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Old 08-18-2019, 10:00 AM   #1
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fuel tank motorhome

I just bought a 1997 Fleetwood pace arrow motorhome with a vortec 454 its been in a storage yard for 6 years I had it towed to my house because it was not running and when I got it home to see why it doesn't run I put batteries in it and could hear the fuel pump running but it was out of gas so I put in 5gallons and tried to start it well when I did a couldn't hear the fuel pump it just quit I checked the fuel pressure it has none so I crawled under this thing thinking it had a 35 gallon tank well it aint no small one its huge any ideals what it would take to drop the tank and replace the fuel pump would help thanks
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Old 08-18-2019, 11:47 AM   #2
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Re: fuel tank motorhome

Would never have wanted to try to pull the tank from any motorhome I have had they hold around 60 gallons. I would do a lot of double checking before I poled the gas tank, you might try a couple of transmission jacks depends on where the tank is at if near the outside a forklift and sum blocking??????
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Old 08-18-2019, 11:57 AM   #3
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Re: fuel tank motorhome

I used an atv/motorcycle jack the last time I did a tank on an rv.

Is your fleet wood on a workhorse chassis? Fuel tank behind the rear axle? I would bet that tank is 50+ gallons. If it’s on a workhorse chassis, there will be a tag somewhere with all of the gm rpo codes. You’ll be able to determine your fuel tank size then.

Check for spark too.
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Re: fuel tank motorhome

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I used an atv/motorcycle jack the last time I did a tank on an rv.

Is your fleet wood on a workhorse chassis? Fuel tank behind the rear axle? I would bet that tank is 50+ gallons. If it’s on a workhorse chassis, there will be a tag somewhere with all of the gm rpo codes. You’ll be able to determine your fuel tank size then.

Check for spark too.
its a workhorse with tank behind the axle I can just barely get under to see it I first thought was a 35 gallon tank but its huge looks more like a 100 gallon tank
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My last 2 were 60 gallons, fords are 70 they don’t get as good mpg
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Mine have all been between 75 and 90 gallons. I used log cribs (crossed and stacked 4 x 4 timbers) to lower mine gradually. You need to drop them quite a bit to clear the frame rails.
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