Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 07:05:05 -0800
Reply-To: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Stranded - my first heartbreak
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Okay Max,
This is going to bug me all day so I've got to
ask this. You go to all this trouble to be prepared
for running out of gas, right? So what kind of
driving is it that you do that causes you to run
out of gas so often? Do you have a phobia for
gas stations? Do alot of remote driving? Don't like
to stop for any reason at all?
I've never run out of gas and I probably stop more
than most. But I just don't like being stuck.
The only thing that has kept me stuck in the past
is a bad starter in a vanagon that I bought to be
used as my snow vehicle.
So please enlighten me... EMWTK
:)
Steven
--- Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET> wrote:
> 5. Another controversial thing I do is carry a FULL
> gallon of
> Coleman fuel in my big Contico storage box that more
> or less replaces
> the middle seat are in my 90GL. It's in a metal
> can, it's like $4,
> and it has gotten me to many a gas station when I
> have run out. I
> never keep a partially full can in there and I make
> sure it's well
> supported by the plywood dividers so it doesn't move
> around. Just
> coincidentally, my old radiator hose(the one that
> goes from the back
> of the #4 cylinder and then gets real skinny) fits
> snugly on top of
> the Coleman can threads so poking s small hole for
> breathing in the
> corner of the top ofthe can allows a slick way to
> get ALL $4 worth in
> the tank and not dumped on the ground. I have also
> had success using
> a Techron fuel injector cleaner bottle with the top
> cut off as a
> shade tree funnel. An actual long neck oil/AFT
> funnel, would work
> too, but that ties up too much space. I've been
> told that the
> Coleman fuel is indeed unleaded and high octane(like
> 104?). Burning
> a gallon to the nearest pump has caused my engine no
> obvious harm,
> and it maybe happens once a year, but I'm glad it's
> there when I need
> it especially in the winter time.
> 6. Since I have the T connection tied up now, I
> think I will try
> leaving the gas cap off next time it happens and see
> if it works.
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