I posted below, but have come to the conclusion that the fuel pump is bad. I have a Regina fuel pump that mounts in the tank. I pulled the cover to see what was involved and was wondering how difficult the job is. Are there any secrets or tricks to make it easier.

How similar is that to an 83 240? To get mine out I had to bend the lower float-arm-stop down. That allowed the float to drop downward, close enough to the pump, to come out of the hole. Until I did that the assembly was too big to come out.

One other thing I did in my one and only experience doing this repair was to leave the fuel return line attached to the assembly. That is, it was disconected from the steel line under the body, but the short rubber length was left attached to the tank assembly.

Flint

Let me add to the excellent last post some extras: can be done as mentioned and pulled out as a whole unit removing I believe counter-clockwise and down between gap of fuel tank and trunk .you could at this point when you're in back of car pass assembly down to assistant.when I reassembled I used some vasoline to join rubber seals together-GENTLY FORCE TOGETHER till flush-you dont want to break plastic threaded ring when tightening. good luck and patience. mark