[Public-List] Spuds and thigs

[Gordon Laco]

I saw the Three Stooges on TV early Sunday morning... They were service
station attendants.

Naturally Curly and Larry confused the fuel tank with the radiator... The
rad was filled with gasoline and the tank with water.

Moe, as usual doing his best to keep order, held a match over the rad's
filler cap to see where the level was, and then.....






On 23/08/10 6:33 PM, "Jim Davis" <a30240 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I carry a set on Isa Lei.  Not as heavy duty as the Pride but....   Mine are
> made of 1 inch PVC pipe and they are generally used when I encounter a pier
> that is a bit too high with an undercut section at the water.  I have also
> used a 2x6 board fender hung vertically for this job.  Another maritime use is
> to moor a barge - long pipes on the corners that are lowered to the bottom.
> 
> Roger
> On getting your old diesel out of the tank try one of the cheap pumps that you
> put on an electric drill.  A lot easier than by hand, but don't do this with
> gasoline.  Make a wand out of copper tubing to insure you really are on the
> bottom of the tank.  If you find there is a lot of crud you will want to pull
> the tank for cleaning.  Unfortunately with a plastic tank there aren't too
> many solvents that you can use to break up the tar like stuff that is
> deposited in the tank.  With the tank removed from the boat you could stick a
> pressure washer wand in the fill hole and blast with soap, then rinse, let dry
> upside down in the sun for a couple days.  After drying pour some denatured
> alcohol in and slosh it around, dump and dry again.  At this point it should
> be reasonably clean.
> 
> 
> Jim Davis
> S/V Isa Lei
> 
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> user." 
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