I live in Portland and sometimes have trouble myself getting my locking
cap back on my 80 ASI. I also have an 80 Triumph TR7 and ALWAYS end up
pumping my own gas because a couple of years ago a gas jockey jammed
the nozzle into the filler neck and caused the inner sleeve to break
loose so now I have to carefully put the nozzle in and I can't use the
lock tab on the handle--I have to hold the handle as I pump. I've never
had an attendant get worried about me pumping the gas however. --Bruce

On Jun 29, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Todd Last wrote:

> Interesting, I live near Portland and have yet had one attendant have
> problems with the gas cap.
> I guess this problem may be geographically dependent.
>
> BTW - If you ever want to have fun in Oregon, drive a car with an out
> of state plate into a gas station, and make moves like you are going
> to pump your own gas. It is funny how paniced the attendants get.
>
> Trivia: New Jersey and Oregon are the only states with laws forbidding
> customers to pump their own gas.
> Interestingly, if you have a motorcycle, in Oregon you can pump your
> own gas - once the attendant hands you the nozzle.
>
>
> IMHO, its all about trying to add employment and has nothing to do
> with saftey.
>
>
> Todd
> '88 Westy.
>
>
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
>> I live right near Oregon, where it's a law that your gas must be
>> added only
>> by the station attendant.  So, explaining or showing how to close the
>> gas
>> cap became kinda tedious, given that many station attendants are a bit
>> mechanically challenged, or perhaps they aren't really concentrating
>> (for
>> minimum wage, who does?)
>>   My fix was to use a black zip tie, drilled into the gas cap's rim
>> and
>> through the body work.  Then I took one of those parts marking paint
>> pens..(handy little gadgets) and made some arrows on the cap and on
>> the body
>> work..When the attendant gets the key, he/she inserts it and sees the
>> surmarks, or arrows lined up, and usually has no problem remembering
>> how to
>> duplicate that alignment when closing the cap.  The wire tie keeps
>> the cap
>> and key attached to the van at all times..No more "left on the pump"
>> gas
>> caps.
>>   Be very careful when you make a hole for the zip tie.  Gas fumes do
>> explode with a spark..
>> Don Hanson
>