I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

On Sep 26, 6:20*am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

The man is seriously mentally deranged..
The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100 gallons
of petrol/gas in there?
I wonder if his insurance company knows?

Wonder how long before the SWAT teams descend on that old farmer's place,
and lock him up?

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message
...
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

On 9/26/2012 3:04 AM, harry wrote:
On Sep 26, 6:20 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

The man is seriously mentally deranged..
The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100 gallons
of petrol/gas in there?
I wonder if his insurance company knows?


His gas cans don't leak. You should watch the videos of folks trying to
use those wretched government mandated "safety" cans. I had to modify
my new can because it was virtually unusable and splashed petrol all
over when I tried to dispense fuel. ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIzG8NW40k

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

TDD

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:20:34 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote in
Re How To Fix A New Gas Can:

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

Looks like a nice field modification. I think I'll give it a try with
one of the small cans.

On Sep 26, 1:34*pm, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
On 9/26/2012 3:04 AM, harry wrote:









On Sep 26, 6:20 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

The man is seriously mentally deranged..
The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100 gallons
of petrol/gas in there?
I wonder if his insurance company knows?

His gas cans don't leak. You should watch the videos of folks trying to
use those wretched government mandated "safety" cans. I had to modify
my new can because it was virtually unusable and splashed petrol all
over when I tried to dispense fuel. ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIzG8NW40k

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

TDD

It doesn't have to leak to cause a problem. A small fire could turn
into a major explosion.

harry wrote:
On Sep 26, 1:34 pm, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
On 9/26/2012 3:04 AM, harry wrote:









On Sep 26, 6:20 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I
came across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already
modified one that I have and this video shows a great conversion
of an unusable product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

The man is seriously mentally deranged..
The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100
gallons of petrol/gas in there?
I wonder if his insurance company knows?

His gas cans don't leak. You should watch the videos of folks trying
to use those wretched government mandated "safety" cans. I had to
modify my new can because it was virtually unusable and splashed
petrol all over when I tried to dispense fuel. ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIzG8NW40k

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

TDD

It doesn't have to leak to cause a problem. A small fire could turn
into a major explosion.

I wonder how long those rubber valve stems last exposed to gasoline.

On 9/26/2012 9:06 AM, CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:20:34 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote in
Re How To Fix A New Gas Can:

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

Looks like a nice field modification. I think I'll give it a try with
one of the small cans.

I used a cork or rubber stopper for the vent and it works well. Because
the new "cans" are really out of balance, I added a fill extension that
adds a little flexibility to the spout, from a piece of hose. I didn't,
but will, take out the lock for the valve. My valve really doesn't seal
very well, but what do you expect from junk from China. A simple cap
was soooooo nice and soooooo easy.

On 9/26/2012 11:26 AM, Bob F wrote:
harry wrote:
On Sep 26, 1:34 pm, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
On 9/26/2012 3:04 AM, harry wrote:









On Sep 26, 6:20 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I
came across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already
modified one that I have and this video shows a great conversion
of an unusable product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

The man is seriously mentally deranged..
The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100
gallons of petrol/gas in there?
I wonder if his insurance company knows?

His gas cans don't leak. You should watch the videos of folks trying
to use those wretched government mandated "safety" cans. I had to
modify my new can because it was virtually unusable and splashed
petrol all over when I tried to dispense fuel. ^_^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GIzG8NW40k

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

TDD

It doesn't have to leak to cause a problem. A small fire could turn
into a major explosion.

I wonder how long those rubber valve stems last exposed to gasoline.


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

On 9/26/2012 1:04 AM, harry wrote:
On Sep 26, 6:20 am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-
finger.net wrote:
I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

The man is seriously mentally deranged..
The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100 gallons
of petrol/gas in there?
I wonder if his insurance company knows?


i have 4 cars in my garage, each with about 20 gallon tanks. i wonder if
my insurance company knows?

