Need to fit a fuel filler cap, preferably locking type, to the back of my car on the outside of the back panel (where else!). Also need the neck and pipe or whatever you're supposed to use to connect it to the tank. Anyone got anything suitable or have any suggestions on what best to use?
Cheers
Jon

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We placed ours on the top between roll bar stays cos it's easier to fill!

Use 2" flexi pipe... like our's! Get it from Hose Direct for £10/m IIRC

for ease of filling, i'd have to agree, put it on the top. 5mins to get a tenner in is only fun for the first time, when all you can do is laugh.

i've seen people fill up full size car tanks in the time it takes me to just top mine up

i'd still put it on the back panel though if i built another. it's heaps better aesthetically.
all imho of course
tom

Have to agree , filling is a real pain with filler on back panel , suspect I may modify mine so that filler is under rear deck even if I leave present filler where it is.

why would it be an pain? filling it from the back?

i think i just turn the nozzle upside down...


the it should enter right...

offcourse i have placed direct an curve behind the socket...sow there is no fuel bouncing...?/

just my 2 euro cents

Next time I fill up will try with nozzle upside down . That's if I can ever get to the pumps with the panic buying at the moment.

I don't give a monkey's where it goes, top or back, does anyone have one or can they tell me which sort to look out for?
Cheers
Jon

Mark Allanson put me onto the filler out of a Fiat Panda. Looks like it was made for the job.

There might be a picture of one in his archive, if not I'll snap a picture of mine for you.

It's not easy to work out how to remove them from the donor.... I broke the first one I tried. The second one came out using a hammer and cold chisel, and was liberated from it's sheet metal at home on the workbench.

Thanks John.
Cheers
Jon

This might suit you and not a bad price.fuel caps

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This might suit you and not a bad price.fuel caps

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I got mine from Think Auto, who make and supply most of the fuel caps you see in the catalogues of the big name suppliers such as Demon Tweeks.

The difference is that they charge a fair bit less...

Lots of other useful stuff in their catalogue as well.

David

Right... the pictures are in my photo archive, all labelled Fiat Fuel filler.

The first one is the top end, it snaps into a hole in the panelling. It has everything you need in one place: unleaded restrictor, vent, etc.

The second one shows the whole thing as it came off the car (all the muck has been cleaned off; there is no lining inside the wheel well to keep the mud off). All hoses are about 1 metre long.

The third shows the snap-on cover. This is the bit I broke on my first attempt to liberate one. If snaps in from behind, and is a cow of a job to take off (laying on your back in the breakers yard with dried mud raining down on your face). The filler cap was £3.45 (new, with 2 keys) off of eBay.

The last picture shows the bit I chiselled off the Fiat to extract the filler. Its handy to have as a pattern for cutting the hole in the back panel of your car. It also allows you to clean everything up and see how it comes apart from the comfort of your own garage.

I paid £8 for the filler, a couple of engine parts, and a Micra radiator. Mark Allanson paid £1.50 for his. If there are no Pandas with this type of filler (some had a completley different setup), check the Fiat Uno's, as they all seemed to have this type.