Gas Can Issues

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ChargedDart75

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Anybody get tired of those crap gas can spouts and a lack of vent? These guys (and I'm sure many others) make replacement spouts that get rid of the regulated style spout. My Dad found them years ago and I have been meaning to buy some spouts and vents. I'll probably buy from them since they're local, and I think they throw in a vent with each spout. I'm getting tired of the chugging from no vent.
 
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That's how I feel about those blasted things. The ones I have at home have the "slide" you press and slide. Hate them!

At my last job they had ones with a button. They worked fine.

Pretty good business those guys have going. They solved a problem!!
 
I use tire air valves with the stem removed. Carefully drill the right sized hole, install with a long cable valve stem installer then just loosen the plastic cap to let air in when needed.
 
Yeh. I use a stop gap method. I don't have to transport fuel far, it's only 3? ish miles from home to a station. And I only have one or two cans with the ventless "feature" ........but I have some that even though have a separate vent, the spout is AFU

So here's what I do, with the vented ones, and the caps are AFU. I just grab a grocery plastic bag, fold it over a time or two so it's 3-4 layers thick. I just hold it over the threads very loosely and force/ thread the cap and spout right over the top of the threads I've had no trouble with fuel "eating" that plastic, even sitting in the shed. Unfortunately I've got a mix of cans with different brands, and some, the caps are different thread or different size. So interchangeability is poor

On the ones with the "federal" no vent 'safety' cap, I gut the junk out of the spout so the spout is completely open. Seal it same way as above. For a vent, take a length of that stiff nylon, about 1/4" tube, and orient the "curve" so it hits the end of the can that is "most up" and stuff it down the spout (when ready to use the can) so the tube is in the "will be up" corner and extends out the spout 1/2--1" or so, trim to length. Can be longer if you are filling something like a tractor/ funnel. Now you need a clip. Like a pocket pen clip. Slide over the tube, clip the tube to the spout. !!!VENT!!!

On a side note I accidently learned that you must NOT leave cans in the back of a pickup when filling, especially if you have a bed liner. The cans can / will generate static electricity, spark to the nozzle, and cause a Great Big Fire.

The music makes it a great watch........

 
Alaskan_TA said:
I use tire air valves with the stem removed. Carefully drill the right sized hole, install with a long cable valve stem installer then just loosen the plastic cap to let air in when needed.
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!!! I may try that !!!!
 
67Dart273 said:
Yeh. I use a stop gap method. I don't have to transport fuel far, it's only 3? ish miles from home to a station. And I only have one or two cans with the ventless "feature" ........but I have some that even though have a separate vent, the spout is AFU

So here's what I do, with the vented ones, and the caps are AFU. I just grab a grocery plastic bag, fold it over a time or two so it's 3-4 layers thick. I just hold it over the threads very loosely and force/ thread the cap and spout right over the top of the threads I've had no trouble with fuel "eating" that plastic, even sitting in the shed. Unfortunately I've got a mix of cans with different brands, and some, the caps are different thread or different size. So interchangeability is poor

On the ones with the "federal" no vent 'safety' cap, I gut the junk out of the spout so the spout is completely open. Seal it same way as above. For a vent, take a length of that stiff nylon, about 1/4" tube, and orient the "curve" so it hits the end of the can that is "most up" and stuff it down the spout (when ready to use the can) so the tube is in the "will be up" corner and extends out the spout 1/2--1" or so, trim to length. Can be longer if you are filling something like a tractor/ funnel. Now you need a clip. Like a pocket pen clip. Slide over the tube, clip the tube to the spout. !!!VENT!!!

On a side note I accidently learned that you must NOT leave cans in the back of a pickup when filling, especially if you have a bed liner. The cans can / will generate static electricity, spark to the nozzle, and cause a Great Big Fire.

The music makes it a great watch........

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I remember seeing a bunch of videos like that. I always fill them on the ground. I have one spout that is gutted, but it leaks pretty bad, that's why I want some without that lock or whatever it is.
 
Bought these a few years ago to solve the guarenteed to leak 'safety caps'.
Actually had one that didn't leak for a while. Then the mechanism stopped working.
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They have several versions to cover the different threads.

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I do the same as @Alaskan_TA for a vent. Valve stems are cheap. Just take the stem out, run a coat hanger thru the 1/2" hole you drilled till it goes out the fill hole. Run the wire thru the valve stem, and pull it back thru the gas can. Pop it into the hole you drilled, screw the plastic cap back on and your done! Also, you can buy replacement free flow nozzles at Tractor Supply. The label says they are for "water" jugs! :D
 
I used to use racegas cans and a funnel. My girlfriend bought me a battery powered transfer pump that fits in the racegas can. Easy-peasy.
 
There is MOAR brain power here on this site than an Ivy Leage Spamaversity. I have been haunting yard sales trying to find old 'normal' gas cans for years and now I don't have to. THANK YOU! :)
 
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Lone Yankee said:
There is MOAR brain power here on this site and an Ivy Leage Spamaversity. I have been haunting yard sales trying to find old 'normal' gas cans for years and now I don't have to. THANK YOU! :)
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You're looking in the wrong place! Keep your eyes peeled when you're driving on the interstate. Lotsa dummies will set an empty plastic gas jug in the open bed of a pickup and haul *** down the interstate....and then wonder where their untethered gas can went? I've scored several off the interstate when it was light traffic and safe to snag them.
 
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