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 12:30:48 -0400, Art Todesco
wrote:

On 9/26/2012 9:06 AM, CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:20:34 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote in
Re How To Fix A New Gas Can:

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

Looks like a nice field modification. I think I'll give it a try with
one of the small cans.

I used a cork or rubber stopper for the vent and it works well. Because
the new "cans" are really out of balance, I added a fill extension that
adds a little flexibility to the spout, from a piece of hose. I didn't,
but will, take out the lock for the valve. My valve really doesn't seal
very well, but what do you expect from junk from China. A simple cap
was soooooo nice and soooooo easy.

Even the previous iteration of gas jugs are junk - that's when they
went to the ventless jugs. Most spout-to-jug connections leak.
Last night me and my son replaced the rusted/leaking gas tank on my
'97 Lumina, so we transferred the old gas to the new tank.
Poured about 8 gallons total to and from various containers.
Here's what works best, and avoids spillage.
A funnel. I've got rigid funnels and a flex spout funnel. They're
cheap. Get some and avoid the gas can spouts.
Just pour from the jug.
Sure, you get more vapor when pouring, but you won't spill.
Sometimes you have to prop the funnel or have somebody hold it.
And you put easily line a funnel with a clean rag to filter, which we
did because the old tank had a lot of rust particles in it.
The old metal jugs with flex metal spouts nearly always leaked too.
I've still got a 2 1/2 and a 1 gal plastic jug with pop vents, and
they're good.
If I knew what was going to happen with gas jugs, I would have filled
my garage and basement with them and made a fortune selling them on
eBay

Same deal with freon, a couple decade ago.

What's the next item to be banned? Any
fortune tellers out there?

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
...

If I knew what was going to happen with gas jugs,
I would have filled my garage and basement with
them and made a fortune selling them on
eBay

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:09:51 -0400, George
wrote:


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

I wondered too. Thanks for the eBay lead. I just ordered two for my
cans.

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:26:01 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote:

I wonder how long those rubber valve stems last exposed to gasoline.

90 day limited warranty?!

They get exposed to all kinds of road chemicals every day.

CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:20:34 -0500, The Daring Dufas
wrote in
Re How To Fix A New Gas Can:

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came
across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified
one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable
product into one that is. ^_^

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI

TDD

Looks like a nice field modification. I think I'll give it a try with
one of the small cans.

I'm glad I see this. I have a blue can a gas station gave me for free, so I
could fill it with water, when I had a coolant leak. It was a bitch to use.
It's been sitting not being used. Have to look at it close. I was thing I
was going to buy a gas can with a long spout, so I could fill my generator.
Needs to be over two feet long. So I see I'm going to have nothing but
problems figuring out what to do. They put the filler spout in center of
tank, where you can't fill without spilling.

I'm sure the EPA guys will get their chance to mow their lawns.

Greg

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:16:03 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:09:51 -0400, George
wrote:


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

I wondered too. Thanks for the eBay lead. I just ordered two for my
cans.

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.

Yes, definitely leave the vents open so the shed can fill with gas
vapors.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:57:04 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:16:03 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:09:51 -0400, George
wrote:


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

I wondered too. Thanks for the eBay lead. I just ordered two for my
cans.

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.

Yes, definitely leave the vents open so the shed can fill with gas
vapors.

The negligible amount of vapor won't be any more harmful than the
older style cans were. It seems we all survived those dangerous
things.

On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 4:04:05 AM UTC-4, harry wrote:
On Sep 26, 6:20*am, The Daring Dufas the-daring-du...@stinky-

finger.net wrote:

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came

across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified

one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable

product into one that is. ^_^



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI



TDD



The man is seriously mentally deranged..

The garage was adjoining the house and he was storing what,100 gallons

of petrol/gas in there?

I wonder if his insurance company knows?

Call homeland security. Yer just another capitalist ****bag zombie.

