cause they are HARD to find,... dont get the pump for $80 ,.. its just the actual pump and you still have to use your old fuel pump assembly and float and all the wires ,. ,.. and you have to grind out your stock assembly to make the new one work and blah blah blah just a bunch of CRAP in my opinion ,.. stay away from "High Flow" (the company),.. get the $150 pump
I have an 03 Ram 1500, and doing this. In Canada, the underside so rusted if I try dropping it I'll likely have to replace straps and bolts... And if anything gets damaged, new tank... Too expensive.
it was so easy a Caveman can do it !! LITERALLY !! there is only 2 metal bands that hold the tank up ,. that is held on by a hook on one end and a nut on the other end of the strap ,. once you have the tank supported , you can remove the 2 nuts from the metal straps ,. then go down your frame rail and remove the plastic clips that hold up the fuel line ,.
Please fold check out the bed tilt fuel pump replacement video as it is easy as pie and took me two hours total. cutting your bed will depreciate your resale value to say nothing of your structural integrity. if you aren't using your pickup bed what the heck you have it on for??? BTW Earl your don't take the bed off you hoist it up after taking off the 4 BOLTS and loosening the back two halfway to allow the bed to be raised on the front end
Hey it's your truck, but I would never think of doing a thing like that. I know jacking up the bed of the truck is a pain in the butt, but weakening the bed of the truck to short cut an extra hour or two isn't worth it to me. You know that your bed is prone to rust know, and your bed structure is weakened as you go over bumps in the road. Best wishes
quailified to take lots of your money and sheep happily give it to them thinking they know more cuz theyre dressed in pretty blue coveralls with a name tag.
i think it takes a 13mm and there should be 4-6 clips ,.. once the plastic clips are removed along with the nuts on the metal bands and the filler and overflow tube is removed ,. you can lower the tank down , but probably not all the way to the ground without ripping your electrical wires apart ,.. so lower it just enough to remove all electric connections from the pump ,. then continue to lower the tank untill its completly on the ground and your done ,.. well half done anyways LOL
I am disheartened to read over and over, it's all in one and under your tank, etc. Most recent I have seen it to pull the read sofa bed seat and see if there is anything under there to allow access.
I see everyone mad at this guy, can't say I blame them, why ruin the bed, if your trying to get to the fuel pump and gas tank, why not just pull the whole bed off, its like 6 bolts and a wire harness. Heck then you can just pick the bed up and slide it to the back of the frame.
Earl and everyone that took more than 30min to drop tank and remove pump is garbage. I did it in the driveway and drop doesn't mean take out, its only gotta be on the ground for pump to clear. This is dumb and is like cutting the cross member on a 90 ford to do the oil pump. I beam suspension and such.
how about this, remove 6 out of the 8 bolts holding the bed, loosen the two bolts on the remaining passenger side and leave in to keep the bed from slipping. now take a 4x4 cut to length and a floor jack and tilt the bed up on the drivers side exposing the entire fuel tank and fuel pump!!!!! takes 15 minutes dodge dealerships NEVER remove the tank. they just say they do and charge you for all that labor
i can see both side to this,there should be a trap door or something to make it easier to get to or if you can modify your own deal "shit: do it you might copy right that shit
"Mike Style" seems to be the best way to do any type of repair. Instead of using a ladder to change a lightbulb in my vaulted ceiling, I'll just cut a fucking hole in the roof and ta-da!! Easy access. Hell, I could even use "Mike Style" for other items! I could cut holes in the fenders to replace the spark plugs too, I mean, that sumbitch hood is a pain to open up. Keep up the great tutorial videos. You should do some vids for "expert village".
Kevin Ward not everyone lives in rust free areas. one time i used a similar access hole to change out a pump that failed on a creek crossing. happy to have access frome above? HELL YESS!! between the limestone gravel, the fertilizer and the road salt most of the time our shop cuts the straps and buys new ones when the need arises. we use our trucks hard and get many miles from them. all of them get this treatment and all of them have been used to save the day and prevent pulling the tank straps. plus as a bonus we can open the access and clean the piles of salt laced road griime off the tank top and sending unit wires. not lazy just practical. Dad tells me in the old days all tank pumps had access. now stuff is not manufactured to maintain and repair. International Harvestor figured out how bad for business that concept is. hell i still farm with 4 IH 1950ish tractors. Designing equiptment for the mechanic is bad for new sales for decades maybe a century. .
