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Subject:Re: Gas tank and gas cap
From:Geo
Date:Tue, 4 May 2010 19:59:07 -0400

On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote:

> Just speculating here and it's hard to tell from the photo, but if previous
> owner had a locking cap and lost the key, the PO make have had to pry the
> cap off and this can ruin the filler opening so that no cap will ever fit
> or
> lock down correctly.

I agree -- I don't like the look of what I can (and can't) see of that inner
lip which is what pulls the cap tight as you turn it.  Looks like that lip
may be mooshed a bit?

Geo