On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 8:19:43 AM UTC-4, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Wonder how long before the SWAT teams descend on that old farmer's place,

and lock him up?



Christopher A. Young

Learn more about Jesus

www.lds.org

.



"The Daring Dufas" wrote in message

...

I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came

across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified

one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable

product into one that is. ^_^



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI



TDD

Beat a cop to death for treason. God is a piece of ****.

On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:06:30 AM UTC-4, CRNG wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:20:34 -0500, The Daring Dufas

wrote in

Re How To Fix A New Gas Can:



I know the horrible EPA gas cans have been discussed before but I came

across some videos about fixing the evil things. I'd already modified

one that I have and this video shows a great conversion of an unusable

product into one that is. ^_^



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lcnwdIYEfI



TDD



Looks like a nice field modification. I think I'll give it a try with

one of the small cans.

Forget the valve stem. Duct tape is just as good. cept that any modifications done will cause the gas attendent to call homeland security.

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:16:21 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:57:04 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:16:03 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:09:51 -0400, George
wrote:


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

I wondered too. Thanks for the eBay lead. I just ordered two for my
cans.

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.

Yes, definitely leave the vents open so the shed can fill with gas
vapors.

The negligible amount of vapor won't be any more harmful than the
older style cans were. It seems we all survived those dangerous
things.

The older style cans that I had didn't leak gas or vapors if you
closed the "lid" and closed the vent. I've always stored my gas cans
buttoned up and have never had a problem from them getting hot and
ballooning.

I like jugs from the blue windshield fluid, for utility water. Heavier jugs,
and seems to last a while.

Blue "gas" cans, I think blue is kerosene. Yellow is diesel.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..

"gregz" wrote in message
...

I'm glad I see this. I have a blue can a gas station gave me for free, so I
could fill it with water, when I had a coolant leak. It was a bitch to use.
It's been sitting not being used. Have to look at it close. I was thing I
was going to buy a gas can with a long spout, so I could fill my generator.
Needs to be over two feet long. So I see I'm going to have nothing but
problems figuring out what to do. They put the filler spout in center of
tank, where you can't fill without spilling.

I'm sure the EPA guys will get their chance to mow their lawns.

Greg

one day i accidently reversed gas can lid a B&S gas tank lid....

they happened to fit perfectly....

the easiest solution is likely that and a funnel.....

the nice thing about the mowers tank lid is the lid has a little
rubber valve on top so the tank can breathe........

no balloning tanks either way

Gordon Shumway wrote:

Yes, definitely leave the vents open so the shed can fill with gas
vapors.

The negligible amount of vapor won't be any more harmful than the
older style cans were. It seems we all survived those dangerous
things.

Of course we don't hear from those who DIDN'T survive those dangerous
things...

On 9/26/2012 3:16 PM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:09:51 -0400, George
wrote:


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

I wondered too. Thanks for the eBay lead. I just ordered two for my
cans.

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.


I have never seen mine go through those extremes but they definitely
pressurize in the summer. I wondered if the ebay vents attached securely
so they are airtight.

"bob haller" wrote in message
...
one day i accidently reversed gas can lid a B&S gas tank lid....

they happened to fit perfectly....

the easiest solution is likely that and a funnel.....

the nice thing about the mowers tank lid is the lid has a little
rubber valve on top so the tank can breathe........

no balloning tanks either way

Fellow at work reversed his gas caps by accident. His mower would run for a
short time and stop. It would crank up and run for another short time and
stop.

At work we asked him to check to see if the mower gas cap vent hole was
stoppped up. The next day he said he had reversed the lids.

On 9/26/2012 9:16 PM, Gordon Shumway wrote:
....

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.

Yes, definitely leave the vents open so the shed can fill with gas
vapors.

The negligible amount of vapor won't be any more harmful than the
older style cans were. It seems we all survived those dangerous
things.

