how best to drain the gas tank?

[Pete M]

pump does nothing but make noise.  tried getting a hose down the filler to no avail.  tried sucking through the pump's line.  tried sucking through the return line.  can't get it to start self-draining.  open to ideas so I can drain it down enough to pull the pump. 

[camjeep3]

I just ran into a similar situation. I was able to use a hand pump through the return hose to get it low enough to pull the pump 

[Pete M]

tried a drill transfer pump and got nowhere fast.  managed to get a hose down the fill tube and the end got wet, but wouldn't pull anything.  might have ruined the pump but ran out of warmth and light to diagnose.  I'm starting to think the fuel gauge is lying to me about being full.  tomorrow (or the next decent day) I'm going to just crack the gas pump opening and see what happens.  If I lose a bunch of gas into a tote, so be it. 

 

on a side note, my spare fuel tank I've been hanging on to for a decade now appears to have a large rust hole in it, so that's one less thing I gotta store.  yay.