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Tue, 17 April 2012 11:23  |
skip2
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Does anyone know if there is a Stant or some other brand of locking gas cap available.
Skip
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| Re: locking gas cap [message #166622 is a reply to message #166612] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 11:49  |
Bob de Kruyff
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| skip2 wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 10:23 |
Does anyone know if there is a Stant or some other brand of locking gas cap available.
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They are readliy available under several different part numbers based more on differences in packaging. I don't have the number here, but did you check Gene Fisher's site or do a search--it comes up regularly so you should be able to find a thread.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166634 is a reply to message #166629] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 13:30 |
Bob de Kruyff
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| Kelvin Dietz wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 12:05 |
Can you actually siphon gas out of a GMC? Making that last turn into
one of the tanks would be a trick.
On 4/17/2012 9:23 AM, Skip Hartline wrote:
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> Does anyone know if there is a Stant or some other brand of locking gas cap available.
> Skip
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I always wondered about that. I suppose everything is flat enough that there may quite a bit of fuel in the line, but it sounds like there may be easier candidates to steal from.
Bob de Kruyff
78 Eleganza
Chandler, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166635 is a reply to message #166634] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 13:35 |
Dennis S
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Around here, they just knock a hole in your tank and try to catch it in a bucket.
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| Bob de Kruyff wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 13:30 |
| Kelvin Dietz wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 12:05 |
Can you actually siphon gas out of a GMC? Making that last turn into
one of the tanks would be a trick.
On 4/17/2012 9:23 AM, Skip Hartline wrote:
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> Does anyone know if there is a Stant or some other brand of locking gas cap available.
> Skip
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I always wondered about that. I suppose everything is flat enough that there may quite a bit of fuel in the line, but it sounds like there may be easier candidates to steal from.
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Dennis S
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Memphis TN Metro
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166638 is a reply to message #166635] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 15:02 |
Bruce Hart
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Wouldn't that be a hoot if they hit the wrong tank!!!
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>wrote:
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> Around here, they just knock a hole in your tank and try to catch it in a
> bucket.
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> Dennis
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> Bob de Kruyff wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 13:30
> > Kelvin Dietz wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 12:05
> > > Can you actually siphon gas out of a GMC? Making that last turn into
> > > one of the tanks would be a trick.
> > >
> > > On 4/17/2012 9:23 AM, Skip Hartline wrote:
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> > > > Does anyone know if there is a Stant or some other brand of locking
> gas cap available.
> > > > Skip
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> > I always wondered about that. I suppose everything is flat enough that
> there may quite a bit of fuel in the line, but it sounds like there may be
> easier candidates to steal from.
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> 73 Painted Desert 230
> Germantown, TN
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166639 is a reply to message #166638] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 15:14 |
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As Gomer Pyle would have said, "S'prize, s'prize!"
However, with noticably different tank materials,
I suspect that it is unlikely.
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> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:02:18 -0600
> From: hartsgmc@gmail.com
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap
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> Wouldn't that be a hoot if they hit the wrong tank!!!
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> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>wrote:
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> > Around here, they just knock a hole in your tank and try to catch it in a
> > bucket.
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> > Dennis
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> > Bob de Kruyff wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 13:30
> > > Kelvin Dietz wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 12:05
> > > > Can you actually siphon gas out of a GMC? Making that last turn into
> > > > one of the tanks would be a trick.
> > > >
> > > > On 4/17/2012 9:23 AM, Skip Hartline wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know if there is a Stant or some other brand of locking
> > gas cap available.
> > > > > Skip
> > >
> > > I always wondered about that. I suppose everything is flat enough that
> > there may quite a bit of fuel in the line, but it sounds like there may be
> > easier candidates to steal from.
> >
> >
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> > Dennis S
> > 73 Painted Desert 230
> > Germantown, TN
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> 1976 Palm Beach
> Milliken, Co
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166640 is a reply to message #166639] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 15:27 |
Carl S.
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| k2gkk wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 13:14 |
As Gomer Pyle would have said, "S'prize, s'prize!"
However, with noticably different tank materials,
I suspect that it is unlikely.
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> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:02:18 -0600
> From: hartsgmc@gmail.com
> To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
> Subject: Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap
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> Wouldn't that be a hoot if they hit the wrong tank!!!
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> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Dennis Sexton <dennisfsexton@aol.com>wrote:
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> > Around here, they just knock a hole in your tank and try to catch it in a
> > bucket.
