Yeah no doubt that drain is helpful, I lowered mine on block of and ran the pump to empty the contents into a jerry can once it once out.
 
Also didn't realise the heater pipes above the tank were a single piece, mine must of rusted out previously as it has heater hose there instead, I did wonder what was going on as it certainly didn't look factory fit with jubilee clips on each end.

Yay!! Just got it all back together, and my car lives again!!
I can confirm absolutely a PITA job!!
 
For anyone contemplating slipping in a new fuel pump:
In case you don't know, first of all you have to disconnect an awful lot of of stuff; then to get the fuel tank out the front must be dropped first and then moved forwards to allow the filler pipe etc to come out of the gap in the bulkhead before the rear of the tank can be lowered.
Putting it back is done in the reverse order, but I had trouble with that @$%^& evaporative separator thingo.
I suspect it might have been easier if I had assembled the hoses to it first before I raised the tank and then fed it through the gap in the bulkhead along with the filler pipe etc.
I probably did it the hard way by not fitting it until after I raised the tank in place, finding it it very difficult to re - fit the 2 bottom hoses to it.
 
 
 

I feel your pain there I had the exact same problem with that breather/baffle thing.  In the end lowered the rear of the tank, reconnected it and then fed it through the gap as I raised the tank.

Thanks for sharing this information

Deevon
Mine painted up without an issue. Used rust resistant paint.

I initially used some etch primer in a can and I think the solvent in it must of reacted with the plating, after removing all the bubbled up plating I then used some rust guard epoxy enamel without issue.

tiff_lee

Deevon
Mine painted up without an issue. Used rust resistant paint.

I initially used some etch primer in a can and I think the solvent in it must of reacted with the plating, after removing all the bubbled up plating I then used some rust guard epoxy enamel without issue.

 
Was there any of the old paint still on the tank?
The etch primer could have been reacting with that, but hard to tell I suppose.
Painting is a bit of a black art!!

Not paint as such but some kind of electroplating(?) was on the tank still around the areas being touched up but there was always going to be some overlap with the paint covering it, I think it was just the solvent reacting but all good now.