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Old 04-01-2013, 09:28 AM
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I noticed that somebody posted using E-10 fuel. No need to if you look for Ethanol free fuel nearby. I have seven stations less than 10 miles from KFFC.

http://pure-gas.org/
http://www.buyrealgas.com/

i use the pure-gas app on my iPhone - even gives directions to the station.

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Old 04-01-2013, 10:31 PM
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hey guys and gals, did some snooping and found this, not sure if this helps but ya never know, hope it solves your gas can woes

http://ezpourspout.com/wp/

may be worth a look.
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Old 04-02-2013, 06:41 AM
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hey guys and gals, did some snooping and found this, not sure if this helps but ya never know, hope it solves your gas can woes

http://ezpourspout.com/wp/

may be worth a look.
Thanks Kevin!

It looks like I'll be ordering some "water" spouts, since I live in one of those states that is sensitive to these things.

It looks like a cheap Blitz container and one of these will fit the bill perfectly.

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Old 04-02-2013, 03:42 PM
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Hmmm does this mean i should fill the back of my truck with gas cans and drive south of the border? would someone please post a picture of these spills more fuel then the old but newer and improved spouts please? what you may be able to do is look online for canadian supliers with replacement spouts and just have them shipped to you. just match brands.
Do you mean that Canadians can still get real gas cans? As far as I knew, the only Canadian mfg was Wedco in Quebec, who made super cans. But several years ago, they got bought by a US company who then moved the manufacturing to USA and that company no longer makes the good old cans or even nozzles for them. Generally, it isn't the cans that wear out, it's the nozzles and gaskets.

If there's a Canadian company still making old-fashioned "real" gas cans, do you have brand name/web site/etc info?

This gas can situation is just like the toilet situation back in the 1990s. After our nanny government made it so we could only buy "low flow" toilets that didn't work worth a ****, I drove up to Ontario and bought a toilet. Eventually, US mfg figured out how to make low flow toilets work and now US ones are OK. Maybe a gas can mfg will eventually make "safe" cans that actually work.

I should have realized this was coming years ago. California of course was the first place you couldn't buy real gas cans, so about 10 years ago I bought a couple good ones in NH and took them with me as checked baggage to CA. Now all you can get anywhere in New England is the crappy ones that don't work. I kick myself for not seeing that and buying more of the good cans then.

These are some great suggestions on this thread.
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Old 04-02-2013, 04:14 PM
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I received those little "plugs" advertised on eBay and listed in one of the early posts on this thread. It took me about 5 minutes to retrofit 6 cans. SWEET !

I only have one old style nozzle but that is fine. I can only empty one can at a time anyway.
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Old 04-03-2013, 02:35 AM
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Hi Brian quick answer same brands you have down there, but most of the cans I have around the house are Scepter ( sp )and Wedco, but we dont have the pesky EPA here so they still make the same old working spouts at 1/10 the cost for Export use, and include the EPA legal spouts for sale in the US, and charge us the same price as you, plus 15% canadian fee even thou the buck is pretty much equal. but the fee is a different rant about prices.

I know that is not exactly the answer you wanted, but its the truth. same cans, REAL spouts not the new and improved USA ONLY EPA legal ones.

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Scepter Corporation Head Office
170 Midwest Road
Scarborough, Ontario
Canada M1P 3A9
Phone: (416) 751-9445
Toll Free: 1-800-387-6018
Fax: (416) 751-4451

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Old 04-03-2013, 02:47 AM
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just one more, I promise, a 30 second look, found a bunch on Ebay and amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-me...e=UTF8&index=0
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