Fuel Door Solution

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Good point. I remember on the YJs it was behind the license plate. Talk about a PITA filling up.

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[ShadowsPapa]

Cadillac also hid them behind taillights.

Where would it be in Johnny Cash's famous Caddy...... LOL

 

[Rusty PW]

Yup - and my other two cars are the same way. In fact several of my cars have had rear fill. (I sold that 70 a couple of years ago)

Rusty PW may be referring to the 56/57 Chevy with the fuel fill behind the tail light.

50's Caddy. Had to push the little red reflector in, and then flip the tail light up.

 

[Rusty PW]

Bet I could.

Hey, no fuel fill on the right side..........

No fuel fill on the left -

OK, so where do you put gas in this thing??

Behind the license plate. My TransAm's were like that too.

Had one Class A motorhome with the Ford V10 with the filler behind the license plate. The other Class A motorhome with the Cummins diesel was on both sides, just behind the front wheels. You don't want to fill these up. The V10 was 100 gals. The diesel was 125 gals.

 

[DaveL]

Worked at a Marina for 2 summers as a kid.
Put 400 Canadian Gallons into a boat one day. It took a while.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

Behind the license plate. My TransAm's were like that too.

Had one Class A motorhome with the Ford V10 with the filler behind the license plate. The other Class A motorhome with the Cummins diesel was on both sides, just behind the front wheels. You don't want to fill these up. The V10 was 100 gals. The diesel was 125 gals.

I can't recall how much my Case tractors held but my IH took 63 gallons so that's still a ways off from 100.

 

[Rusty PW]

Worked at a Marina for 2 summers as a kid.
Put 400 Canadian Gallons into a boat one day. It took a while.

Rented a 75ft house boat at Lake Powell a few years back. It was $1,900 to fill it up after 1 week of renting it.

 

[Jzmattingly]

My one complaint with my gladiator is the fuel door. I am not sure why they couldn't find a way to make the door open at least 90 degrees or even better at 110-120. With the door opening towards the driver's door and opening about 80 degrees, the latch scrapes my hand every time.

I have tried to find an aftermarket solution to replace the fuel door with one that opens wider or with a latching system that does not have a giant hook to positioned in the worst spot, however, I can not seem to find anything on these forums or google. The only solutions I have found are for locking caps.

Am I the only one that hates this fuel door? Does anyone have a solution other than just being annoyed by it all the time?

Wow…I’ve officially seen all the first world complaints. Owned mine since launch and never once had this complaint.

 

[Rusty PW]

On older air-cooled VWs, you have to pop the front trunk.

My dad had 4 of them. The windshield washer reservoir was pressurized from the spare tire. You fil the spare to 60 psi. When the pressure got to 40 psi. It would shut off the air to the reservoir.

 

[dcmdon]

My '66 Chevy convertible has it behind the license plate. It's spring loaded and flips down. Its also at about shin height. Kind of a pain in the butt, but I don't fill it that often since its really a summer, weekend ride.

 

[jac04]

OK, so where do you put gas in this thing??

Because of the availability of dual exhaust on some models, the fuel fill had to be in the center. I mean, really, everybody doesn't know that?

... and some cars made no attempt to hide the fuel fill, even using the cas cap for a little bling:

 

[ShadowsPapa]

... and some cars made no attempt to hide the fuel fill, even using the cas cap for a little bling:

Yeah, try to buy one of these - I mean a correct one for the correct year. There were at least 3 versions as I recall.
A guy asked if I knew where he could get one. I was heading out to an international show and swap and even there had trouble finding the correct version for his year. I got it cheap at $120 bucks.

 

[jac04]

Yeah, try to buy one of these - I mean a correct one for the correct year.

Oh, yeah, this 'correct' stuff can be a real PITA. I was lucky enough to find this little NOS gem still in the original packaging. All the repros have the key slot horizontal, so you can easily tell a real one.

 

[K-Dog]

My one complaint with my gladiator is the fuel door. I am not sure why they couldn't find a way to make the door open at least 90 degrees or even better at 110-120. With the door opening towards the driver's door and opening about 80 degrees, the latch scrapes my hand every time.

I have tried to find an aftermarket solution to replace the fuel door with one that opens wider or with a latching system that does not have a giant hook to positioned in the worst spot, however, I can not seem to find anything on these forums or google. The only solutions I have found are for locking caps.

Am I the only one that hates this fuel door? Does anyone have a solution other than just being annoyed by it all the time?

First World problems. It a hard life in the good old USA

 

[Tank555]

Gets me ever time, right handed would help, but I use my left hand and that latch cuts me all the time. Watching post…

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