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trouser chili
Mar 27, 2002

Unnngggggghhhhh
Drill bits, anger, and alcohol.

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trouser chili
Mar 27, 2002

Unnngggggghhhhh

Pham Nuwen posted:

That's the backup plan. Do you just drill straight into the keyhole? Once the lock is drilled out, can the gas cap still function as a non-locking gas cap or do I need to hit up Rockauto? (which has let me down before, when I ordered a Stant gas cap for my Studebaker and it didn't fit at all)

I don't have any experience with drilling out locking gas caps, just the anger and alcohol, but yeah that's how I'd go at it. Drill the lock cylinder, progressively with larger bits as needed. Coat the bits in heavy grease to catch the filings that you can, but the fuel filter should prevent any that go down the filler from loving things up badly.

trouser chili
Mar 27, 2002

Unnngggggghhhhh

slidebite posted:

Just buy a new gas cap man. There are places other than Rock-Auto if you don't like them.

Yeah, just go to the nearest gas station and tell them you think you lost your cap there. They'll have a box to choose from.

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