Chev. p.up box

Icuby · Nov 10, 2013

Anyone know the approx. weight of a 8 ft.box from a '92 K1500? I have to install a new fuel pump and I have been told that it may be eaisier by pulling the box off than to remove the tank.

Thanks

Anonymous-0 · Nov 10, 2013

Don't know the weight, but I've got mine off now & two six foot tall guys can carry it around quite easily.

Glenn F.

wijim · Nov 10, 2013

Three guys would be better, not a bad job.

hoof print · Nov 10, 2013

You can unbolt it and jack it up. Don't have to remove it. Just make sure you have plenty of cribbing to keep it from falling on you.

RESLLS · Nov 10, 2013

Motorcycle jack works well for dropping a tank.

old · Nov 10, 2013

Did a fuel pump on a 1990 Chev just the past fall and dropping the tank was no all that hard after we got the gas out.

60 acre hillside · Nov 10, 2013

Bed bolts may be rusty on a 92. Near empty fuel tank would not be bad. Full tank bad

Dr. Walt · Nov 10, 2013

When you're working by yourself & nobody around to help you, you do what ever has to be done. Two years ago I changed out the fuel pump on a 1988 GMC 2500 4x4. Couldn't drop the tank (FULL of gas & not enough containers to hold it all); so I felt with my hand between the bed & the tank to find the tank access, measured & marked it in the bed, drilled a pilot hole & CAREFULLY cut an access with my saber saw in the floor of the truck bed. Worked out good, it also makes a good drain when I wash out the truck bed. Have a large truck box that covers the hole so it isn't noticeable.

Patrick Potter · Nov 10, 2013

I did one on a friends pickup early this past summer and we loosened the bolts near the tail gate and took the rest out then used a come along to raise the front of the bed far enough to work under it used jacked stands to keep the bed from falling worked out great took about an hour.

ShadetreeRet · Nov 10, 2013

A body shop gave me aa damaged bed off a late 90s F-150. Son and I picked it up and loaded it into my p/u with no problem. Not nearly as heavy as I anticipated.

JayinNY · Nov 10, 2013

I'm so lucky, my 89 has a dump rack body on it, I just tilt it and can change the fuel pump. That's one of the stupidest things I seen, no easy way to get to that pump on a pickup. Good luck.

mikefromcny · Nov 10, 2013

I've done them with 2 strong guys, Myself and someone else. 3 or 4 guys would be much better though.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 10, 2013

Much better if box is unloded first if it looks like mine most of the time. RENE'

Anonymous-0 · Nov 10, 2013

Yeah, I bet it would. I installed a new fuel pump & sending unit with the bed on. As Old says, not a bad job if the tank's empty.

I now have the bed off to install new cab corners.

Glenn F.

thebigyellowtruck · Nov 10, 2013

If you're from an area that uses road salt then you might need new tank straps and bolts. I know i had to replace a ground strap too that was too corroded to use when i changed the fuel pump on my 88' gmc. The bed weighs approx 250 lbs if you would rather not drop the tank though. I wish i had just pulled thw bed when i changed mine. Would have saved me half a day running to different dealers for parts.

Hobo,NC · Nov 10, 2013

(quoted from post at 02:41:35 11/11/13) Anyone know the approx. weight of a 8 ft.box from a '92 K1500? I have to install a new fuel pump and I have been told that it may be eaisier by pulling the box off than to remove the tank.

Thanks

95 and down the bed comes off nuttin to it... I take them off by myself... If I had to drop it I will take a tank with up to 3/4 full I do not like messing with a empty tank.. I use the weight to my advantage... Play safe a lot of chit can go wrong its well worth paying 3hr are more for a shop to take the chance of burning their shop to the ground...

SDE · Nov 11, 2013

I dropped the tank on my 95 3/4 ton last year.I have also pulled the box off on a 89 K1500. Dropping the tank was easier, in my opinion. I used an air ratchet to remove the nuts. My truck has 190 K on it and the brake lines were in bad shape and one of them broke during the pump removal process. So I had to drop the tank a second time.
SDE

Patrick Potter · Nov 11, 2013

Forgot to mention, if your like me, no A frame, I went in the attic of the garage and put a 4X4 across several of the ceiling joist and put a long all thread 3/4" through that with a hook bent on one end, 2 nuts (1 as a jam nut) with a large steel plate on top of the 4X4 to keep it from pulling through. had it there for years and it works great.

Super-H-Mike · Nov 11, 2013

Way easier to drop the tank than pull the box, trust me, I do it for a living. A 1992 is gonna be rusty if you are in the salt zone. One broken or spun bolt on that box and you will waste more time than just pulling the tank.

Jo Bird · Nov 11, 2013

Disturbing the tank often causes it to leak. When they get that old it's time to drill four holes for the corners over the area where the pump/sending unit is and cut it out creating an access hole. Use 1 1/2" X 1/4" flat stock bolted under neath to replace panel. That's the simplest, quickest way to do it..

CH(upstate,NY) · Nov 11, 2013

Way easier to lift the box. Six screws, disconect the tail light harness and like someone else said prop up the left side. I did it 2 years ago on my '94.

MN Scott · Nov 12, 2013

Drop the tank, unless the truck is rust free. BTDT!

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