Hell yeah you are awsome thanks for giving us those measurements!
You know, in spite of all the negative comments you got on this, I've watched all the videos I can find on doing this job, and no one has one that makes it any easier than what you have and so what if you have a hole in the bed. No big deal, just slap a plate down on top of it and yank it off next time and you'll never have to wrestle out a tank or take off a bed again. I love it. Going to do the same. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for the vid. The pump just croaked in my '93 Dodge and I was thinkin' I'd cut a hole in the bed while I had it off so if it ever went again I wouldn't have to do that, and your video came up first, so I appreciate seein' how you did it.
I am a busy handyman and I have experienced replacing auto parts including fuel pump . I like your idea. This is a good shot cut for old cars . I have a 1991 Dodge Caravan and I do not mind cutting open the floor to replace a fuel pump easily because I just want to drive this van for one more your. I want to tell you one more thing, your idea did not only save half of the time, it was also easy to check or maintain. After I replaced a fuel pump, I tested it and it started right away, but it had
(continuing from my first comment) After I replaced a fuel pump, I tested it and it started right away, but it had a small leak and I replaced a new clamp . It runs good now If I hadn't opened the floor, I wouldn't have known it had a small gas leak. Thank you for your video .
Being no stranger to working on my own (don't claim to know it all but damn proud of what I do know!) and changing several fuel filters on several vehicles,may very well become one!!
God bless sir! This is the video i was looking for for measurements , so i dont have to drop the tank alone or lift the bed.
Happy you found my video,,it's nuts how they are still making trucks with no access door they should just put the fuel pump outside of the tank ,,but that would make cents
Hey man great video. Did this on my 99 5.9 with a grinder. Makes changing pump so much easier. Changing pump fixed my horrible misfire after about 20miles of driving. I would recomend doing this.
Aaaaaany leakage of gas fumes, and BOOM. Before the doubters start. My neighbors dad had this happen doing this. Scarred most of his face, permanently lost about 6” of hair and and is blind in one eye. I’m not an expert, but I think a shorty saws all blade is a much better option. Is your face and eyesight worth the extra effort ?
Well, I replaced the pump in my 2006 1500 by cutting the bed floor. I had JUST filled the tank that morning, I do not have a lift, I do not have a large enough floor jack, and I'm too old to wrestle 250 lbs laying under a truck. With 226,000 miles, didn't think I was hurting resell. The cut was made with a Sawzall, covered the tank with a wet blanket, easy cut. Replacing the pump was a piece of cake. I added two pieces of square steel tube under the existing bed, reattached the previously removed corrugated metal to those tubes. sealed it. Reinstall the liner. Good to go, with no loss of strength or evidence of deflection in the bed floor.
Hello sir on your 06 was there a support cross beam you had to cutout same as his 99 ? Or was the hole in box all you needed to cut
that U-channel was cut along with the bed floor. I added two longer pieces of 1" square tubing under the floor to support the floor section that I reinstalled after replacing the pump. Spend the money on a good quality pump.
@@jordanstorey8267
Thanks a lot that works great 20 minutes the most
I did mine yesterday, the only issue I had, the cross frame hangs over the pump slightly. Thank you, Sir.
There are a lot of negative comments on this video, but this does work. I did the same thing on a 1990 Chevy van, but the van was a piece of junk with 250,000 miles on it and a whole lot of dents and other damage. It had a 32 gallon tank that was full and I just didn't want to mess with dropping the tank again. This method does work, but I don't think I would do it on a truck this nice.
I'll be doing that this weekend. but I'm going to use a grinder. and I'll be smoking. and maybe use a blowtorch. too. lol.
