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Just did one of these in a 1990 wagon. Typical rust (Connecticut). The sender totally rotted out at the top. The nut was very rusty too but did come out.
There is a special spanner tool for the nut. I've always managed to do this using a punch or chisel and a hammer.
Soak everything with PB Blaster, and wipe up the loose dirt- don't let rust and crud fall in the tank. On the one I just did, two of the steel lines broke right off the sender- a fuel disaster waiting to happen.
Buy the sender, a new intank pump, the sock filter, a new o-ring and a new nut. Get a few sizes of hose clamps as well- the old ones are guaranteed to be useless and it's helpful to just have some handy. You need to reuse the plastic housing around the old intank pump, or at least I did on the one I just replaced.
The other cable through there, a grey cable, is the speedometer sensor to the rear axle- it'll just be in the way as you service this, and you can unplug it as needed for access.
Hope this helps- good luck!
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Rob Bareiss, New London CT ::: '87 244DL/M47- 234K, '82 245T/M46-182K, '89 244DL/AW70- 212K Not too distant past: 86 244DL 215K, 87 244DL 239K, 88 744GLE 233K, 88 244GL 147K, 91 244 183K
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