Date:         Mon, 8 Sep 2008 14:49:31 -0500
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
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From:         Max Wellhouse <dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET>
Subject:      Re: Fuel Line replacement w/gas in tank
Comments: To: Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <48C57B60.9010006@verizon.net>
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If the tank was full, it would weigh well over 100#, but wouldn't
slosh, right?  IIRC, it took every stroke of my Craftsman floor jack
to get the front end up high enough to get the support bars freed up
the last time I pulled my tank, so slipping another jack under there
to stabilize it might be a stretch.  Maybe slipping some 3/8" plywood
under the tank would spread the jack load so it wasn't denting the
middle of the tank.  Maybe not.


Hope that tanks stays up there anohter decade or so.

DM&FS


>In "Round" numbers, the gas will weigh 8 lbs per gallon (10 gallons will
>be around 80 lbs).  That, plus the slosh factor, would make the job a
>real horror ... unless you can transfer the gas to another container first.
>
>Mike
>
>
>
>Michael Sullivan wrote:
>>Good morning, all. Will be replacing fuel lines this weekend and have been
>>keeping my tank nearly empty in expectiation.  Would like to get some gas
>>today, though while prices are low(3.49US/gal). Will I have problems with
>>gas in the tank or is it better to be empty? Thanks.
>>
>>--
>>Michael in San Antonio
>>91GL AT 'Gringo'