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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Branson on August 23, 2011, 07:17:08 AM

Title: gas cans
Post by: Branson on August 23, 2011, 07:17:08 AM

I ran out of gas a while back, and had to buy a gas can.  For $12 and some change, I got a plastic monstrosity with all sorts of buttons and levers to push, hold down, etc., a fixed and inflexible spout, and it barely worked to pour gasoline.  I finally just took off the whole spout "assembly,"rolled a piece of paper for a funnel and poured the gas in the tank.  Probably broke 57 safety rules doing that.

I finally found a '50s or '60s vintage gas can and spout.  Sturdy sheet metal, and a flexible metal spout.  And it didn't cost $12!    The problem is that, like the old Jerry cans, there's a lid that screws into, not onto, the back end of the spout.  Well, on the one I found, that's missing.  Any of our imaginative members have an idea for a replacement?

Title: Re: gas cans
Post by: Nolatoolguy on August 23, 2011, 11:56:17 AM

I did this video a while back

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvIrTgo5r3o