Pontiac tempest 1968 - Page 543

8-2
1968 PONTIAC SERVICE MANUAL
REAR VENT HOSE TEMPEST ONLY
TANK VIEV^ B
FRONT
STRAP MOUNT
REAR STRAP MOUNT
VIEW C
TEMPEST
FUEL GAUGE
VIEWC
PONTIAC
FUEL GAUGE
Fig. 8-2 Installation of Fuel Tank Tempest and Pontiac
FUEL TANK-FIREBIRD (Fig. 8-6)
Removal
1. Drain tank.
2. Remove license plate and loosen the two clamps
connecting the filler neck hose to fuel tank.
3. Disconnect fuel hose at gauge unit.
4. Remove screw retaining ground (black) wire.
5. Disconnect support straps and partially lower
tank.
6. Disconnect tan wire from fuel gauge tank unit.
7. Complete tank removal.
Installation
1. Replace tank by reversing above steps.
2. Tighten ground screw to 2 lb. ft. torque.
Tighten fuel tank retainer strap nuts to 7 lb. ft.
torque.
FUEL GAUGE TANK UNIT—(ALL EXCEPT
STATION WAGON) (Figs. 8-7 and 8-8)
Replacement
NOTE: Before removing tank unit be sure it is
actually inoperative (see fuel gauge checking
procedure).
1. Remove tank as outlined above.
2. Clean away any dirt that has collected around
tank unit and tank unit terminal so it will not enter
tank when unit is removed.
3. Remove tank sending unit by using tool J 22554,
Pontiac models and J 21518 Tempest and Firebird
models.
4. Replace by reversing the above procedure.