New sock (Thank you thank you THANK YOU Rich!) and other stuff. lol
I replaced the gasket and that flange thingy (technical term- look it up! lol) that is so fun to remove and put in place. I guess it's a sending unit retainer ring. No, I didn't manage to mess it up. lol Between the strap bolts and the filler tube I spent at least three whole hours in pure frustration. The bolts because a) the darn things are long, so a normal socket wasn't gonna cut it (that's all I had, socket-wise) so I had to resort to an open-end 1/2 wrench. With so little space to move it, the nuts loosened or tightened in tiny increments. My poor arms and long-suffering shoulder needed frequent breaks. Reason b) I had to keep adjusting the nuts because that filler tube wasn't just going to go in unless I found a sweet spot where the angle of the tube going in the tank were perfectly aligned (I used clean motor oil to aid in insertion) and finally had to REALLY push the top part. The good news is FINALLY it went in. The bad news is I smooshed my little finger on my right hand because it was between the flange and the car's body. So fay it's not broken... but you can bet the air around me turned blue with cuss words. lol