'98 Fuel pump replacement panel cutout ... DONE!
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'98 Fuel pump replacement panel cutout ... DONE!
So I did mine over the weekend and took a couple pics of the panel cutout. I know this has been gone over here many times over so I did a search using various search terms and it was actually quite hard to find a thread with pics directly relating to a install on a '98 and earlier F-body. Hence, the reason for another fuel pump panel cutout thread with most of the keywords as subject so future searches will give a bit more positive results ... hope this helps!
I was sick over the weekend so even though I started on Friday night, I got done Sunday evening ... Didn't take pics of the pump swap (which is pretty straightforward and instructions come with the Racetronix kit anyways, but I did take pics of the panel cutout and the cover plate.
Once again, this is for a '98 and earlier ... for '99 and above, move the hole location to the trailing edge of the panel (and you don't need to make the hole as long ... maybe just 75% of length).
Panel is 1/2" larger than hole all around
Panel with bead of silicone to seal off fumes
Panel placed and ready to be rivetted
The job is DONE!
I was sick over the weekend so even though I started on Friday night, I got done Sunday evening ... Didn't take pics of the pump swap (which is pretty straightforward and instructions come with the Racetronix kit anyways, but I did take pics of the panel cutout and the cover plate.
Once again, this is for a '98 and earlier ... for '99 and above, move the hole location to the trailing edge of the panel (and you don't need to make the hole as long ... maybe just 75% of length).
Panel is 1/2" larger than hole all around
Panel with bead of silicone to seal off fumes
Panel placed and ready to be rivetted
The job is DONE!
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Looks very nice, I got fed up and finally did this to my 98 as well, the rivets give it a clean look, although i wouldnt want to deal with the rivets when i try getting back into it.
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If you look at the pics you'll see that the cut was made leaving a half inch of area around the perimeter from the front, sides and from where that groove starts towards the rear; this is so that I have enough area to use the rivets. Just make sure you only let the wheel go barely under the sheet metal when using a cutoff wheel to be safe.