Loose fuel door

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

Has anyone found a solution to a fuel door that barely wants to stay open and closes with the slightest amount of lean or wind? Mine regularly closes as soon as it is opened and or/while the fuel is pumping.

 

[Meteor]

Has anyone found a solution to a fuel door that barely wants to stay open and closes with the slightest amount of lean or wind? Mine regularly closes as soon as it is opened and or/while the fuel is pumping.

Yes. And the cord on the fuel cap is pretty damn short, too.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

Sorry, is that to say you found a solution?

 

[BlueCruiser]

Yeah, most trucks allow you to hang it on a hook but ours just rests on the body panel

 

[TakaraLC]

Yeah, most trucks allow you to hang it on a hook but ours just rests on the body panel

There is a hanger for the cap on the fuel door.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

I am aware of and use the hanger, but the door essentially has no friction so a light wind easily shuts it as does uneven pavement at a pump.

 

[RideWithYanu]

The cap hanging on the inside of the door seems to be working perfectly fine for me. There is definitely tension holding the door open - wind isn’t blowing mine closed.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

Interesting. Mine has zero tension.

 

[BlueCruiser]

Because of your post, I found it! The line was so tight I missed the little kink.

Still a little wobbly compared to the ones where you just hang it loosely over a hook.

Many thanks!

 

[Kiet2k]

Because of your post, I found it! The line was so tight I missed the little kink.

Still a little wobbly compared to the ones where you just hang it loosely over a hook.

Many thanks!

Wait, what? Why not not hang the cap like it was intended.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

I think you can do it that way or simply put the threads of the cap in the middle of the hanger, but my question is about the floppiness of the door itself. Mine effectively has none, which means it is nearly impossible to keep the door open while refueling.

 

[Kiet2k]

Has anyone found a solution to a fuel door that barely wants to stay open and closes with the slightest amount of lean or wind? Mine regularly closes as soon as it is opened and or/while the fuel is pumping.

Try applying heavy grease on the hinges.

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

Well, I will try anything. Don't want to apply grease to anything that has no issue moving but willing to try anything at this point.

 

[BlueCruiser]

Wait, what? Why not not hang the cap like it was intended. View attachment 41855

Thanks, I made the mistake of Googling it which gave me a generic and inaccurate answer. I should have looked at the manual which shows you are correct. You have also demonstrated that this forum (at least for the time being) is better than AI

 

[Nor Cal Cruiser]

Still looking for a response to the original question (beyond heavy grease, which I appreciate and may try) which was about the door and not the cap. The door on mine has pretty much no tension or friction such that anything other than perfectly level ground and no wind of any kind causes the door to flop shut. Don't imagine I am alone with this frustration but that is the issue (not where to put the cap).

 

[Kiet2k]

Maybe your spring tab that pops the door open fell off / broke off?

 

[dirty]

Can you pinch the little bracket that holds the hinge wire with a pair of pliers to create enough friction to keep it from swinging around?

 

[damenjacobs]

I have the same issue.....no spring pressure keeping the gas door open.