If you don't want to drop the tank then syphon out all you can get then add some good premium gas and maybe some additives, I guess. The rubber fuel line at the tank is subject to rot and leak in old cars so you may want to check it or just replace it. I drove my 63 Nova for a couple years before I bought a new tank and I could not believe the crap in the old tank. I guess the filter was doing a good job otherwise it would have stopped up the carb. I live on a lake and every spring the lake is littered with boats that stop running after using last years fuel which usually includes lots of water from condensation. My $.02. Bob > > From: Ron Zeppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/02/12 Sun PM 09:28:13 EST > To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] It's ALIVE!!! > > Thanks Bob... I'm debating draining the tank...oil was changed right > before he stored it, looks and smells fresh, but was going to dump it once > I got it home anyway...it's very difficult to work on it at the storage > place... it's only about an 8 mile trip home. If you think it's pertinent, > I'll do it before I drive her home. > What's the easiest way to drain the gas tank?? > > Ron > > Bob Haggard wrote: > > >I have looked at old gas and old oil before and I would stop what you are > >doing till you change the oil and drain the tank. Success is Good, > >congratulations! > >Bob > > > > > >>From: Ron Zeppin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Date: 2006/02/12 Sun PM 08:25:50 EST > >>To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> > >>Subject: [Chevelle-list] It's ALIVE!!! > >> > >> > >>Well, I snuck over to the storage yard where the '68 Malibu I just > >>bought has been for the past several years... > >>We'd tried for the past couple of days to get it started, but 6volts in > >>the battery wasn't going to cut it. > >>Brought it home, charged it up, went over yesterday, still no go... > >>My buddy met me over there today and he figured it out... Neutral Safety > >>switch was bad... > >>we jumped it, and it turned over...primed the carb and it fired right > >>up, but as soon as the > >>fuel got up around the carb, we noticed a fuel leak where the rubber > >>line attached to the dual feed line... > >>rubber was like plastic. Ran across the street to Autozone to pick up > >>some line and a new fuel filter, my buddy called > >>and said to get a fuel pump too... it was rotating where it's supposed > >>to be pinched together... > >>got back, threw the pump, filter and lines on. We noticed the fuel was > >>bad... smelled funky, be we didn't see any > >>harm in trying it... reprimed a couple of times, fired up and ran... > >>quite a bit of smoke. Motor > >>hadn't been run in probably 4 years. kept it at as low an idle as I > >>could for a few minutes, then rev'd her up to > >>clear the crap out... she seems to run a bit rough, but we're > >>attributing that to the bad gas and more than likely > >>needing a new set of plugs. I'm going to get a right front tire > >>tomorrow, and hopefully get her home where the major > >>cleanup will start. It's got Flowmasters on it...not sure what models, I > >>think 40 Series... it sounds awesome at idle, but pretty > >>darn loud when your revving. > >>Release the hounds!!!! > >> > >>Ron > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
