Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #10170
From: Edward Seay <easeay@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: No, No, No, No!--Do not use buckets for gas!
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 10:50:27 -0700 (PDT)
To: <lancair.list@olsusa.com>
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Better ground the whole system to the earth while
you're at it.  I have simply used a barrel pump to
return the fuel to the plane through a strainered
metal funnel.





--- Marvin Kaye <74740.231@compuserve.com> wrote:
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> Posted for David Jones, <N295VV@aol.com>:
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> Robert writes:
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> "To empty a tank, I use a 5 gal, pail with a Facet
> 12 v. pump and tubing to
> transfer into the other tank.
<SNIP>
> Using a bucket to empty gas from a wing is a death
> wish.  I know of three
> bucket disasters--one burned down a whole hanger
> complex, and another
> burned and killed  two Rockford brothers (City
> Firemen, no less!) who were
> carrying a bucket of gas from an auto gas tank.  The
> third was a local guy
> <SNIP>
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