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December 1, 2022 at 5:45 am #269565
billw
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    It sounds like the guy was more of a varnish guy than a mechanic. I think that’s the main problem. While I have no specific documentation either, I can’t think of any way they could go much higher than the 6 or 7 psi that you mention. I personally have NEVER heard even a RUMOR of one “blowing up.” Today’s EPA-compliant, plastic fuel tanks that bulge up like a balloon on a hot, summer day, seem much more dangerous to me than a ’50s pressure tank.

    Long live American manufacturing!