Advice: Fuel Pump Relocation Location Options

[bkrantz]

What do you all think of this location for mounting my new pump in the front?

Besides space, I have some other goals:

1. Avoiding mounting on any sheet metal shared with the passenger compartment.
2. As much protection as possible.
3. Short fuel line runs between the tank, filter, pump, and hard lines.
4. Access to the lines without pulling the tank.
5. Access to the pump without pulling the tank.

My proposed location probably does not satisfy goal 5 (maybe), but otherwise I like it.

[Olympic 914]

I just went through this myself. Pump is also mounted below the tank.

I was not looking forward to pulling the tank to access it either.

But once I started on the job, it was not so bad. Didn't remove the front lid, but i did scratch the paint with the tray around the filler neck. so I removed it. changed the filter when I was in there.

one man job.

I don't like the idea of beating up the steering pan tray, like I had to do when it was mounted down by the rack. Maybe that pump will fit without doing that IDK.