Locking Gas Cap

[ramsesosirus]

Hey all

Just got my tank back from the radiator shop, fixed the dying problem ( they boiled, cut out the internal "strainer", and sealed); Tranny is on it's way south though;

I just bought a locking gas cap from a guy on ebay. I thought it would be extra insurance since i just spent so much time and money on my tank. Got the cap, it didn't fit. Had the BMW logo on it. As some of you may know, it will fit if you grind the tabs down slightly. It wont fit at all without some modification. Well I ground it down and got it to fit, but it won't lock. I mean the key works but I can still get it off pretty easily with it "locked".

Has anyone found a locking gas cap that actually works??? I've seen the "REX" one on ebay, does that one work? Any others???

Thanks

[Inf]

There are already threads about this, so I feel a bit silly posting this in this one but you probably won't see it otherwise... it's best to post these sorts of things where the discussion is already going on...

FWIW my '72 had an old locking gas cap that fit the stock flange, but the locking post broke off from a fatigue crack a few years back. It was mostly made of some cheap pot-metal, similar to what toy matchbox cars are made of. It was so poorly manufactured, I doubt there will be many more floating around intact. There were no markings on the cap indicating who made it.

I also bought the BMW cap under the mistaken impression that it would fit and actually function as advertised by various posters on that OTHER site. I haven't gotten around to messing with it, because I don't see the point. Another poster reported (as you did) that it can simply be removed like a non-locking gas cap when locked.

Edited June 4, 2009 by Inf