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Re: Fuel fillers

To: James Nazarian <jhn3@uakron.edu>
Subject: Re: Fuel fillers
From: Paul Root <proot@iaces.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:20:53 -0500
I do on my other cars, but they hold the neck better.

My '77 has no unleaded restrictor on it and it won't stay in.

It's also a pain in the rear, because if you don't hold it just right
the auto-cutoff will hit a dozen times trying to get 10 gallons of gas
in.

Paul.

James Nazarian wrote:

> I don't know how many on this list are the type to set the fuel filler into
> the filler neck and leave it while refueling, but I picked up the habit
> recently after seeing some other mgers do it.  I never thought it would work
> but usually it does, with one caveat; while filling up this evening in high
> winds, the filler fell out of the neck and landed on the ground still
> pumping away at full force.  I spilled less then 1/2 gallon before I caught
> it but it could have been much worse in terms of both spillage and fire.
> 
> Just a word of warning for anyone who is interested in such things.
> 
> James Nazarian
> 71 MGB Tourer
> 71 MGBGT V8
> 85 Dodge Ram


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