Re: [Chrysler300] New question on fuel tank sending units

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

He probably learned the hose trick on the first one he welded!

I once worked in a Toyota  Shop and we had an underground waste oil 
storage tank. Right beside the back overhead door, there was a basin 
that we poured our roll around drain buckets into, with a sludge 
separator. You poured in the oil and it overflowed into the pipe that 
went into the tank. We ALL used these roll around's to catch the gas 
when we changed fuel filters mounted under the cars. One day the door 
broke and the overhead door company guy came and had to replace the 
side track which was bolted to the wall. He proceeded to climb up a 12 
foot ladder and start cutting the bolts off with a torch. The slag 
dropped right into the sludge tank that had a little gas floating on 
top (it had been a real busy day). I heard a boom, looked over and saw 
a ball of fire run up the wall, over the guy, and 30 feet or so down 
the ceiling. The guy fell off the ladder and was burned and hurt, and 
went to the Hospital. The day before this happened, we got some signs 
sent to us by the oil or Insurance company warning anyone not to use 
open flame around the tank, the shop forman hung it up on the wall 
right above the tank. When the fire  and OSHA inspectors arrived, they 
saw the sign and we were off the hook. One day saved our shop a big 
fine. Usually signs like this lay on someone's desk for months.
Ray


On Dec 28, 2007, at 6:47 PM, dan300f@xxxxxxx wrote:

Hi all:

  Years ago when I worked for the telephone company, in the motor 
vehicle yard,
  the cap on an underground gas tank needed replacing. A guy came out, 
took a
  torch and cut off the old cap and welded on a new one. The trick was 
that he
  first put a hose down the pipe shaft from his exhaust pipe on his 
truck,
  filling the void in the tank with carbon monoxide. With that, no 
oxygen, no danger
  of fire.

  Dan Reitz
  Northridge, CA

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