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Finding a lo-cost fuel filler?
tegwin - 17/6/06 at 10:15 PM

I have been searching high and low on the internet for a nice(ish) looking aluminium or stainless locking fuel filler...

The cheapest one I can find is £60...

does anyone know where I can find the "lo-cost" version?

Thanks.
Dunc

graememk - 17/6/06 at 10:18 PM

the plastic ones are quite nice and much cheaper

tegwin - 17/6/06 at 10:53 PM

Is there a kind of plastic generic one which will fit or do I just have to hack one off an old car?

Is it going to be SVA compliant

leto - 18/6/06 at 06:32 AM

You can find boat fillers that are cheaper, not ali or stainless maybe but chrome or nickel. If nice(ish) or not is up to you.

907 - 18/6/06 at 07:13 AM

quote:
Originally posted by tegwin
I have been searching high and low on the internet for a nice(ish) looking aluminium or stainless locking fuel filler...

The cheapest one I can find is £60...

does anyone know where I can find the "lo-cost" version?

Thanks.
Dunc




Well, you did say "Locost"

A Halfords filler cap, and a bit of turning, drilling, filing and polishing....

Total cost £12


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locoboy - 18/6/06 at 07:52 AM

Nice work 907,

What did it start our life looking like?

907 - 18/6/06 at 10:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by locoboy
Nice work 907,

What did it start our life looking like?




Thank you.

It started off as a blank, rescued from the scrap bin at work.

Whenever I, or someone else cuts a hole in a sheet I save the bit from the middle.
They come in handy for all sorts of things.

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andy9391 - 18/6/06 at 11:00 AM

what tools did you use to make your filler cap for £12 ??

907 - 18/6/06 at 11:40 AM

Mmmm, I think I know what's coming.


Lathe, drill, a 4mm tap, wet & dry and some solo autocycle.


Paul G

RazMan - 18/6/06 at 12:47 PM

Europa do a neat little aerocap with filler neck for £40.

martthefridgeman - 18/6/06 at 02:46 PM

heres a non locking boat filler on my avon, cost 14 pound deliverd Rescued attachment P6181103small.jpg
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jack trolley - 18/6/06 at 02:49 PM

Motorcycle filler caps are cheap.
e.g.

tegwin - 18/6/06 at 05:39 PM

Hadnt thought about bike caps....they are cheap!

What are the SVA requirements for the filler?

Thanks.

Dunc

Mark Allanson - 18/6/06 at 08:27 PM

Fiat Panda/Uno, cost 50p at a scrappers, came complete with the hose and lock, I added 6 stainless countersunk set screws and is shown in the image with B&Q transparent kitchen cabinet bump stops for the SVA - which fell off shortly afterwards Rescued attachment DCP_3165.jpg
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locoboy - 19/6/06 at 07:38 PM

Mark,

Touble is not many of the cars at the scrappers have keys with them for the ignition let alone if its a seperate key for the fuel cap - nice work though.

Mat what boat place did you get that cap from? and does it have the unleaded reducer in it?

Cheers