{"id":644,"date":"2011-01-12T18:19:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T02:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/?p=644"},"modified":"2011-02-22T10:26:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T18:26:44","slug":"thinking-about-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2011\/01\/12\/thinking-about-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking About Tanks."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about replacing my gas tank ever since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/2010\/06\/20\/recovery-efforts\/\">I got the poly tank<\/a> last summer, and I&#8217;m making plans to gather the tools I&#8217;ll need to swap it out this spring:<\/p>\n<p><del datetime=\"2011-01-13T02:10:04+00:00\">The tank<\/del><br \/>\n<del datetime=\"2011-02-22T18:25:52+00:00\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.superscoutspecialists.com\/store\/p-110-fuel-tank-gauge-sender-scout-ii.aspx\">A new sending unit<\/a><\/del><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.superscoutspecialists.com\/store\/p-423-fuel-tank-mounting-j-hook-scout-ii.aspx\">A pair of new J-hooks<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.superscoutspecialists.com\/store\/p-174-fuel-tank-strap-scout-ii.aspx\">A pair of new tank straps<\/a> (although, for $24\/ea, mine may still be usable)<br \/>\nCaps of some kind to cap off the evap outlets on my tank<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harborfreight.com\/3-ton-heavy-duty-jack-stands-38846.html\">Jackstands<\/a> to hold the tank up as I&#8217;m pulling the old\/installing the new<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harborfreight.com\/fluid-siphon-pump-93290.html\"><del datetime=\"2011-01-18T03:52:55+00:00\">A professional siphon<\/del><\/a> for emptying the remaining gas<\/p>\n<p>A quick look on the Binder Planet returned a few good threads with pictures and advice:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.binderplanet.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=86553\">Gas tank strap install<\/a> &#8211; with a few nice pictures and advice on which side of the straps to start with (the fronts)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.binderplanet.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=58016&amp;highlight=poly+gas+tank+install\">My quest for the correct o-ring to fix my leaking gas tank at the fuel sender <\/a> &#8211; info on O-rings<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.binderplanet.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=87475&amp;highlight=poly+gas+tank+install\">Gas tank belch, possible fix!! <\/a>, which talks about poly tanks and using the extra emissions fittings to avoid burps at fillup time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking about replacing my gas tank ever since I got the poly tank last summer, and I&#8217;m making plans to gather the tools I&#8217;ll need to swap it out this spring: The tank A new sending unit A pair of new J-hooks A pair of new tank straps (although, for $24\/ea, mine may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future-plans","category-repairs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p58Ac2-ao","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644\/revisions\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.billdugan.com\/scout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}