Thread: how do you get the gas out of the gas tank?

i have a 94 ranger. im not gonna be driving this truck for a couple of months while im doin the cage on it. it has a full tank of gas that cost me 70 bucks. how do i get it out? i want to fill up my other truck

you could drop the tank and take the sender out and do it that way but i there has to be and easer way.......

Can you get power to the fuel pump? I rigged up my truck with a manual fuel pump w/switch just for this purpose. And then disconnect the fuel line, dumped into a gascan.

**I meant a manual switch for the stock pump, not a completely seperate fuel pump.

ummmmm siphon it with garden hose?

drill a hole??

i was thinkin about siphoning it out but i didnt know if it has a anti siphon valve or somethin. the truck runs and everything i just want the gas for my other truck

no they are good to siphon from

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (matt_helton @ July 02 2006,3:08)]drill a hole??

Takes to long. I would personally go with an Oxy/Acetylene set up. Burn a quick hole and the gas flows fast. Really though, they have a siphone at Pep Boys. just shake the rattla and the gas flows.

DISCLAIMER........ If you are one of the slow types don't use the Oxy setup. The tank will empty faster than you can react.

Remember, green = diesel

Siphon is the way to go, you can go with a small line that is easier to pull a siphon from or a larger line for faster fill. Go to Lowes or Homedepot and just buy some cut to the foot 3/4 inch clear line so you can see the gas coming . Get a bunch of gas cans. Put the line down into your tank. crouch by the ground and suck on the hose until you see the gas just dropping below the frame. it will start to flow on its own. Those rattler ones work some of the time but not always. We used to need a ton of gas for the boat while in mexico wakeboarding, so we would siphon just enough out of our cars when we were desperate, just enough to get us back across the border. Hope this helps.

just jump constant power to the fuel pump. get a hose or line of some kind then you can just pump it directly into whatever you want to fill up. Why buy a $30 siphon your only gonna use once?

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (Tim @ July 03 2006,9:59)]just jump constant power to the fuel pump. get a hose or line of some kind then you can just pump it directly into whatever you want to fill up. Why buy a $30 siphon your only gonna use once?

exactly, pull a fuel line and fill it in a bottle til the pump stops pumping. done.

That is another way to do it, but if you dont feel comfortable pulling a fuel line and doing new wiring, the hose at lowes or home depot wont even cost you 5 bucks, not 30

SMOKE DAT SHIT LIKE ITS SOME DANK ASS KRHROOONN!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (DILLIGAF5.0 @ July 04 2006,11:30)]SMOKE DAT SHIT LIKE ITS SOME DANK ASS KRHROOONN!!!!!!!

i knew i shoulda worn TWO rubbers when i hack sawed your moms gash in the bathroom of a bugerking for 10 dollars. who would have thought there would be a hole, and your dumbass would be the result?

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (SpceSpff @ July 05 2006,1:38)]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (DILLIGAF5.0 @ July 04 2006,11:30)]SMOKE DAT SHIT LIKE ITS SOME DANK ASS KRHROOONN!!!!!!!

i knew i shoulda worn TWO rubbers when i hack sawed your moms gash in the bathroom of a bugerking for 10 dollars. *who would have thought there would be a hole, and your dumbass would be the result?

ROFL, best post i've read in a long time!

So are you sayin you guys are related? Makes sense now......