[DeTomaso] Brilliant fuel filler modification

[Tomas Gunnarsson]

Mike,

I don't see how this extension makes any difference. If you have an overflow port/tank vent it will simply let the air out until fuel reaches the same point as before.

Tomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 3:36 AM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Brilliant fuel filler modification


> Hi guys,
> 
> When I bought #3960, it had the stock early-style fuel filler arrangement, 
> which was borderline in the pre-smog days, and completely unworkable with modern 
> fuel fillers with accordian-style rubber boots.
> 
> The very first thing I bought for the car was a gooseneck fuel filler, which 
> profoundly improved my quality of life.
> 
> It's been years since I've seen an early car without one of these things, but 
> amazingly #3535 (which spent its whole life in California) was lacking this 
> crucial modification.
> 
> Getting one used to be as simple as phoning your favorite vendor, but now the 
> supply has dried up.   They are cast aluminum, and the mold (which Gary Hall 
> had made in the early 1970s) is worn out; it would be too expensive to tool up 
> to make a new one, since most thinking people who need one, already have it.
> 
> So I had to hunt around pretty hard to find one; Dennis Quella had a damaged 
> one on the shelf (the threads were boogered up).   I was successful in getting 
> him to have the threads recut (I think they whacked a half-inch off the end 
> and then re-threaded it), and when I opened it up, I was surprised to see that 
> it had further been modified by Dennis:
> 
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=4260
> 
> A piece of pipe has been added to the bottom, extending down into the fuel 
> tank.   This mimics the arrangement of the stock filler.   This pipe creates an 
> air bubble in the top of the tank, preventing overfilling.
> 
> Mine lacks this feature, and as a result, it is very easy for me to fill the 
> tank to the point where fuel flows out of the overflow valve and onto the 
> ground (only because I don't have the stock canister; presumably it would flow 
> into that canister otherwise).
> 
> Ironically, one of these impossible-to-find fillers (with a less-nice cap) is 
> sitting on E-bay right now:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/bez6kt
> 
> If you happen to be one of the poor souls who has an inside filler and you 
> don't have this thing, do not let this opportunity pass you by!   Bid on this 
> sucker, and if you win it, make sure you modify it before installing it.
> 
> (I think the steel pipe is attached to the aluminum filler using JB weld?)
> 
> Mike (going to pull his filler and do the same thing!)
> 
> 
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