"Camilo" wrote in message ...
"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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Any auto parts store carries electric fuel pumps. Just add a hose to
the
inlet and outlet of the pump. Outlet to the 5 gallon cans. Inlet,
either
into the tank, or connected to the outlet of the tank. Wire the pump to
a
battery. Far enough away that the sparks do not ignite the fumes.
bill

Why not just siphon the take dry? Don't have to worry about sparks and
such. Don't need to go buy a pump to use once.

Siphon's an option - but he was responding to my original post where I
mentioned that siphoning was very difficult because of the way the tanks are
set up - getting the 5 gal cans downhill from the built in tanks requires a
pretty long run. So I was looking for an electric or hand pump alternative.

Thanks to everyone for the many suggestions. I'm still looking for a simple
hand pump with a decent capacity that is OK for gasoline - on the gpm
magnitude of a hand bilge pump, for instance. Haven't found it on the web
or locally.

Thanks again.

Cam

The length of the run doesn't much matter. And you don't have to
create the siphon action by pulling the liquid through, like with your
mouth! You can simply fill the hose with liquid, hold your thumb over
one end, put the other end in the tank, then go down hill, and take
your thumb off.