I lost a gas cap in the Keys and have worried about loosing another one ever since. After reading your posting I put a stiffener on that wimpy little T.
I used two heavy plastic tie wraps as splints trimmed to length and held the splint on with 4 small tie wraps. It seems to work much better. It's done but..... do tie wraps dissolve in gasoline? I might have to undo this before something happens to my gas!! Doug "Seas the Day" --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My Honda 2-hp gas cap is restrained only by a flimsy > little plastic "tee" that sticks into the tank - it > can be pulled (or knocked) free with only the > tiniest of effort. Whoever designed it should be > summarily excoriated. It would be better to have no > restraint at all, so that people wouldn't be tempted > to trust it. > > I NEVER rely on that to keep my gas cap when I'm > refueling on the water. Probably it would be wise > to carry a spare cap, because removing it and > setting it down somewhere while you refill carries > its own risks I suppose. Knowing me (and I do) I > probably won't get around to ordering a spare until > I finally really do lose this one into the water, > however. > > It would not surprise me in the least to hear that > people had lost their caps. > > A heads up for the M-15 crowd. I have seen > several posts on the Potter sites > > about the Honda 2 Hp motor and lost gas caps. It > may be a design problem or > > operator error. I suspect resting a large fuel > container on top of the motor > > would pull the cap loose, but I do not have the > boat at home to look at it. Of > > course the cap sinks, so it is not possible to > tell if the restraint was broken. > > It is not clear to me which vintage motors have > the problem. > > > > Steve R. > > M-15 #119 > > Lexington, KY > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
