Post by elsiefan on Sept 26, 2022 0:11:07 GMT 1
I have had a lot of problems with my fuel cap and the opening in the tank, documented here
The filler neck is now flat and smooth, but still a little fuel leaked out into the well around the opening in the tank.
I found another cap in a box of bits and tried it in place of the one it came with.
This seemed to fix the problem of fuel leakage from the tank, but meant I had to use 2 keys.
I therefore pulled them apart and swapped the barrels over, so I only need one key.
Like all things it was pretty simple once you have it all apart, so I took some pics in case anyone else wishes to swap a fuel cap barrel over, or just pull one apart for any other reason.
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Undo the two screws on the back and lift off the brass plate and two plungers. There are no springs or other parts to lose.
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Pull off the metal shroud. I levered one up carefully from the base, the other pulled off easily. Again no parts to lose.
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Take out this part that connects the barrel to the plungers. It should just fall out, both mine did. There is an O ring around this, but it should stay in place.
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Remove the two screws and lift off the plastic plate. There is a ball bearing inside a metal cup that fell out of one unit, but it was secured in the other unit.
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You can see the brass piece protruding from the barrel, this holds the barrel in. I pushed the brass piece back into the barrel with the screwdriver and the barrel will then pull out of the housing.
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It was a simple job to swap the barrels over and rebuild the cap in reverse.
One word of warning, you will need to insert the key into the lock to remove the barrel, DO NOT remove the key while the barrel is out, or you can easily lose the other brass pieces in the barrel and also the tiny springs that push them up to lock the cap.
The filler neck is now flat and smooth, but still a little fuel leaked out into the well around the opening in the tank.
I found another cap in a box of bits and tried it in place of the one it came with.
This seemed to fix the problem of fuel leakage from the tank, but meant I had to use 2 keys.
I therefore pulled them apart and swapped the barrels over, so I only need one key.
Like all things it was pretty simple once you have it all apart, so I took some pics in case anyone else wishes to swap a fuel cap barrel over, or just pull one apart for any other reason.
IMG20220925151057 Undo the two screws on the back and lift off the brass plate and two plungers. There are no springs or other parts to lose.
IMG20220925151109 Pull off the metal shroud. I levered one up carefully from the base, the other pulled off easily. Again no parts to lose.
IMG20220925151113 Take out this part that connects the barrel to the plungers. It should just fall out, both mine did. There is an O ring around this, but it should stay in place.
IMG20220925151128 Remove the two screws and lift off the plastic plate. There is a ball bearing inside a metal cup that fell out of one unit, but it was secured in the other unit.
IMG20220925151322 You can see the brass piece protruding from the barrel, this holds the barrel in. I pushed the brass piece back into the barrel with the screwdriver and the barrel will then pull out of the housing.
IMG20220925151133 It was a simple job to swap the barrels over and rebuild the cap in reverse.
One word of warning, you will need to insert the key into the lock to remove the barrel, DO NOT remove the key while the barrel is out, or you can easily lose the other brass pieces in the barrel and also the tiny springs that push them up to lock the cap.
