Reminds me of a story i heard of a truck (fuel tanker) driver checking to
see how full his tanker was with a cigarette lighter. He lived, but got a
free lesson on flying.
James
At 11:48 AM 18/08/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Aw come on Tom... just get the old propane torch up in there near the
>gas tank and blast away! Seriously, I used to work as a vocational
>rehabilitation counselor for injured workers. I once worked with a guy
>who has lost his leg below the knee, had several metal screws in his
>arms and considerable skin grafts. How did he get this? He was welding
>on a gas tank. Duh!
>Greg Burrows
>
>Tom Hendricksen wrote:
>
> > I have been trying to get the fuel tank off
> > of my car to have it steam cleaned. I did
> > manage to get the larger line loose, but the
> > smaller of the two just will not budge. It has
> > been soaking in penetrating fluid for days and
> > I am afraid if I use any more force on the
> > tube wrench it will break the tank fitting, which
> > happened on my parts car.
> >
> > Since I have the fuel lines from my parts car to
> > use as samples I am considering trying to find
> > fuel hose that will fit these lines correctly and
> > then cut about 6" out of each line and use the
> > fuel hose to connect the tank to the fuel lines.
> >
> > Has this been done, or is there some way other
> > than heat that might free that fitting? On the
> > parts car the metal fuel tube had fused itself to
> > the body of the nut.
> >
> > Tom
> > 69 2000
> > Portland, Oregon
> >
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