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I read this too.
Having considered this job carefully in the past (when I had to do it!!) I feel this is a good solution, though maybe not always 'the best' solution. This is a considerable amount of work, and there will be many DIY mechanics out there who do not possess the time, space, tools, courage, etc to tackle the job in this way.
This is a much 'cleaner' method than cutting a hole in the floor like I did. Still, I'm not sure I would have tackled it this way if I had heard of or conceived of it before I did the fuel pump job myself.
Corrosion would be a major factor for me - I would be dreadfully worried about either wrecking a bolt/nut head or breaking a bolt or something else that would make it impossible to get the various parts apart or back together...
Cutting a hole is ugly but quite DIYable. At this point these cars are 10 to nearly 15 years old and we (the current owners) are likely the cars last owners who care about anything other than a beat-around vehicle. I'm pretty sure I won't be selling mine until it's either completely dead or so close to it that I can't stomach another repair. Whoever buys it will likely be buying the engine or the tires or the junk value... that's just my opinion though I guess.
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1998 V70 AWD->FWD Turbo 200k+
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