Drain out old gas

[kpsumd]

How do I drain the old gas out of the tank on a 1953 plymouth cranbrook?

[Corvette64]

I use an el cheapo electric fuel pump with rubber hose stuck down the gas filler neck and pump the old gas into a can. I run the fuel pump off of a car battery and use a toggle switch to turn it off and on.

[kpsumd]

thanks good idea

[R Pope]

A 1953 car should have a drain plug?

[renu3636]

I too used an elec. fuel pump to get the old gas out off my 70 monte carlo,but I just unhooked manuel fuel pump and hooked my elec. pump to that line that way it let me get almost all the gas out into a clean white plastic bucket, letting me check for dirt and rust ,and on my 47 fleetline it had a drain plug on the tank,and like the gentleman, said I think yours will too !!

[kpsumd]

I dropped the tank and there was holes in the top and about 4 inches of shit in the bottom, I need a new tank. Thanks for the advice! Does anyone know where I could get one?

[md85]

what do yopu do with the old gas?

[techinspector1]

I usually find a way to burn it up in one of my other vehicles a little at a time or the lawn mower a little at a time or give some of it away to neighbors to burn. In my old truck, I can use 2 gallons of junk gas with 18 of fresh and it'll never know the difference.

[paul274854]

As far as getting another tank, my only suggestion is to try Hemmings

[Corvette64]

There are lots of people out there that can custom build you a new gas tank. It will cost you though. You could put in a fuel cell or try to figure out a tank from another car that would fit. I think the best bet is to repair the one you have. Take it to a radiator repair place and see what they can do with it.

[drec]

You might be able to find another tank out of a similar Plymouth or Dodge.

I have heard, that sometimes radiator shops would repair gas tanks. You could ask around. They might boil the tank out and be able to solder a patch on it.

Several years ago I picked up a catalog from Performance Radiator. Beside radiators, they sell new gas tanks. They wouldn't have a tank for a 53, but their listings showed the dimensions of all the tanks they had. You might be able to find a tank from a newer car that would you could make work.

[76GMC1500]

Burning old gas isn't the best of ideas. I had about a quart of 15 year old gas I needed to dispose of. I poured it in a metal pan and lit it up. Smoked a little more than I expected (a lot more) so I had to put it out before the neighbors got worried. I live about a block from a fire station. In the end, I just mixed it in with some old oil and let the recycling station deal with it.

[ron 52]

There was a car out in front of my house that had run out of gas so I pored my old gas in it

[chevydrivin]

I checked with local auto parts store (Advanced Auto parts)(the equivalent of Auto Zone and they had a tank for my 55 chevy car. They wanted 200 bucks for it. I told them i found one in a magazine for 150 and the guy said OK. I really could not believe that they were able to get it. You need to replace the Sending unit at the same time Mine was about 75 bucks, which i havn't put in yet, got to take the tank back out for that.