Savage
Lmao wtf 😂
Hahaha it was wonderful almost getting to know you 😂😉
I'm not cutting a hole in my bed, I've got enough rust problems as it is. I don't need any additional water trickling down to the fuel tank.
Bravo! You're a genius
I had the bed off my truck in a hr and it was way easier than figuring out measurements and cutting holes and not to mention my bed is still strong enough that I can haul what ever I want without worrying about it
the manufacture should have put an access plate in. here is a story of when i did this and only put a bed liner over it. one day we were throwing bales down from the barn and managed to knock the plug off my f150 rear fuel pump. moral of the story is with the hole it was easy to fix but i put in some plate steel molded to fit qafter that. If it was me i would put some good support over that hole. you never know what will be in the back of your truck. besides what will the ladies think when you say ohh so sorry cant haul that it is too heavy and it may go through the big hole in my box. finish it off with a heavy duty door. i was so happy i did years later when the pump failed again with a full tank. 20 min to change the pump. nice vid and good measuring. i know that is not easy transfering those measurments and now i dont have to. thanks to your thoughtful vid sharing. oh and be sure to ground your tools to prevent static sparks and large fires and or explosions. that would suck
Thank You for the meaurements and your video!! A hell of alot easier for a Plumber like me!! Thank You!!!!!
I am happy it help,,I love my old ram its still running on the same fuel I install on the youtube video. all trucks should come with a trap door for the fuel pump or just
put the pump on the frame like the old turcks
Brilliant idea. I did it to mine
What's best for cutting the Sawzall or jigsaw. I'm almost tempted use a grinder but the sparks might have my palms seriously compromised with sweat
I'm with you. I cut the bed out of my '91 when I changed it out. Good thing too. I've had to change it out 2 more times since then. Now I want to get rid of the regulator on top of the tank in my van that & can't cut out the bed. I want to mount another regulator & filter somewhere it's easier to get to. Got any suggestions?
This works great. On a Ram 2500 diesel it's faster to take off the bed than drop the tank. This way is the fastest, cut it out, change the pump, and weld it back in there. 15 min. Dropping the tank, means that you have to drain it first. Try sucking out 32 gallons of diesel, or leave it in and have 300 lbs drop on you and then try to wrestle it back up in there and hold it while you bolt up and adjust the metal straps.
When you removed the fuel pump, did you have the special tool or did you improvise?
one peace of 90 aluminum,and a little fiberglass puts it back real nice
Haha I just did this today works good I had to push my lifted dodge huge to a parking lot and do the work there 45 mins done and home saved me Alot of time and a tow thanks man
i almost did this, if it doesn't work i'm going down the rabbit hole you did
Great idea! I am going to have someone cut out that area on my 98 ram as well just in case I ever need to replace a pump. I read some of you other guys responses in here that said take the bed off which is 8 bolts not 6 and some that said drop the tank. Talk is cheap! Do you guys know how heavy a 35g tank of gasoline is??!! And drop the tank? Uh uh! My trucks sits tall and the bottom of that tank is only 8in from the ground in my driveway and the tank itself is 11 in tall, meaning it would need to be jacked up one foot PLUS the height of two floor jacks under the tank> WHEW! Remember talk is cheap. This mans video is a smart way to go! I am amaster mechanic myself and I know many people just rap and don't know what is real. Earl
Earl Guyton I had a 98 Dodge Ram 1500 2wd one week and stripped it completely took the “8 bolts” off the bed and dropped my tank. Got a 97 4wd the other week dropped the tank With a quarter tank of gas. How about be a man. This shit looks horrible. It isnt all that bad man.
@Earl Guyton 35 Gallons of fuel weighs 210 pounds but most people would drain the tank before they pulled it. Taking the bed off is the easiest way to change the pump. Disconnect the fuel filler, unscrew the eight-bed bolts unplug the wires in the back under the truck get 2 or 3 friends to help you lift the bed off & on. Make sure you pick up the beer at the same time you are out buying the pump. The whole process takes about an hour and a half start to finish if you are drinking the beer while you are doing it.
Great idea!!!!
