was all this done while the tank was still in the car? Just curious.

Glad you figured it out.

Yes, the tank was in the car. It would have been funny if we had video of it. And of course, in the middle of it, we had one of our daily Florida rain storms.

To make matters worse, we couldn't get the pass. rear tire off because whoever put my new ones on had cross-threaded one of the lugs. That meant crawling under the doggone thing. (Got the lug fixed later in the day, after everything was done, of course).

What a fiasco! But it's done, and it was worth the gas in the face. But next time, I'll be a little more prepared!