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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 4:11 pm    Post subject: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

So maybe I’m an idiot, but for the life of me I can’t figure out how to get the locking gas cap from CIP1 to work. I twist, I push, I turn and it doesn’t lock, comes right off. If anyone has one, Is there a trick to this thing? [/quote]
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 4:32 pm    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

I have one from the Thing Shop that was a give away at one of the Thing shows in the past; 10 or more years ago.
I have never used it, but it seems to me that when the cap is locked, the outer portion just spins freely so that the cap cannot be removed. So basically, when the cap is unlocked, the outer portion and the inner portion are turning together.

Over the last 40 years, I bet I have lost, mislaid, forgotten, etc. half a dozen gas caps (at least). Now mine is on a short chain to prevent this problem.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:00 pm    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

That’s kind of what I thought, but if that’s how it’s supposed to work, then it’s pretty pointless as you can grab the inner circle with your finger tips and twist right it right off.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 5:22 pm    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

I guess that's why I have never used mine; haven't seen the need for one.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 6:23 pm    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

When "unlocked" the outer ring is latched to the inner cap, granting you access to the filler neck.
When "locked" the outer ring spins in relation to the inner cap, denying access to the filler neck.
Be forewarned, it takes a great deal of torque to seat or unseat it.
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PostPosted: Fri May 15, 2020 9:07 pm    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

I’m going to go with this one I received is busted. The outer cap will spin but it will just come off like a regular gas cap, actually it comes off far easier than the stock gas cap.
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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2020 5:28 am    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

Those gas caps are junk
I bought some and had to return them
I told them they were terrible but they are still selling them
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PostPosted: Sat May 16, 2020 7:50 am    Post subject: Re: CIP1 locking gas cap, Reply with quote

Thanks Mike, I should have know better, this is the second crap thing I’ve received from CIP1.
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