I still cannot get this pump out! I have the flange nut off and the
assembly with the float off (obviously the black supply and return
lines have been removed from this assembly).

I am staring into the tank at the fuel pump and it appears a little
different to me from the pump that I purchased. The one in the tank
appears to have an assembly within an assembly with some rubber bumpers
between them. Is this an anti-vibration mount that is used to quiet
the pump? Does this entire plastic assembly come out or only the
inner plastic assembly? Are there some steel pieces at the bottom of
the tank that hold onto the bottom of the pump by the screen? Does the
outer plastic assembly that I can see somehow hold the pump in place?
How hard can I pull or twist without breaking something? Someone
please help or I will have to have the car towed (as my wife suggested)
and admit I have failed at this job! I am so close! (for now, it is a
balmy 60F in my garage due to a warm front hitting Wisconsin)

thanks!