From: m35prod@optonline.net
Date: Sat Feb 25 2006 - 17:06:55 PST
A locking cap can prevent incoming as well as outgoing.
A friend in PA had some (I guess) mis-guided anti-war college students put sand in his beautifully-restored M35's tank, while it sat in his driveway.
Diesel is now more expensive than gasoline on Long Island. Forty gallons of Diesel is worth $120 in my area.
APB
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----- Original Message -----
> Is anyone actually having problems with fuel theft from their
From: MV <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:19 pm
Subject: Re: [MV] 6.2 M1009 CUCV fuel cap.
> vehicle
> tanks? I can see them going after gas, but diesel?? If I was
> going to
> go after diesel, I'd be looking for a tractor - with nice big tanks.
>
> Dave
>
> captw1 wrote:
> > this is a great way to prevent entry to the filler
> > pipe, Bruce, but don't forget, if someone wants the
> > fuel in the tank of your CUCV(eg. M1008), all they
> > have to do is either cut the rubber fillhose, or
> > remove the clamp holding the hose to the tank and
> > bypass the locked cap...it would be faster to slit the
> > hose than to unscrew the cap even if there's no lock.
> >
> > --- "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Ok, I think I have the solution to this problem.
> >>
> >>Get one of those pins used typically to secure ball
> >>hitches.
> >>They are a chrome plated rod about 1/4 inch
> >>diameter, one end has a
> >>partial taper for ease of insertion into a hole, the
> >>other end is bent
> >>at a right angle and about an inch or so long.
> >>
> >>If you look at the bracket that attach es to the end
> >>of the fuel fill
> >>pipe you will see that it is "U" shaped
> >>and has to sheet metal sides.
> >>
> >>Position the fuel cap so that the bar grip is
> >>horizontal.
> >>
> >>Now get a drill bit that will fit inside that "U"
> >>(preferably as close
> >>to the diameter of the pin) and rest on the bar grip
> >>where it meets the
> >>cap..
> >>
> >>Slide the drill bit over so that it hits one side of
> >>the "U" and mark.
> >>slide it the other way and mark.
> >>Drill the two holes that you made the mark for that
> >>will fit your pin.
> >>
> >>Now slip the pin in from the rear threw both holes.
> >>Should be easy to
> >>get to from the wheel well if
> >>you have an M1008. Don't know about the M1009.
> >>
> >>Once the pin is in place, you shouldn't be able to
> >>turn the cap.
> >>
> >>Now mark the pin just to the left of the right
> >>side. This will be a
> >>hole for a tiny padlock.
> >>
> >>Now make a mark just to the right of the left side.
> >>This will be for one
> >>of those pins that look like a piece
> >>of tube that has a slit all along one side and is
> >>some kind of spring
> >>pin where you drive it into
> >>the hole and it stays there. I just can't remember
> >>what you call them.
> >>
> >>Now go and get a Tiny padlock and one of those pins.
> >>
> >>Drill the appropriate size holes for those .
> >>
> >>Put the big pin in place and test to see that the
> >>lock fits.
> >>
> >>Then drive the little pin in and you are done.
> >>
> >>The little pin is just to keep the big pin from
> >>coming out all the way.
> >>
> >>Hope this helps someone.
> >>
> >>Bruce MVPA 23824
> >
> >
> >
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