[DeTomaso] Brilliant fuel filler modification

[Thomas Tornblom]

Tomas Gunnarsson skrev:
> 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.

But the tank vent is so tiny that it will not vent the cushion of air at 
the same rate as you fill the tank, so unless you are dead serious about 
filling the tank to the top, you will give up before it is really full.

> 
> Tomas

Thomas

> 
> ----- 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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