The entire whitish plastic assembly comes out all together. I usually just
put my hand way down there and turn counterclockwise about 10 degrees to
release the pump assembly.


"Mark" > wrote in message
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>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!
>