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turbotalon1g
10-04-2011, 04:31 PM
Hammer and a punch, no sparks.

Or

Park on a hill, run a long hose from tank to your mouth at the bottom of the hill suck and then put hose into new sweet ride.
tpunx99GSX
10-04-2011, 04:34 PM
Hammer and a punch, no sparks.

Or

Park on a hill, run a long hose from tank to your mouth at the bottom of the hill suck and then put hose into new sweet ride.

Some people prefer not to suck on hoses.... WOO WOO!!!!
cmspaz
10-04-2011, 07:38 PM
That screen is usually in the filler neck, you could always take the filler neck off and do it that way.
turbotalon1g
10-04-2011, 09:50 PM
Some people prefer not to suck on hoses.... WOO WOO!!!!

lol.
goodhart
10-04-2011, 10:18 PM
I doubt there would be any sparks if you were to drill, even if there were the gas pouring onto it would more than likely just drown it out. Vapor light way easier than liquid gas. When my grandpa used to own his body shop and he would patch a tank, he would weld it with the tank full because with it empty it would have a lot higher chance of igniting where a full tank it would drown it out if he burned through.

Besides, gas tanks are so thin the drill bit would probably only make a few turns until it pops through, it wouldn't have time to get hot let alone create sparks.

I would check for a drain plug just in case before messing with anything else though, shouldn't be too hard to spot.
CVD
10-05-2011, 03:27 PM
Do what shane said. Option 2 gets the least amount of gasoline on you, your clothes, etc. and you don't need to get under the car. It's pretty easy.
asshanson
10-05-2011, 03:33 PM
In my Cadillac I had to drain the tank once to change something on the fuel pump assembly. I unhooked the fuel feed line from the rail and hot-wired my pump. It was pretty quick and not messy at all.
goodhart
10-05-2011, 05:39 PM
The people that say you will get full of gas when you pop out the drain plug: WTF do you look like after changing your oil? LOL
1QUICK4
10-05-2011, 05:59 PM
The people that say you will get full of gas when you pop out the drain plug: WTF do you look like after changing your oil? LOL

We are talking about Tom here...
goodhart
10-05-2011, 06:37 PM
^^True. He probably just throws away the drain plug on his cars and uses a tube of orange RTV to plug the hole :lol: