Where can I get an old style non CARB 5-gal gasoline can?
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From: Stormin Mormon on 13 Jun 2010 08:03 I was also going to suggest the red paint. I'm not sure when the standard came to be, but red is gasoline, blue for kerosene, yellow for diesel. With any luck, green will be for E-85 fuel, when they get around to making a color for that. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "aemeijers" <aemeijers(a)att.net> wrote in message news:z8KdndDLtr_Qd47RnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... If you do that, don't forget to hit the tops with a spray can of red paint before you fill them the first time, lest some busybody at the gas station get on you for using the wrong can. (When did red become 'required', anyway? Back in stone age, we had several pretty navy blue Belknap 5-gallon cans, with a seperate tiny lid for venting. No keeper chains, though, so you always had to be careful where you set it down.) -- aem sends...
From: Stormin Mormon on 13 Jun 2010 08:05 Oh, goodness. Now the thread will take off, Dufas has mentioned "flush twice" toilets. And shower heads that would actually rinse soap off? Same comment about faucet aerators. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "The Daring Dufas" <the-daring-dufas(a)peckerhead.net> wrote in message news:hv1q3s$fdl$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... I remember when toilets would flush and shower heads would flow before some government agency got hold of them. TDD
From: Stormin Mormon on 13 Jun 2010 08:06 My old style shower head blows, not sucks. Since low flows suck, do they suck the shampoo out of your hair, and then there is shampoo in the domestic water line? -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "Ed Pawlowski" <esp(a)snetnospam.net> wrote in message news:wa-dnbzH25_w8InRnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... There was a spell when they did not work well at all, but engineering has overcome those problems. There are plenty of 1.6 gallon toilets that work perfectly. I like my low flow shower too, but many do suck.
From: cuhulin on 13 Jun 2010 09:28 http://www.toiletmuseum.com Don't forget to Flush. Back to fuel cans.Why not paint, Gas, for Gasoline cans, Kerosene, for Kerosene cans, Diesel, for Diesel fuel cans. cuhulin
From: D. Ohl on 13 Jun 2010 12:06
On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:17:36 +0000 (UTC), Brent wrote: > Path: aioe.org!news.mixmin.net!tioat.net!not-for-mail > From: Brent <beemdoubleu(a)Use-Author-Supplied-Address.invalid> > Newsgroups: alt.home.repair,rec.autos.tech > Subject: Where can I get an old style non CARB 5-gal gasoline can? > Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:17:36 +0000 (UTC) > Lines: 23 > Message-ID: <2d2c4992c6ad03d90e82d50db09b33ef(a)tioat.net> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:17:36 +0000 (UTC) > Injection-Info: tioat.net; posting-host="e8b23619b51b8028a6217eeafa7d6ec4"; mail-complaints-to="news(a)tioat.net" > Author-Supplied-Address: Brent <beemdoubleu_AT_comcast_DOT_net> > X-Usenet-Filter: Cleanfeed http://www.mixmin.net/cleanfeed/ > X-Usenet-System: InterNetNews (INN) https://www.isc.org/software/inn > Xref: aioe.org alt.home.repair:104149 rec.autos.tech:19403 > > Where can I get an old style non CARB compliant 5-gal gasoline can? > > I pine for the days when 5-gallong gas jugs had a pour spout and a vent. > All the gasoline cans I can find in the stores are something called "CARB > compliant". They are miserable abominations. > > I've never spilled so much gasoline in my life! > > One model has an on/off lever, but you have to use two hands at all times, > one to hold the can, the other to keep pressed down on the lever, and the > third hand to hold the funnel. The moment you let up on the lever, the > handle locks shut, necessitating a manual reset. > > The other type has only a push-to-open tab which you supposedly press > against the lip of the tool you're filling. Forget using funnels with this > method. And, since the spout fills the opening of the tool you're filling, > you can't see when it's full until you spill it all over the outside of the > tool. > > There must be somewhere I can get the old-style gas cans. > What is the reason for these CARB abominations anyway? > > Any idea where to get the old style 5-gallon gas cans? My husband Bill does this whenever he's forced to buy the EPA-mandated gas can 1. He cuts off the child-proof small tab that makes removing the cap to refill so difficult. Unscrewing the cap still takes FORCE so no "child" is going to be able to remove it anyway (did the EPA ever raise kids? That tab is overkill!). A gas cap is screwed on so tightly I have trouble removing it. I can't imagine a "child" removing it. Any child that has that kind of strength also can defeat the child-proof tab! 2. He pops out the plastic-spring-loaded switch that prevents you from pressing down twice. Now you can pour gas, let up on the handle to let it settle, press down again to pour. With that lock-tab in place, you have to spill the gas before you can see where the gas level is in the tank you're filling or you have to put the can down, switch hands, re-press that switch, and pour anew. He hasn't drilled a vent hole yet, which would be the next step. I would worry about multiple use with just a wood screw as some have mentioned. What kind of vent can be drilled that will keep gas in but will be able to be used many times without stripping? And, what was wrong with the old vent & easy pour mechanism anyway? |