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> > Dennis
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Hey Mac, You're giving the theives a little too much credit 
Carl Stouffer
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| Re: locking gas cap [message #166643 is a reply to message #166641] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 15:46 |
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When my GMC is parked it is with the bags deflated and resting on 4" blocks.
That thang is lower-n a snakes belly.
I'd like to see them get at the tanks...
and I have 4 tanks to choose from, 50 50 chance of getting gas, and considering the gas tanks are in the middle of the coach, I'm not too concerned.
Keith Vasilakes
Mounds View. MN
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| Re: locking gas cap [message #166650 is a reply to message #166612] |
Tue, 17 April 2012 16:53 |
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I have a lock on the door rather than a locking cap. It is easy to install. All you heed is a drill and a Dremmel tool.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: locking gas cap [message #166694 is a reply to message #166612] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 06:43 |
skip2
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If they are stealing by knocking a hole in the side must be catching it in a dishpan, sometimes on mine that would be a cookie sheet, depends on if I remember to close the valves at the airbags. Just wanted the locking cap while it was in the yard to keep unwanted elements out of the tank.
Skip
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166708 is a reply to message #166699] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 09:59 |
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Bob Burkitt also has one on his coach. Just drill a hole, mount the lock, Cut a slot in the plastic for the lock arm to slide in to and you are done. It is a simple 1/2 hour project.
Here is the type of lock we are talking about. Mine has a nut on the back side mounting it to the door rather than the flat metal clip in the picture.
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1296821&cp=2627733
Ken B.
| Kingsley Coach wrote on Wed, 18 April 2012 08:05 |
Ken
I like that idea...and cheaper than a locking cap! It appeals to the
Scottish genes in me...<VBG>
Mike in NS
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Skip Hartline <skiphartline@aol.com> wrote:
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> If they are stealing by knocking a hole in the side must be catching it in
> a dishpan, sometimes on mine that would be a cookie sheet, depends on if I
> remember to close the valves at the airbags. Just wanted the locking cap
> while it was in the yard to keep unwanted elements out of the tank.
> Skip
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166726 is a reply to message #166708] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 12:32 |
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Thanks Ken...helpful as always! <VBG>
Mike in NS
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:59 AM, Ken Burton <n9cv@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Bob Burkitt also has one on his coach. Just drill a hole, mount the lock,
> Cut a slot in the plastic for the lock arm to slide in to and you are done.
> It is a simple 1/2 hour project.
>
> Here is the type of lock we are talking about. Mine has a nut on the back
> side mounting it to the door rather than the flat metal clip in the picture.
>
> http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1296821&cp=2627733
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> Ken B.
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> Kingsley Coach wrote on Wed, 18 April 2012 08:05
> > Ken
> > I like that idea...and cheaper than a locking cap! It appeals to the
> > Scottish genes in me...<VBG>
> > Mike in NS
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> > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Skip Hartline <skiphartline@aol.com>
> wrote:
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> > > If they are stealing by knocking a hole in the side must be catching
> it in
> > > a dishpan, sometimes on mine that would be a cookie sheet, depends on
> if I
> > > remember to close the valves at the airbags. Just wanted the locking
> cap
> > > while it was in the yard to keep unwanted elements out of the tank.
> > > Skip
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166729 is a reply to message #166638] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 13:07 |
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| Bruce Hart wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 15:02 |
Wouldn't that be a hoot if they hit the wrong tank!!!
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Rather than a locking gas cap, why nat make a couple of labels-
"UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" - put it on the water tank (only becasue there is no easy filler for the black tank.
And a second one, "POTABLE WATER" and put it on the Fuel tank.
THat should protect your fuel and/or provide a good laugh.
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] locking gas cap [message #166732 is a reply to message #166731] |
Wed, 18 April 2012 14:16 |
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| emerystora wrote on Wed, 18 April 2012 12:00 |
Unless you go to Oregon or another state that has pump attendants. Then they will fill your water tank with gasoline.
Emery Stora
On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:07 PM, dave silva wrote:
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> Bruce Hart wrote on Tue, 17 April 2012 15:02
>> Wouldn't that be a hoot if they hit the wrong tank!!!
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> Rather than a locking gas cap, why nat make a couple of labels-
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> "UNLEADED FUEL ONLY" - put it on the water tank (only becasue there is no easy filler for the black tank.
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> And a second one, "POTABLE WATER" and put it on the Fuel tank.
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> THat should protect your fuel and/or provide a good laugh.
> --
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Ha! You beat me to it, Emery 
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