LOL and I thought I was the KING of LAZY .... damn son
How much weight do you think the bed could handle doing it this way? I need a new fuel pump. I have about a half of tank of gas in tank still and I have 26 gallon tank. I usually haul a 300-400lb quad in back and maybe a little bit of landscaping bricks. That’s about it.
Interesting. Love to see how this would work on a First Gen
That's exactly what I was thinking! I just lifted the bed off of my '96.
@X2caveman
Hey I have a 97 dakota to, I heard it is easier removing the bed? did you? where did you get the pump, I'm looking ebay some goes for $150 others for $80 . Any tips before I get onto it?
Thanks a lot !
I just bought a 2001 ram 1500 4x4 and the fuel pump is bad. This one has the 5.2 318 and my question is. Will these measurements be the same as the ones you measured and cut? I have the 26 gallon fuel tank. Great video!
Outstanding
Good Job
great idea ,made it super simple,
u can take off the bed if you can get the rusty old bolts off ,no thank you !!!
Nice job. Although cutting the support member wasn't a good idea. A person could easily fix the hole as you could patch like drywall with backing and zip screws.
would a 2500 1994 ram be in same location?? its the 5.9 gas
Cut up the bed to replace the fuel pump? Pull the bed completely with the help of a couple of friends, or you can take the bolts out of the left side and just loosen the ones on the right and lift up the left side and put a prop under it. Then your not leaning down trying to work in that small area with the sharp edges.
At 2:11 can somebody please tell me what the small grey thing at the top of the fuel pump is with the black line connected to it and what it does? Mine was broken before i got my truck and it was rigged with a zip tie where the line connects to that piece. Theres nothing to connect the line to now and my truck won't start after replacing the sending unit. I need to see if I can replace that piece asp. Thanks for any help.
Never mind figured it out. I pulled the fuse which is M 22 on a 2009 Dodge hemi. Crank the engine over many times until it would not start anymore. Then I simply remove the fuel line.
great idea...
That is a damn good idea
Sawzall method might be faster if your bolts are solid stuck and you can't prop your box up that easy. If you have a plastic bedliner, you can just create your trap door if you want for later access when you hit 500k miles. I have 252k miles on my truck. Pump cost me $234 at Advanced. I know I could have gotten it for half online, but I could not wait past the weekend to get it fixed.
Interesting. Honestly, I would just lift the bed. The tolerances can be kinda tight between the bed and the cab, and the bed and the bumper so if you're not careful you could scratch up the bed or the cab but at least I can carry rock or stand on the driver side of my bed without falling through. Now, if you were taking the time to complete the load bearing bed frame, or "box in" your cutout to and strength to the sides I would be all for this. Unfortunately, that kind of takes away from the quick and dirty approach of accessing your fuel pump this way, and before I would want to weld in a structure to support the sides I would want to remove the fuel source, which gets me back to removing the tank anyway. I can't say I'm a fan of Mike's way, but if all you haul is feather pillows or helium balloons this may be right up your alley. Honestly, I have no idea what the next thing I'm goin to put in my truck is, but guarantee it will be big and heavy. This is no option for me. Best of luck guys.
well I think its a good idea and I am also gonna attempt it...not everyone has the means to lift the bed and I to have a full tank and no real way to drop that ...But I do have drill bits and I will have to use a grinder as I don't have a sawzall
Lighten up, his trap door could be a selling point for when he is ready to get rid it after a hole gets into his bedliner and all of the rain water drains onto his fuel tank and rusts it out. He can just mention how easy it will be to change the fuel pump.
is this the same measurements for a standard cab,where do you find measurements
Did this exactly changed pump in 1 hr! Patched it back used 18ga metal
I like the idea of that a lot. It's wasted space under the truck anyway. It would be cool to make a door out of the removed piece so it all looks uniform.
@grimlin15 HILARIOUS! you hit the nail on the head
Does any one know how to relieve the pressure in the line on these trucks? I have a 2009 Hemi and can't find it anywhere.
hey I dropped gas tank pulled out ruel pump checked it wiyh 12vlt it pumped rehooked every thing it started ran for a day then same cranks over but acts like fuel sencor or even filter
what brand pump did you purchase
it was a Denso and it cost $230 at A-Line auto parts,, I was told at the time that it was as good as I could get and the truck still runs like new.
