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profdant139
Explorer II
Jul 21, 2016

Portable gas can rant, and a really good solution

My old plastic gas can developed a crack in the nozzle housing -- user error (I overtightened it). So I discarded it appropriately, and went in search of a new one. Everywhere I went, the cans were ...
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Tom_M1
Explorer
Jul 22, 2016
The "Jerry Can" which was originally introduced by the Germans prior to World War II is the best design out there. It is still available and is NATO approved. With a CARB approved spout it is also CARB compliant. The lever lock cap will not leak a drop.

Here's a link to one source: http://www.roverparts.com/Parts/JC3009


The spout I have is not one of the CARB approved ones so I don't know how well the CARB one functions.

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