Actually, dropping the tank wasnt as bad as I thought, maybe it's because I prepared myself for the worse. However, after dropping the tank I discovered that the tank looked a bit rusty so Im thinking about replacing the tank as well.

This is just to my untrained eye, so I could be wrong. And now that I think about is the color of the gas was a orange color is gas suppost to be orange? I called around and for 100 bucks I can get the tank with pump and sending unit still attached.

Here are some pics if they work:
Here's a look inside the tank


Should gas be that color?


Here's where the tank was