Well, it looks like I will get the experience of changing out the fuel filter on my van. Done it before on other cars I owned but sadly, on my particular vehicle, Dodge put em in the gas tank...niiiice.
Does it work on a second gen dodge Ram with a 12v cummins?
sorry ,,I would not know
Knowing my luck, there won't be but having seen this, there may very well become one!! I'm sick of car makers making it next to impossible for "regular folk" to do their own wrenching because when you don't have money for a mechanic, you are essentially SOL (except that I do have my motorcycle for back up, hell yeah).
Can't you reweld the panel you cut?
This guy should be on Red Green Show, Remember if it doesn't work first time-use more duct tape!
what car school did he go to?
That’s what I need to do to mine now and I just want to see how you did it I will put hinges on mine and put stop plates on the inside so I can put my metal back
then put the liner back on...
Lol...its amazing how everyone is killing him, but in fact I dont mind. It just took me over 3 hours fucking with my heavy ass tank alone. I was trying to save money instead of buying a new one, so i had to get a small weld on it because it was leaking fuel. The weld worked, but I believe the heat damaged the electrical component, so know I have to replace it. It would be very convenient if that hole was cut out. It wasnt to bad and my truck is an older truck. I probably wouldnt recommended doing this on a newer truck, but not a bad idea. Good video, very descriptive on how to.
@euro11AG
no i just dropped the tank ,.. it was quick but be sure not to break any of the plastic fuel fittings cause they are HARD to find,...
dont get the pump for $80 ,.. its just the actual pump and you still have to use your old fuel pump assembly and float and all the wires ,. ,.. and you have to grind out your stock assembly to make the new one work and blah blah blah just a bunch of CRAP in my opinion ,.. stay away from "High Flow" (the company),..
get the $150 pump
In bed storage? Never thought of that. Fucking good idea.
I have an 03 Ram 1500, and doing this. In Canada, the underside so rusted if I try dropping it I'll likely have to replace straps and bolts... And if anything gets damaged, new tank... Too expensive.
it was so easy a Caveman can do it !! LITERALLY !! there is only 2 metal bands that hold the tank up ,. that is held on by a hook on one end and a nut on the other end of the strap ,. once you have the tank supported , you can remove the 2 nuts from the metal straps ,. then go down your frame rail and remove the plastic clips that hold up the fuel line ,.
If I use a grinder with a cutting blade, do you think I'll blow up? Not joking.
@douglas787 Priming the system and 91 Dodge Cummings diesel fuel filter
2001 dodge ram 1500 5.9lt fuel inject
This takes about the same amount of time, i guess he didnt have all the tools he needed to drop it
@grimlin15 i wont lie man, yo comment had me ROLLIN ON THE FLOOR GASPIN FOR AIR!!!!!
Please fold check out the bed tilt fuel pump replacement video as it is easy as pie and took me two hours total. cutting your bed will depreciate your resale value to say nothing of your structural integrity. if you aren't using your pickup bed what the heck you have it on for???
BTW Earl your don't take the bed off you hoist it up after taking off the 4 BOLTS and loosening the back two halfway to allow the bed to be raised on the front end
Hey it's your truck, but I would never think of doing a thing like that. I know jacking up the bed of the truck is a pain in the butt, but weakening the bed of the truck to short cut an extra hour or two isn't worth it to me. You know that your bed is prone to rust know, and your bed structure is weakened as you go over bumps in the road.
Best wishes
back yard mechanics at its best. Do it right and take it to a qualified shop
quailified to take lots of your money and sheep happily give it to them thinking they know more cuz theyre dressed in pretty blue coveralls with a name tag.
why not remove the 4 bolts holding the bed and jack up the bed and replace that way?
i think it takes a 13mm and there should be 4-6 clips ,.. once the plastic clips are removed along with the nuts on the metal bands and the filler and overflow tube is removed ,. you can lower the tank down , but probably not all the way to the ground without ripping your electrical wires apart ,.. so lower it just enough to remove all electric connections from the pump ,. then continue to lower the tank untill its completly on the ground and your done ,.. well half done anyways LOL
Don't be lazy. Dropping the tank and installing a new fuel pump is a days job. Not even.
