i know, but we were kinda slaggin' ya for awhile. good to see you have a good sense of humor-wait you must have, you own a Blazer,
and regarding the heated leather seats on a chilly morning, damn skippy they are! my LT has them, and when it was -35C (-31F) in January, it sure was nice to brush off the snow, and settle your *** into a nice and toasty seat (even warms your kidneys too!). nice feature for the Winter beater.
be sure to remember to take pic's when you get around to it.

 

went to my buddys shop today and check out what they were doing to a customers van





it was per customers request... which i found kinda funny. why the heck didnt he just do it himself if it was just gonna be a hack job.

they laid the plywood back on the floor and you cant even tell.

 

well abig84, i guess JSBlenz9498 either owns a van near you, or he isn't the only one who has this idea. i still wouldn't do it, but t each their own. your comments at the end sum it up.

 

i tried to drop a tank on a 92 dodge dakota that spent most of it's life in new york state in the town of roscoe....it was so bad rusted i couldn't get the bolts loose so me and my dad took out the bolts and took the bed off of the truck to get to it...so it's not as easy as some might think... i don't know why everybody is givin this dude a hard time for it, it's his truck who cares? instead we have people who are in no way impacted by his decision making in here flaming and making jokes about it

 

first of all Jason, removing the bed of a pick up to do the fuel pump, isn't anywhere near the same as cutting a hole in the floor of your vehicle.
you do know that when you have your vehicle safety inspected for change of ownership, if any holes (be it from rust & corrosion or other) enter into the passenger compartment of the vehicle, they can not certify said vehicle, due to the possibility of CO poisoning. so how would cutting a hole in the floor be any different?
and don't even go into the whole "well, i've replaced the floor pans in the floor of my truck......" bit. this guy said he was just going to put a patch on it, and we just gave him our opinion on the subject (which all of us are entitled to). some of us acknowledged the ball busting, and he took it in stride.
so JSBlenz9498, it's been a while, how goes the battle with the floor location & cutting? did you get 'er done yet?

 

Quoted for truth.

 

FWIW my dad did this to his 89 Isuzu several years ago so he could replace the pump. It had died in a casino parking lot about 80 miles from his house. We went down and he took a hacksaw and cut a small hole in the bed. When he was done we just folded it back over and its been that way for years.

My 94 Sonoma had one cut in the bed when I got it. The previous owner decided that the pump was bad when all it was was plug wires. When I got the truck the return line leaked fuel. It was nice to go back there and just take the lines off and replace the sending unit assembly.

My 88 Chrysler Conquest had a small hatch already in place from the factory. It was glued and bolted but it was nice to be able to change the pumps out as it had an external fuel pump.

As far as this guys blazer is concerned I dont see a problem with a hatch in the back if it doen't get into the frame or cause a safety issue. Fold the metal back down and put a piece of tin over it seal it up and rivet it back in. If you need to get back in just drill out the rivets and you have access.

Just my humble opinion

 

My 99 Subaru Outback has factory access panels for the fuel pumps underneath the carpet. My daughters Previa van has access panels under the drivers seat to check the oil and on the passenger side to get at the spark plugs. So having a access panel in the passenger compartment is not automaticly a bad thing. Having a panel that does not seal out exhaust gases is a dangerous situation. I can see adding your own panel as long as when you are done and the opening is closed up it will not leak exhaust fumes into the vehical.

 

i don't know about the other nay-sayers regarding the hole in the floor, but that's exactly what i was getting at. all of my VW's have had the access panel under the rear seat. and, just like your Subie, it was bolted in, and sealed with a gasket.
what i was getting at was, unless the floor is perfectly flat where he wants to cut it, it's gonna be difficult to reseal it properly. like it was already stated, it his choice, and if he's the only one to ever ride in the truck, then he only has to worry about himself.
i think there has been enough debate/bitching about this topic, maybe we should just wait and see how it comes out.

 

Alright so i know its been almost a full month now since any progress but here you go guys... I used an electric die grinder and also a saw zall. There is more than enough room over the tank to use the saw zall by the way. All you gotta do it be careful. I mean truthfully if you use a saw zall and cut through a line when doing this you deserve a . I just got underneath the truck every now and then to make sure i was good.


i havent finished it completely. Ill take some more pics with it all buttoned up and what not.