tool stuck in gas tank

[lee at wheelman.com]

You're fishing blind. See if you can borrow a laparoscopic scope 
from a local surgeon to help you find your way.

Or if your local surgeon declines to lend out his surgery tools so 
that you can explore your gas tank, check with a good plumber. 
Plumbers now have similar tools to allow exploration of blocked or 
damaged pipes.

And they charge about the same rates!

There's an outfit named Drain Remedy that mentioned that they have 
one of these setups...they saved my butt in the past (Sunday 
night, solder wouldn't flow on a fitting, they stepped in to save 
the day...) Maybe they'd show off their tool for you...

Lee



Kent McLean <kentmclean at mindspring.com> writes:

> Chris Semple wrote:
>> Nah, won't even get that far. Take a look at the layout, there's 
>> that
>> elephant dongle filler neck with the rollover valve built into 
>> it, winding
>> it's way 2.5ft down to the tank.
> 
> Then maybe you can reach it with a parts retriever. They make
> them with a 3-prong claw on the end, and also with a magnet.
> Get the longest one you can find. Or make your own by epoxying
> a strong magnet on the end of a coat hanger wire.