tegwin
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| posted on 17/6/06 at 10:15 PM |
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Finding a lo-cost fuel filler?
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
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graememk
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| posted on 17/6/06 at 10:18 PM |
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the plastic ones are quite nice and much cheaper
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tegwin
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| posted on 17/6/06 at 10:53 PM |
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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
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leto
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 06:32 AM |
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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.
“I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna drive everybody wild
'Cause I'll have the only one there is a round”. (J. Cash)
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907
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 07:13 AM |
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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
Paul G
 
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locoboy
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 07:52 AM |
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Nice work 907,
What did it start our life looking like?
ATB
Locoboy
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907
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 10:46 AM |
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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.
Paul G
 
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andy9391
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 posted on 18/6/06 at 11:00 AM |
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what tools did you use to make your filler cap for £12 ??
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907
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 11:40 AM |
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Mmmm, I think I know what's coming.
Lathe, drill, a 4mm tap, wet & dry and some solo autocycle. 
Paul G
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RazMan
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 12:47 PM |
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Europa do a neat little aerocap with filler neck for £40.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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martthefridgeman
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 02:46 PM |
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heres a non locking boat filler on my avon, cost 14 pound deliverd
 
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jack trolley
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 posted on 18/6/06 at 02:49 PM |
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Motorcycle filler caps are cheap.
e.g.
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tegwin
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 05:39 PM |
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Hadnt thought about bike caps....they are cheap!
What are the SVA requirements for the filler?
Thanks.
Dunc
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 18/6/06 at 08:27 PM |
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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
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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locoboy
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| posted on 19/6/06 at 07:38 PM |
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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
ATB
Locoboy
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