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Old 07-26-2007, 07:53 PM   #20
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Re: i lost the key for my locking gas cap....

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Originally Posted by 97guns View Post
stock location and metal. i may be able to pry it off but dont want to damage the fill tube.
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Assuming the tank is in the factory location...

You could undo the hose clamp from the plastic filler tube extention that the cap locks on to and pull the cap and tube out of the truck then take a long blade screwdriver and just pulsh the locking tabs in.

Worked amazingly well on my '70.

Tim
I'm assuming stock location is tank-in-cab. Any tank I've seen had no plastic anything. The filler neck is soldered to the tank so I would have to go with the screwdriver or drill part way through then escalate to the "bigger hammer" if that didn't work. I usually lose the gas cap and wind up with an extra key.
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