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Wow, I guess I am lucky then. I only have to go from the blue dot to the red balloon to get non-ethanol. It's only a couple inches on the phone.

I wish I could swap in a 6-71, that would be the cat's ass. The only reason I don't is not having the knowledge, skill, money, shop, talent, and know how.

I would, but I heard you don't use sealer in aluminum tanks, maybe it doesn't adhere to the aluminum or something, I don't know. I had 2 quarts of sealer but I already sent it on its way. So I think, from what I'm reading here, if I stick to non-ethanol and use gas treatment I should be ok.

So, my new gas tank came today. And here's the issue- I called 4 States because they didn't send enough rubber to go under the straps. I misunderstood, I ordered 2 but they sell it by the foot, so I only got 2 feets. Anyway, the guy asked me if I was using it for gas or diesel. When I told him gas, he said "uh-oh, this tank is only rated for diesel". I thought it said "gas or diesel" when I ordered it, but apparently it didn't. But it said "fits Ford F600" and they were all gas powered. I don't even know exactly what "rated for diesel" even means, but Dave (maint1) sent me this- So I'm going to use the tank- any thoughts?

They recommend premium gas in the Zinamobile Nissan Titan so that's what I always put in it. It's more expensiver at the pump of course but it might be cheaper in the long run.

Possibly. Brocky advised me to only use non- ethanol in it, like I use in all my small engines. I was advised to do that years ago with small engines by someone with much knowledge about such matters, and haven't had any issues yet. I'm thinking I'll get the 90 octane non ethanol from the Sheetz just up the road, put the lead additive in it, a can of Sea Foam periodically, and Sta-Bil in the fall.

My tank sealer came today too. And it's non-returnable. Bummer. Guess i'll ask around or put it on marketplace. I was going to work on the International today but the wind is fierce! Gusts to 47 mph they said, whoever ''they'' are. I want to take the top off the carburetor and check for sludge, and check the fuel lines. Dave told me it was easy to check the float bowls for sludge, all I have to do is take 4 screws out, but what worries me is my hands. I have arthritis in my hands so bad i'm afraid i'll drop a screw or something, drop one in the carburetor and the truck will be on marketplace. I've dropped a camera or two, amongst other things, so dropping a screw would be no problem for me. So, with that being said, here's some girl by some highway somewhere.

I gave the .22 rifle that my grandfather gave me to my niece. It's a Remington Fieldmaster pump, a very nice rifle. I do have a 700 Remington .30-06 but I thought that would be overkill.

Uhh, yeah, I'd say you did! 🤣 I'm going to try to pull the top off the carburetor without destroying anything and take a look too.

I went ahead and ordered the rubber to go under the tank straps when I ordered the tank. I looked in the gas hole with a flashlight and I could see all these dark blobs "swimming" around on the bottom of the tank. I poked them with a stick- a clean stick, I didn't want to contaminate anything- to see what happened and they would kind of break a part. The sample in the aluminum pan didn't come from the very bottom either, I just loosened the plug on the end and let it drip in the pan. I never saw such a change as that gas made overnight. So obviously there was no rust, it had to be algae. The pick-up tube lacked about 4 inches from reaching the bottom of the tank, so that would leave a lot of gas in the tank, maybe that had something to do with it. I probably could have put that tank right back on it after I cleaned it out with the acid and been fine, but we decided to just keep the new one and put it on when it gets here.

I think it is a Red Ryder, I bought it at Walmart to scare away all the feral cats that used to be lurking around at the old house. Then neighbors moved in next door.

I did it, but I cheated a little. I only had a little bit of trash to burn, and it never got hot enough to melt the jug. So I shot a hole in it with a BB gun.

I ordered 2 quarts of the sealer in the morning, had to get 2 because one would do up to a 25 gallon tank. I didn't know how big the tank was, but I knew it was more than 25 gallons. When I tried to cancel the order that same night they said they would try but the order had already been processed. When I looked this morning it had already been shipped, so I'll just ship it right back when it gets here. Ordered it from Amazon.

Oh, I forgot- turns out the tank I took off was aluminum too. I just assumed it was steel, because he was talking about the rust in the old tank, and the fact that it was painted black. But it's aluminum, it was so light when I drained it and took it off I was thinking I had gained some super powers, but no, I have not.

I think I'll try that- need to put more beer in the cooler first.

Yes, I remember that too. If you- I mean if he had ran across the yard to the picnic table and grabbed a beer out of his cooler it would have been all good.

Gallon no. 2 disposed of, set a full jug in the barrel, put a small bag of trash in alongside it, poured a little more gas in, lit it, and this. No big boom, no big suplosions, just a fire. I won't have much trouble disposing of that gas. No wonder the truck wouldn't run.

The latest update- I went up to my former place of employment this morning, F.L.Moore and Sons, then stopped by Thompson Trucking, and got all the empty plastic jugs I could find. So I got all of the gas jugged that was in the 5 gallon buckets and the tub. Still need to dispose of it, but now it'll be a little easier. I could just burn it with the trash, I put one of those jugs in the burn barrel today, put some trash and weeds around it, poured a little more gas in, lit a piece of paper and threw it in. Then I got a beer out of the cooler that's been sitting there since Saturday, still has ice in it, and sat down at the picnic table across the yard. I was expecting maybe not a huge explosion when the jug of gas melted and caught fire, but at least a huge fireball. Nope...pretty much nothing. Just a "phsewwe" and the fire got a little bigger. Not sure if I spelled "phsewwe" right by the way.

I think you're right, I thought about that too. Maybe they have an old tank in the junk pile up at FLM I can get.

Here's one for you Vlad.

Yes, it only pulled from that passenger side tank to begin with. 60 gallons will get me up the road a little ways anyway. And I guess I could put the tank I just cleaned on the driver side if I really wanted to fool with it.

You talked me into it- new tank, done with it! I went out and measured the tank and this is pretty much the exact same size. The tank on the driver side is steel, so we can just paint it. I ordered this and cancelled the sealer. Looks like the same tank you got.

Oh, here's the latest latest update, what I came here to post-

Wow! Yeah, I didn't even know where to look, I just googled "replacement fuel tanks" or something. I don't know where he got this tank from that's on it now.

Yes, he put a tank on it that had only had diesel in it, because he was having trouble with rust in the original gas tank. Said it was all fixed now. Imagine that! I guess I don't have rust problems anymore, I have sludge problems! 🤣