There is a tool that you can buy or sometimes borrow from the parts store that is made to hold the shaft in place while you loosen the center fan bolt, I used a pipe wrench but it was a tight squeeze.
One way is to get a lerge crescent wrench and adjust it around that big nut behind the fan and then after you get whatever is in the way out of it, you take a big hammer and give it the what for to...
The fuel pump is...................sorry to say.........in the fuel tank!
First thing DISCONNECT THE NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE FROM YOUR BATTERY!!!!!!!!!!
Jack up the vehicle high enough where you...
You're probably finding that the shaft the collar nut is on spins when you try to remove it. There are several tricks. If the unit is still on - leaving the belt on for tension, heat the collar nut...