When I had the tank out of my 84, I decided that for $120 a brand new one was the better option.
  Ed

J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
  > Not advisable to use a shop-vac or anything else that creates sparks around
> a gas
> tank, even an empty one. Unless it has been purged, there is always the
> chance of
> fumes igniting explosively.
> Jerry

I think it was last months "Family Handyman" magazine which has a section about great home owner "goofs". A guy wrote in about watching his neighbor "vacuum" the gas out of his riding mowers gas tank-BOOM!-flaming shop vac. The guy could have easily been a candidate for this years Darwin award. Jeff

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