[Vicegrip]

The house came with an outbuilding containing a diesel powered back up generator and a 275 gallon fuel tank. The PO had a few vehicles that ran on diesel and used the storage tank for off road diesel fuel. Right after I moved in I thunked the tank with a knuckle and it sounded the same from top to bottom and sounded empty. The tank had a hose with a filler nozzle that was ported to the very bottom of the tank. the port was the one normally used as a water drain. The hose was old and stiff and when I opened the shut off valve it leaked. Seeing as the generator was at 65% fuel I did not give the tank much of another thought until the hard cold snap that was followed by the warm spell we had a while back. Was in the gen shed and I noticed that the tank was sweating all the way up but for the top 8 inches or so. Not empty...Full! Opened up a 2 inch bung on the top and sure enough full of red off road diesel. Problem is it will go bad before it gets used up at the present rate the gen set uses it during the once a week test runs. The tank on the gen set is about 100 gallons (I think, Can't find any data on the base tank)
Added fuel system rehab to the list. Drawing fuel from the very bottom of the tank is bad form. Installed a 12 Volt* fuel transfer pump and big fuel filter with the dip tube set 4 inches from the bottom. Added the proper amounts of fuel stabilizer and antibacterial treatment. Ran pump with the nozzle in the tank fill port for a few 20 min runs to blend. Checked the filter and it was clean and dry.
Wired up the shed for 120V power and lights and outlets inside and out as for some reason it did not have shore power. The shed did not have a rain gutter ether and the splash back rotted out the bottom of the door frame so a gutter was added and the door that got fixed as well. All the fuel cans are stored in the shed as it is far enough away from the house.

* 12 volt so I can move fuel to the gen set if it runs out during a power failure. We just had a 22 hour outage and the gen tank went from 60% to 35% full. This also keeps a long term format backup 12 volt battery charged up and ready for the gen set should it be needed and a place to store and charge the trolling motor batteries.

Have a 66 long hood coming in for a full sort soon so I can go back to rusty Porsche pictures rather than house prattle. Feb is short for a reason....