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The Blitz gasoline can - what went wrong - what needs to be fixed
On Fri, 24 May 2013 09:07:43 -1000, Geoff Welsh >
wrote: wrote: >> >> DC is actually rather easy to drive in[*], .... >> >>[*] They have all of these big recognizable things that can be seen >> from everywhere. ;-) > >assuming the driver has a four dimensional sense of the world around >them. I know at least one person that positively cannot navigate other >than by following "take the first left....then third right" type >directions. > >I think the "recalculating....recalculating....." voice on the GPS units >is their internal dialog on most days. > >GW I drove around D.C., not stops, with my guns. Feral prison cats and plants that is sure to freeze a sad death. The trip was from Florida to the Adirondack mountains of Nu Yawk. I never checked if plant importation to a state was a crime :-\ I got away with it, all accounts. |
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The Blitz gasoline can - what went wrong - what needs to be fixed
On Fri, 24 May 2013 09:07:43 -1000, Geoff Welsh >
wrote: wrote: >> >> DC is actually rather easy to drive in[*], .... >> >>[*] They have all of these big recognizable things that can be seen >> from everywhere. ;-) > >assuming the driver has a four dimensional sense of the world around >them. I know at least one person that positively cannot navigate other >than by following "take the first left....then third right" type >directions. Only two dimensions are needed. I see you know my wife. ;-) >I think the "recalculating....recalculating....." voice on the GPS units >is their internal dialog on most days. It certainly was for my GPS unit. The other trick it loved was telling you one thing and showing a completely different route on the screen. Our cell phones are *much* better but tend to drop out at the most inopportune times (and not in the middle of nowhere - amazingly). I use my cell phone all the time. |
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The Blitz gasoline can - what went wrong - what needs to be fixed
wrote:
> On Fri, 24 May 2013 09:07:43 -1000, Geoff > > wrote: > >> wrote: >>> >>> DC is actually rather easy to drive in[*], .... >>> >>>[*] They have all of these big recognizable things that can be seen >>> from everywhere. ;-) >> >> assuming the driver has a four dimensional sense of the world around >> them. I know at least one person that positively cannot navigate other >> than by following "take the first left....then third right" type >> directions. > > Only two dimensions are needed. I see you know my wife. ;-) > rotflmao GW |
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The Blitz gasoline can - what went wrong - what needs to be fixed
On Tuesday, May 14, 2013 3:15:17 PM UTC-5, Danny D wrote:
> On Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:51 -0700, bob haller wrote: > > > > > Some of my 5 gallon plastic gas cans happen to be the same size and > > > threads of a briggs & stratton lawnmower engine. I swapped them by > > > accident and the sealed cap killed the engine pretty quick. > > > > Bad news on Blitz. > > > > I called the Plastics Group at 630-325-1210 x295 > > http://www.theplasticsgroup.net/contact-us.php > > > > That extension was invalid, but I spoke to a representative who > > said *nobody* bought the molds that Blitz used on their gas cans. > > > > The lady (I forgot to get her name) said that all the molds could > > be different but they themselves might re-use their own molds for > > their Briggs & Stratton engines (she wasn't sure). So that would > > explain how a Briggs & Stratton engine can use the same cap threads > > as a gas can from The Plastics Group. > > > > Regarding the Blitz manufacturing operation, the lady said nobody > > bought the molds because then they'd be subject to the lawsuits; > > so, in the end, it looks like there is no way to get a *direct* > > replacement cap. > > > > The only option left is to see if someone else's threads *fit* > > the Blitz gasoline cans. That's going to be left to trial & error. Google,,, Jerry Cans and check out the Youtube video that is posted there. |
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The Blitz gasoline can - what went wrong - what needs to be fixed
replying to HeyBub , Hawkeye wrote:
> heybub wrote: > > Really, really liked the hint of obtaining gas can vent caps via Ebay ! > Cheap (1 for $3.00, 5 for $7.75, 10 for $11.20, 15 for $11.98, etc. ), > trivial to install (1/2" bit is all you need), and quite functional. I'm trying this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-EGS-Yellow...em3cdf8b 8606 It's supposed to work with these Blitz. For $4.50 I'm trying it -- posted from http://www.motorsforum.com/tech/the-...be-110481-.htm using MotorsForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.autos.tech and other automotive groups |
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