Gas pressure, oh my the smell!

[knuckleharley]

1 hour ago, Branded said:

There lies the difference, from what I've read the locking gas caps for some reason vent both ways. 

You may be/probably are right about that. I've had problems with people stealing gas in the past,so I put locking gas caps on everything.

I once bought a 71 Ford parts truck and was driving it around briefly while preparing the "real" truck for the updates. It was a 3/4 ton Camper Special with the reserve gas tank that has the manual switch on the floor by the driver. The gauge red full in both positions,so I didn't worry about running out of gas until I ran out of gas because no gas would come from the reserve tank.

Got it back home and sure enough,it was full of gas. Well,gas with water,rust,and maybe a dead mouse or two.

So I get a big pan,crawl under it,and take the hose off to drain the old gas out,and get nothing. It is so clogged up with rust and trash that even blowing into the tank with compressed air and from the outlet does nothing. So i just ignored it from that point. Then one day a friend of mine said he was looking for a reserve tank for his 72 Ford wrecker,so I told him he could have mine if he wanted to come around to siphon it out and remove it.

Sure enough,someone had beaten him to it,and siphoned all the liquid out of it that he could get with a siphon hose.

I only hope the thief poured it in a car or truck with fuel injection.

Edited August 6, 2017 by knuckleharley