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mygreenbus
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 Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 7:59 am Post subject: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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So someone thought they would cut between my Bus and the gas pump and caught the fuel hose which pulled the fuel door open too far. Now it won't close flush. Is this fixable? I'm assuming so and hoping someone else has done it. Thanks. No I didn't catch the idiot...
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:25 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Damn, bummer!
Either the hinge is bent, or it's bent where the hinge welds to the door. The fix is to immobilize the hinge with a wooden block or some other device and gently force the door shut against it. Work in small steps removing the block and testing the fit often until it stops where you want it to.
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aeromech
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Oh, got it. You were at a gas station filling the tank. Took me a while to figure that out.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2018 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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how far away from the pump do you park???
anyway, that sucks. no cameras at the gas station?
edit-did a person trip over the fill line when u were filling it?? I was thinking it was a car!! |
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mygreenbus
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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| alman72 wrote: |
how far away from the pump do you park???
anyway, that sucks. no cameras at the gas station?
edit-did a person trip over the fill line when u were filling it?? I was thinking it was a car!! |
Umm I park about 24" from the pump. Just enough room for me to get to the pump...
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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the illusion from the statement is that someone DROVE between the pump and your bus. It looks from the photos you were sideswiped too at one time.
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mygreenbus
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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| SGKent wrote: |
| the illusion from the statement is that someone DROVE between the pump and your bus. It looks from the photos you were sideswiped too at one time. |
Not sideswiped ever. Original old paint and the white "stripes" are old pinstripes...
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Spike0180
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:35 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Some pictures for reference. Something in the hinge is likely bent. I think its 2 screws, just remove it and bend it back. It'll be alright. Might take 30min or so to get it correct. Might take 5min...
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mygreenbus
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 8:28 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Spike0180, Thanks!
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Do I see a coiled retainer for the gas cap?? Did you do that yourself?
I've been thinking about something like that, but haven't come up with a good idea. So I may have to plagerize yours, Spike. 
(Except mind doesn't have the door. Hmmmm...)
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Spike0180
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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| KentPS wrote: |
Do I see a coiled retainer for the gas cap?? Did you do that yourself?
I've been thinking about something like that, but haven't come up with a good idea. So I may have to plagerize yours, Spike.
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Yes you did. It works. I think its attached to a washer tab with a hole in it under the screw that holds in the filler neck. Super easy and simple, it was there when I got the van. Let me know if you want more pictures.
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mygreenbus
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 5:51 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Fixed! Two screws and the door came off. I held the hinge and bent the door toward the hinge, the direction you would if you were closing it. Bent it just past what I thought "closed" would be. Eyeballed it and reinstalled. Thanks all.
By the way, I glued a magnet inside the fuel door to hold my gas cap.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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Nice fix!
You have the rubber bump stops in there, correct? They keep your fuel door quiet amongst clunking American iron at the gas station.
Speaking of filling stations, I stash my gas cap in the pump cradle, so I can’t return the pump without grabbing my gas cap. 
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:18 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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| asiab3 wrote: |
Nice fix!
You have the rubber bump stops in there, correct? They keep your fuel door quiet amongst clunking American iron at the gas station.
Speaking of filling stations, I stash my gas cap in the pump cradle, so I can’t return the pump without grabbing my gas cap.
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Here is my setup
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| Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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| I glued a magnet inside the fuel door to hold my gas cap. |
your car will always drift north now, and some poor soul will have their watch speed up every time you drive by........ not to mention the kids who will lose their barlow knives out of their pockets as you go by.
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mygreenbus
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| Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 10:59 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Door will not close flush 1972 Bus |
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| I glued a magnet inside the fuel door to hold my gas cap. |
your car will always drift north now, and some poor soul will have their watch speed up every time you drive by........ not to mention the kids who will lose their barlow knives out of their pockets as you go by. |
I collect cars keys that way!
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