Tom,
I tried that and found that the vent tube prevented me from pulling the
filler tube out of the trunk. It has to go the other way, back into the
trunk, but then the gas cap won't go through the hole. I managed to remove
the two screws through the filler tube and it came apart and I was able to
remove everything. The lock cylinder is frozen up. If I can't free it up I
can put it back together without the cam actuated locking arm and have a non
locking gas cap. When I parked the car I planned to have it running again in
a week to two. It just didn't work out that way.
Gary Russell
SRL311-00277
Arlington, TX.
I am not optimistic about the condition of my gas tank. It's the next thing
to be pulled off the car and checked out.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Walter" <ra0618@email.sps.mot.com>
To: "G-A-Russell" <G-A-Russell@email.msn.com>; "road"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Things not to do.
> Gary,
>
> Don't give up yet! You can remove the cap & filler neck as an assembly.
> Get into the trunk, unloosen the connector hose. Twist the cap/filler neck
> a little to hopefully break the filler neck to hose bond. A small dull
screw
>
> driver can help in getting under the rubber to loosen it from the neck.
>
> Once you have the cap/neck off you can spray the BACK SIDE of the
> cap with rust penetrating. Just keep spraying it for a week or so.
> Eventually
> it will loosen up. You will also discover the screws on the bottom the
cap,
> so you can disassemble it from the back side.
>
> However after 15 years what ever is in the gas tank will be rancid. Yeck.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Walter
>
>
> G-A-Russell wrote:
>
> > Don't LOCK your gas cap then let it sit out in the weather for 15 years.
> >
> > Gary Russell
> > 67 2000
> > Arlington, TX
>
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