What Is Involved In Lifting A Bed On A 93 Chev Kingcab To Install A New Fuel Pump? The Tank Is Full Of Gas. What Do I Need To Watch For, Or Unhook. Well You Guys Know What I Mean What The Best Way To Hold Up The Bed Also. I Want To Be Safe. I Need A Game Plan.
Thank Much Steve

Your better off draining as much fuel from the tank as possible and dropping the tank. Of course this is much easier if you have a lift and transmission jack, but I will assume you don't.

If you have a way to get the truck in the air enough to drop the tank down, it will be much quicker than trying to lift the bed off.

I'm going to copy this to the 88-98 form in hopes you will get more attention there.

I never had to do mine, but Krue did one and he said the way you want to do it is much easier for folks like us then dropping the tank. PM Krue and ask him what connects are involved with sliding the bed back to get to it.

there has been much debate lately as to whether or not it is easier to remove the bed to change the fuel pump. from what i have read most would rather remove the bed than to drop the tank. i would have to totally disagree on that as i have probably changed around 20 fuel pumps 0n 88-98's and have never had a problem with dropping the tank. to me it would be more time consuming removing the bed. the thing i always do is to get a good set of ramps and just drive the rear of the truck onto them and if you don't have a transmission jack just get you a good piece of wood to put on your regular jack. i have never spent more than 2 hours on the whole process and that was even on trucks with a full tank, just be very careful and stay away from flames or sparks. the hardest part i've actually had sometimes is getting the lock ring to spin off on the top of the tank that holds the fuel pump in as you have to be careful not to create any sparks.

The bolts in the bed are tight and most undoubtedly rusty, but I favor the lifting the bed. I put eyebolts in the stake posckets of my truck (inside the bed, through the stakepocket walls), I then use my engine hoist and four tiedown strps to lift the bed. There are about eight bolts and the screws that hold the fuel filler and then a ground strap screw. lifting is easy and if you don't have the hoist, then four guys can lift it. It beats the heck out of reaching up and taking hoses loose under the truck. When you put the bed back on you have to work a little to align the bed and bolt oles.

I've done both. I have removed a tank from the 82 that I use to have. I did not remove the bed on this one. What a PITA that is. I lucked out though and had an empty tank because it leaked it all out. If there was fuel in it, it would be a lot harder. Getting your hands up there to disconnect some of those fuel lines was a pain also.

Lifted the bed on my future brother in law's 94 GMC to replace the pump. Lifting the bed is not that tough as long as all the mounts are not rusted in so tight that you have to torch them to remove them.

The ground strap, the filler neck, and the bed bolts are all that I remember removing. Then we used the rafters in his garage as our hoist. 3 people would of been nice then he could of helped lift one side, then the other side. But, it worked out just fine.

I think if I had it to do over again, I might just lift the bed if it looks like it will come off easy enough.

The bed methoed is much easier IMO. Prelube the bolts on the bed and pull them with a impact after you breakem with a ratchet.