>Lee,

  I bought a replacement for my motor connection, and keep on board in
spare parts. End of season, I put the gas tank in the bed of the truck ,
put the spare connector on the end of the hose and stick it in a five
gallon gas can, pump the bulb a couple times and drink a beer.


Jerry Lowe SV Country Rhodes '86











Lee,
>
> As long as you push on the ball check valve with something soft, like a
> piece of plastic, you are unlikely to damage it.  I always drain the gas
> line at the end of the season.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 30, 2022, at 5:11 PM, Lee Kuhn <lvjkuhn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What's the easiest way to remove gas from the fuel hose?  The hose
>> has a
>> ball spring valve at both ends.  I was told not to push the valve open
>> with
>> some type of tool because I could damage the valve.
>>
>> I disconnected the tank and put it in the lazarette and then reran the
>> hose
>> into the lazarette and reconnected the hose to the tank which opened
>> the
>> valve on that end.  I then disconnected the hose from the outboard and
>> held it up as high as I could (gravity) and squeezed the primer.  The
>> primer pumps gas in the opposite direction than I wanted but if you
>> squeeze
>> it hard and slow the gas will eventually drain into the tank.
>>
>> Seems like there must be a better way.  The gas was ethanol-free with a
>> stabilizer.  Should I just leave it in the hose and hope I won't have
>> any
>> problems starting the outboard in the Spring?
>>
>> Lee
>> 1999 Rhodes22  AT EASE
>> Claytor Lake, VA
>