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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Trucks / May 2008Ranger locking gas cap - available???
Hi - having lived through the 1973 oil embargo, I believe it's now necessary to get a locking gas cap for my 1997 - 2.3 liter, Ford Ranger. I've seen some locking gas caps for later-model Rangers. Does anyone know if such a locking gas cap is available that will "play nice" with the check-engine light? Thanks Joe P.S. david - save your typing finger by not telling me to do a Google search. > Hi - having lived through the 1973 oil embargo, I believe it's now > necessary to get a locking gas cap for my 1997 - 2.3 liter, Ford Ranger. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > P.S. david - save your typing finger by not telling me to do a Google > search. Too bad you told David not to bother- he may have come up with this: http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php Good luck! SC Tom >> Hi - having lived through the 1973 oil embargo, I believe it's now >> necessary to get a locking gas cap for my 1997 - 2.3 liter, Ford Ranger. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > SC Tom And this is a direct link to a locking gas cap? I think not. Thanks for taking the time to post. Joe >>> Hi - having lived through the 1973 oil embargo, I believe it's now >>> necessary to get a locking gas cap for my 1997 - 2.3 liter, Ford Ranger. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > Joe You should try it. And bookmark it. you have to do a few key strokes, but there is a Fuel Cap entry under the '97 Ford Ranger. >>>> Hi - having lived through the 1973 oil embargo, I believe it's now >>>> necessary to get a locking gas cap for my 1997 - 2.3 liter, Ford [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > You should try it. And bookmark it. you have to do a few key strokes, but > there is a Fuel Cap entry under the '97 Ford Ranger. I saw that Jeff. Unless I am missing something in the description of the locking fuel caps, I am not sure these locking fuel caps meet Ford specs. Joe > I saw that Jeff. Unless I am missing something in the description of the > locking fuel caps, I am not sure these locking fuel caps meet Ford specs. > > Joe Of course they do. It only costs $15 to find out, and if some moron steals you gas (highly unlikely by the way if they choose to do it by siphoning through the filler hole) they will swallow almost that much gas getting the siphon going. The modus operandi of gas theives is to drill a hole in the gas tank and catch the contents as it falls out. Sucking gas from the filler hole is next to impossible anymore. >> I saw that Jeff. Unless I am missing something in the description of the >> locking fuel caps, I am not sure these locking fuel caps meet Ford specs. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > catch the contents as it falls out. Sucking gas from the filler hole is > next to impossible anymore. Hand pump siphons are readily available. That said, the additional info you posted got me to searching about siphoning gas. Looks like it is indeed next to impossible now. As for sucking the gas from the filler hole, that reminds me of a newspaper article from the mid-seventies. A guy parked his RV on the street. When he came out the next day, he found a siphon in the "gas filler tube" and vomit on the sidewalk. Seems the would-be gas thief inserted the siphon into the waste storage tank. Joe IF there is a locking gas cap for the application, it has to play nice with the Check light. There might be a cap that fits -- plugs the hole -- but is not intgended for the application, and that cap is not likely to play nice. > Hi - having lived through the 1973 oil embargo, I believe it's now > necessary to get a locking gas cap for my 1997 - 2.3 liter, Ford Ranger. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > P.S. david - save your typing finger by not telling me to do a Google > search. Thanks Jeff. I appreciate the information. Joe > IF there is a locking gas cap for the application, it has to play nice > with the Check light. There might be a cap that fits -- plugs the hole -- [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> P.S. david - save your typing finger by not telling me to do a Google >> search.
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