From: Glen Closson (glen_closson@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Feb 25 2006 - 17:43:15 PST
Good point!
My buddy lost his locking gas-cap key and hammered a large screwdriver into
the key-hole and turned it with vice-grips. Viola! The cap opened.
Old urban legend:
Man goes outside house in morning to find somebody had "tossed-their
cookies" all over the sidewalk.
Further examination reveals that the vandals put a siphon tube into the
sewage waste tank on his RV rather than the gas tank. Apparently the
vandals decided to abandon their nefarious ways once getting a mouth full of
sewage. Justice served.
Regards,
Glen
Mater tua criceta fuit, et pater tuo redoluit bacarum sambucus
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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
Diesel is now more expensive than gasoline on Long Island. Forty gallons of
APB
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> Is anyone actually having problems with fuel theft from their vehicle
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sand in his beautifully-restored M35's tank, while it sat in his driveway.
Diesel is worth $120 in my area.
From: MV <MV@dc9.tzo.com>
Date: Saturday, February 25, 2006 7:19 pm
Subject: Re: [MV] 6.2 M1009 CUCV fuel cap.
> 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
> >