How "negligible" it is depends on the size of the shed and how much air
flow there is, but I certainly would concur that leaving a vent open on
stored gasoline (or fuel of any other variety) in a closed area is not a
good idea just on general principles.

It's the Midwest here as well and certainly we have reasonably extreme
temperatures, especially high temp's in midsummer. I only have a couple
of 2-1/2 gal old-style plastic containers for final transfer to the
lawnmowers, tiller, chainsaw, etc.; the 5-gal cans are all old metal oil
cans from hydraulic fluid, etc. so haven't had such a problem. The
small plastic 'jugs' don't seem to be a problem altho the one of them
has a split spout that has been "repaired" to keep it going as I detest
also the new spouts and have resisted replacing it for that reason. At
some point I may have to investigate the fix-up of a new one such as the
subject video if/when the spout finally gets so bad as to not be able to
cobbled to hold any longer...I also have to agree w/ the earlier poster
on the utility of funnels other than it is handy to not to have to use
one all the time...

But, if the plastic cans are swelling noticeably in hot weather, my
recommendation is to only fill them 2/3rds full or so, _not_ to leave
the vent open...besides the potential vapor ignition hazard it promotes
volatization of the higher fractions faster as a secondary disadvantage.

--

On 9/27/2012 8:31 AM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
....

Fellow at work reversed his gas caps by accident. His mower would run for a
short time and stop. It would crank up and run for another short time and
stop.

At work we asked him to check to see if the mower gas cap vent hole was
stoppped up. The next day he said he had reversed the lids.

I just went thru a new experience w/ a '98 K2500 4x4 w/ 5.7L...the purge
valve failed and the cannister vent was also clogged w/ dust/dirt (farm
truck and dirt roads--it gets only dirty driving use rarely seeing a
highway). W/O a vented gas cap, the fuel pump was able to actually
collapse the gas tank w/o being able to recognize there was a problem
until the "thump" was heard.

--

Ashton Crusher wrote:
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:16:21 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:57:04 -0700, Ashton Crusher
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:16:03 -0500, Gordon Shumway
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:09:51 -0400, George
wrote:


I wondered the same thing. If you search on ebay for what the comment
describes you can see people selling a little flip open vent that looks
like one from the older style cans. No idea how well it might work.

I wondered too. Thanks for the eBay lead. I just ordered two for my
cans.

Other than allowing air during pouring you may want to keep it open
while the can is just sitting. My gas cans are kept in my shed and
with the big temperature swings in the Midwest the cans will either
swell up like a blimp or collapse to the point of only about half of
their capacity. Of course during transport the vent should be closed.

Yes, definitely leave the vents open so the shed can fill with gas
vapors.

The negligible amount of vapor won't be any more harmful than the
older style cans were. It seems we all survived those dangerous
things.

The older style cans that I had didn't leak gas or vapors if you
closed the "lid" and closed the vent. I've always stored my gas cans
buttoned up and have never had a problem from them getting hot and
ballooning.

I've released a good bit of pressure at times. I leave then open. I also
worry about filling up the car in summer.

Greg

"Stormin Mormon" wrote:
I like jugs from the blue windshield fluid, for utility water. Heavier jugs,
and seems to last a while.

Blue "gas" cans, I think blue is kerosene. Yellow is diesel.

Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

"gregz" wrote in message
...

I'm glad I see this. I have a blue can a gas station gave me for free, so I
could fill it with water, when I had a coolant leak. It was a bitch to use.
It's been sitting not being used. Have to look at it close. I was thing I
was going to buy a gas can with a long spout, so I could fill my generator.
Needs to be over two feet long. So I see I'm going to have nothing but
problems figuring out what to do. They put the filler spout in center of
tank, where you can't fill without spilling.

I'm sure the EPA guys will get their chance to mow their lawns.

Greg

I use kitty litter jugs.

I use yellow fluid. Keeps the beads going on the windshield.

I got a lot of crap to do before December catastrophe. Store water, gas,
food, kerosene, save wood,............

Greg