I have to change the pump in my 91 ram, they want $375 for a fuel pump/ sending unit. So I ordered just the pump off ebay for $25
Taking the whole bed out would actually be easier and you don't ruin your truck.
and I'm a general service tech. American Transmission and Air.
Somebody got a vid for a 2011?
I am disheartened to read over and over, it's all in one and under your tank, etc. Most recent I have seen it to pull the read sofa bed seat and see if there is anything under there to allow access.
I see everyone mad at this guy, can't say I blame them, why ruin the bed, if your trying to get to the fuel pump and gas tank, why not just pull the whole bed off, its like 6 bolts and a wire harness. Heck then you can just pick the bed up and slide it to the back of the frame.
1988
So 1988 is when they started fuel pumps in the tank?
Earl and everyone that took more than 30min to drop tank and remove pump is garbage. I did it in the driveway and drop doesn't mean take out, its only gotta be on the ground for pump to clear. This is dumb and is like cutting the cross member on a 90 ford to do the oil pump. I beam suspension and such.
how about this, remove 6 out of the 8 bolts holding the bed, loosen the two bolts on the remaining passenger side and leave in to keep the bed from slipping. now take a 4x4 cut to length and a floor jack and tilt the bed up on the drivers side exposing the entire fuel tank and fuel pump!!!!!
takes 15 minutes
dodge dealerships NEVER remove the tank. they just say they do and charge you for all that labor
i can see both side to this,there should be a trap door or something to make it easier to get to or if you can modify your own deal "shit: do it you might copy right that shit
Hey Mike do you know if it's the same location for the 2500 5.9 gas burner?
The title of this video should have been How Not To Replace A Fuel Pump. Hahaha. What would youtube be with out people like us?
"Mike Style" seems to be the best way to do any type of repair. Instead of using a ladder to change a lightbulb in my vaulted ceiling, I'll just cut a fucking hole in the roof and ta-da!! Easy access. Hell, I could even use "Mike Style" for other items! I could cut holes in the fenders to replace the spark plugs too, I mean, that sumbitch hood is a pain to open up. Keep up the great tutorial videos. You should do some vids for "expert village".
must be a plumber haaa😂😂😂🤣🤣
What is wrong with you? two straps, a hose and electrical connections drop the tank. Takes 30 minutes. OMG!
Kevin Ward not everyone lives in rust free areas. one time i used a similar access hole to change out a pump that failed on a creek crossing. happy to have access frome above? HELL YESS!! between the limestone gravel, the fertilizer and the road salt most of the time our shop cuts the straps and buys new ones when the need arises. we use our trucks hard and get many miles from them. all of them get this treatment and all of them have been used to save the day and prevent pulling the tank straps. plus as a bonus we can open the access and clean the piles of salt laced road griime off the tank top and sending unit wires. not lazy just practical. Dad tells me in the old days all tank pumps had access. now stuff is not manufactured to maintain and repair. International Harvestor figured out how bad for business that concept is. hell i still farm with 4 IH 1950ish tractors. Designing equiptment for the mechanic is bad for new sales for decades maybe a century. .
30 minutes??? LOL 😂, it takes that long getting the tools together.
Girl style would be my case maybe. Can't afford to pay a shop and my 99 ram 1500 van just suddenly began dying as soon as it is started.
BAHAHAHAHAHA this shit should be on TOSH.O
Lets hope he dosen't weld up the hole boom boom boom
I'm going to lay a fire blanket over the tank and weld it I'll post a video could be interesting
It’s not a pain to remove the bed
The title say how to install, not remove.
fuck good point any ideas? :(
Lol yea...
By the time you do all that cuting up bed i have tank down and out of dodge