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From: Ed <fasteddy64@YAHOO.COM>

> 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 wrote:
> > Not advisable to use a shop-vac or anything else
that creates sparks around a gas  tank,
even an empty one.  ESPECIALLY AN EMPTY ONE !!!
Unless it has been purged, WASHING WITH WATER DOESN'T HELP THAT MUCH EITHER.
 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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