I dropped mine 2 years ago to do it and found it was already done, do yourself a favor and get access to a motorcycle Jack- makes lifting the tank WAY easier, at least have a second body to help you balance while jacking the tank back up. It’s a pain in the ass by yourself if you never done it. I somehow managed to put my HD fuel tank skid on myself and wouldn’t want to do it again alone.

 

Make sure you disconnect the fuel/vapour lines and electric connector before dropping the tank. There's a ground strap to the filler that should be grounded by a clip to the chassis.

There are two strainers within the tank. One at the base of the assembly, and one at the base of the pump within the assembly.

I think dailydriventj.com has a write up showing the fuel tank drop and pump assembly.

 

Here is my tank. It seems air breather tube was short already. I did buy a modded TJ the PO could have done the mod. Here is my tank info and picture of the tube. Is this a 15 gallon tank? Has this been modded?

 

What year is your Jeep.

 

That looks different than my yj tank but this is the tube length I pulled out and this told me it was already done or came with a ‘20 gallon’ tank from the factory.

 

Thanks for the feed back.

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After pulling my gas tank out and find out only 2000-Newer all had 19 gallon tanks.
I took this time and did update on maintenance.
Painted the gas tank skid plate.
Cleaned out gas tank of any debris.
Added new rubber hoses.
Replaced the old gas pump strainer.
Added a differential housing on the vent tube.
Biggest difference is my Jeep cranks and starts after the 1st crank. Before the jeep would take 5-10 cranks to start. Much of issue must have the dirty 170k 19 year old strainer.

 

2 questions, did you reinstall the tank yet and do you have a bodylift?

 

Yes to both. 3.5 inch lift.

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I was posting from my phone when I mentioned the dailydriventj website. If you'd had a look at the site you may have found this page - http://dailydriventj.com/fuel_pump.shtml

You can see from the pics on that page that there are two strainers at the base of the fuel pump as I'd mentioned earlier. If you've not refitted the tank you may want to replace the second one too.

 

Dam it the tank is back in and I didn't see the second filter. For some reason I went to Autozone and only matched the bottom filter for replacement. Oh well will pull out my tank a second time.
1 step forward and 2 steps back is my motto.

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im assuming you dont have a 3.5" body lift. sorry i didnt see this thread earlier, if you have a small body lift there is a relatively easy mod to the gas tank skid that allows it to be moved up ~1" and add a little space for the rear track bar.

 

So I finally took her for a long drive and I noticed that the Jeep has more power. Can a clean strainer help with reclaim horsepower? I bought her used and I really don't have a baseline on how a Jeep should drive. Let alone modded Jeep. Second thing I noticed also she starts right up on the 1st crank.
Is this a false impression or is the Jeep really driving better?

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I really don't care about a gas tank tuck for 1 inch gain. I just bolt 1/4 inch skid plate to the gas tank skid plate so I have little more protection down there.

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