that is brilliant, would never have thought of it...really
beats what I was going to recommend, crawl under the truck with a
torch and cut a hole..
Rascal
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
>
> Wow you guys do things the hard way...Just disconnect the fuel line at the
> rail, extend it into your fuel jug, and jump the fuel pump relay. Takes
> about 10 minutes for a 5 gallon jug.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dustin Williams [mailto:dustinewilliams@gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 12:27 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Re: gas siphoning
>
>
> Just disconnect the filler tube, that's how I siphoned mine.
>
> On 1/9/09, Dave Wilker <wilkerbeast01@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>> No, I think there is something there. I tried the same thing in my '98
>> Dakota, when it was disabled. I think there is a device in there to
> prevent
>> siphoning. Something you might try is to disconnect the fuel feed from the
>> fuel rail under the hood, run a line from it to a can, and use the
> electric
>> fuel pump to drain the tank. It may take a while though, so be careful.
> You
>> will have raw fuel, vapours and electricity all in the same general area.
>>
>>
>>
>> "If we can not afford to take care of our Veterans, then we should stop
>> making them"
>> David C. Wilker Jr.
>> USAF (RET)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "spook" <richardfiser@mchsi.com>
>> To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:31 PM
>> Subject: DML: gas siphoning
>>
>>
>>>
>>> I have 1998 Dodge Dakota that is disabled till spring due to accident,
>>> weather and money. It has near a full tank of gasoline. I wanted to
> siphon
>>>
>>> most of the gas out to use in other vehicles and I have a bulb pump
> siphon
>>>
>>> hose. Now the last time I siphoned gas was from a 1968 Dodge Coronet. In
>>> the Dakota I try to insert the hose into the filler tube and there seems
>>> to be an obstruction preventing the hose from entering the tank. Is there
>>> some kind of anti siphoning baffle and is it possible to defeat it? Or am
>>> I just not doing it right somehow?
>>>
>>
>>
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