I had an old Nissan Titan pickup that had a bad gas gauge. Most of the time it would work fine but sometimes it would stick and I would run out of gas with the needle on a 1/4 tank. You think spilling a little gas is bad filling your lawn mower? That truck's gas inlet was pretty high and when I filled it on a windy day with the new improved fuel can, gasoline sloshed all over me and its a miracle that I never turned into a human torch!
What have they done with the new gas cans???
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Coldshooter
Member
Funny how this issue didn't exist back when cider came in gallon glass jugs.
mr-mom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Yah, silly me bought two of those d***** new-fangled gas cans because they were the only type available. After a year of spilling more gas than I could get into my tractor tank, I set them out at the curb half filled with gas. Guess what..... in over two weeks no one took them. Finally did as someone else, took them out to the range and ventilated them with .38 rounds. Threw the darn things in the garbage and bought three old-style cans at a swap meet for $3.00. Yup, that's progress.
Dave
SWCA #2778
Dave
SWCA #2778
samuelrp
Member
I've bought new ones and couldn't get the gas out of them. My 2 cents is the government should stay out of the gas can business. I can protect myself.
scooter123
Member
I don't what it should be called, "work of the Devil" or "a demonstration of legislated stupidity", but I am sure of one thing. That there was a Lawyer involved in mandating these infernal devices. Wasn't you was it Caj?
mr-mom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Rogue Wizard
Member
I have seven old Jerry cans from WW2 with the screw off lids. The last two plastic cans I bought had the "idjit spouts". What a royal PITA. I took the spouts over the workbench, put them in the vise....sawed off the tip and then used a pair of HD long needle nose pliers and yanked the guts out. Call it a gas can tonsillectomy..... or reverse engineering,... I re-engineered the spout to remove the Idiot factor in them. Now,.... now ,...they work just fine. It's called good old fashion farmer know-how.
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rburg
Member
My cousin from Austin just restored her gas can on her 1972 Commando. I did a carburetor overhaul and she picked it up this morning. The can looked so good I snapped a photo.
4barrel, you need to sharpen up your photo skills. Next cycle, make sure the girl poses in all the photos.
Faulkner
Member
Just for the record, next time I work a vehicle accident I'm going to advise the victim to be sure and include the asphalt company that paved the roadway in the lawsuit. Surely they'd be as liable as anyone in this litigious atmosphere.
HOUSTON RICK
Member
I will be sure to take care of my old fashioned metal cans!
New "gas cans" are worthless. "Utility cans" are not. Although expensive and only four gallons, this particular utility can has many useful features I like. Oh yeah, "not available for sale in California" should tell you something.
And did you notice the price? Not gonna happen at my house.
I started this same thread ~ 2 yrs ago after having the lawyer cans start going bad, sameo, sameo...
First I wasted money on replacement nozzles from ACE Hdwe-they crack where they flex, next going to ebay where I waited until the old style came up at right price & I'm good for awhile.
Canadians have different choices.
Florida Guy
Member
I have an old 1 gallon plastic gas can with the flexible spout and yellow air vent. I needed a 5 gallon replacement, but all of them had the new stupid spouts. A friend of mine had a 5 gallon plastic can he didn't need and gave it to me.
I took the spout off my 1 gallon can and it fit fine after shaving off some plastic near the threads on the new can that are there for the new spout. Then I bought some of those yellow air vents, drilled a hole in the top of the new can, and I was good to go.
Just like the old days
You can find replacement parts that I've mentioned online to bring your "new" can up to "old" standards.
I took the spout off my 1 gallon can and it fit fine after shaving off some plastic near the threads on the new can that are there for the new spout. Then I bought some of those yellow air vents, drilled a hole in the top of the new can, and I was good to go.
Just like the old days
You can find replacement parts that I've mentioned online to bring your "new" can up to "old" standards.
Florida Guy
Member
rcnixon
Member
The sugar isn't really soluble in gasoline, not in any great amount. A simple filter will get it out.
Research during WWII showed that a latex condom filled with urushiol oil introduced into the crankcase would dissolve and destroy the motor oil's lubrication ability and cause the engine to seize. Be careful though, urushiol oil is the stuff in poison ivy and poison oak that causes the well-known dermatitis.
The other methods tried were sand and sugar. The sand was actually poured into the sparkplug holes. When the engine was fired up, it was wiped from the cylinder walls very efficiently by the piston rings and ejected through the exhaust. Any damage was minor.
Russ
Brian41
Member
I recently had a couple garage sales and since I'm downsizing I put out a few of my old 5 gallon gas cans marked a buck apiece. Maybe I should have asked for more as they all went fast.
I do plan on keeping a couple of them as I don't want to have to try and deal with the new ones later either. I'll be keeping some old metal cans for sure.
I do plan on keeping a couple of them as I don't want to have to try and deal with the new ones later either. I'll be keeping some old metal cans for sure.
Not sure what sugar will actually do, but a bit of Nitro Methane really gets a motor runnin' --- Just not for very long
m1gunner
US Veteran
I have read the best place to find discarded gas cans is within a mile of an interstate exit. Folks that run out of gas put thier gallon or two in the tank, then pitch the can rather than getting gas fumes in their car.
After reading this, I started looking, and , sure enough, it is true!
Can even find some "pre-ban cans" this way.
After reading this, I started looking, and , sure enough, it is true!
Can even find some "pre-ban cans" this way.
DWalt
Member
I have two of the old-style 2.5 gallon heavy plastic gas cans. I got them many years ago, will probably die with them in my tool shed. They are so heavy, I imagine they will outlast the pyramids. I think they were made in Canada.
zzzippper
Member
New "gas cans" are worthless. "Utility cans" are not. Although expensive and only four gallons, this particular utility can has many useful features I like. Oh yeah, "not available for sale in California" should tell you something.
$60 freaking dollars for a gas can??? At least they come in designer colors!
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