Easy modification for 'safety' gas cans

[LeeRevell]

Ever try to actually USE these silly EPA-mandated "safety" gas cans?  Nearly impossible.  If it flows gas at all, it will always leak.  VERY UNSAFE!!
I generally can't get the darned safety valve to work, it takes more hands than I am equipped with. 
Here is a video on an easy way to modify these abortions to be actually functional.  Not as good as the old cans, but far less likely to douse yourself with raw gasoline.




Me, I am off to the store tomorrow to buy a few packages of tire valves and a good razor knife!  

 

[masterplumber]

Genius!

 

[highdesertranger]

x2 on the genius. highdesertranger

 

[rvpopeye]

Oh my goshk, too slow connection to access you tube  
Somebody give me a clue ,,,, I can't stand (is hate to harsh?) my new gas can spouts !!!!
OK , tire valves and a razor knife....................................

 

[Almost There]

Oh my goshk, too slow connection to access you tube  
Somebody give me a clue ,,,, I can't stand (is hate to harsh?) my new gas can spouts !!!!
OK , tire valves and a razor knife....................................

Ok, let's see

Only do this on empty gas can....

use a pair of nippers to cut off the stupid thing that makes it hard to open (child safety push and turn thing), use a utility knife to smooth it out so you don't hurt yourself in future. Also cut off the bump on the gas can that the child safety thing is meant to be pushed in to clear when turning the cap off.

A pair of pliers will remove some kind of button on the side that has no known purpose...

Drill 1/2" hole on the hard flat spot where a vent used to be on the old cans.

Use stem removal tool to remove the valve stem from a new tire valve stem unit.

use a piece of bailing wire (good stiff wire from something else will do). Run it through from the hole you just drilled so that it comes out the pour opening. Put the wire through the open stem valve so that it's facing the right way when it comes out the other end. Loop wire back to hold in place so it doesn't fall off in the can. Draw the wire back until the valve stem comes out the hold you drilled. Insert the valve stem tool and pull so that the valve stem assembly locks in place on the gas can.

Pull the wire out, put the valve stem cover back on.

You now have a vent where the vent used to be and a pour spout that actually pours.

HTH.

 

[LeeRevell]

An easier vent mod is to buy the 5-piece yellow plastic vents set from Amazon, drill the half inch hole and pop one of them into it. They can fix the broken vents on old gas cans too. I have some missing their caps.
You can also buy the EasyPourSpout kit from Amazon, which will fit a variety of gas cans - but it's about ten bucks per can.

 

[Spirituallifetime]

ARE THEY STILL SELLING THOSE DANGEROUS GAS CANS?!

I bought some of those about 3 or 4 years ago and couldn't believe how bad these are. I found replacement spouts for gas cans that came with 2 different threads to fit any gas can. I think I thrown out all the dangerous spouts.

 

[LeeRevell]

They get worse with every goobermint mandated redesign. Those morons don't put gas into mowers or vehicles. They have no clue.

 

[rvpopeye]

Thanks for the description and the other ideas guys.
Oh mt goshk !!
When I use those cans with new spouts to put gas in the motorhome , I always get gas all over my hands ,the ground , the side of the rv ,,,seems like everywhere except in the tank!
And that's assuming I can manage to get them to pour at all what with not having 3 hands......
Plus they pour so incredibly slow , a 2 1/2 gallon tank takes about 4 times longer than the old 5 gallon tank did.

I can't wait to try out the fix !! I'm headed to the local tire shop .

 

[highdesertranger]

excellent recap almost there. highdesertranger