Lost fuel cap!...

[Douglas]

The other day I forgot to screw the fuel cap on tightly enough on the sweeper, and the next day when I returned to the pump, I found it missing! I do not know where it is, so I stuffed a rag (which has gotten diesel on it due to it splashing a bit on bumps) so maybe it will keep dirt and rainwater out. (It's parked under a shelter, but the rain could get in if the wind was blowing in the right direction.)

Is there a website where I can order a new fuel cap? Is there some sort of a serial # somewhere on the fuel tank so that I can use that to determine what size the cap should be? Thnx. :x

[got mud?]

The other day I forgot to screw the fuel cap on tightly enough on the sweeper, and the next day when I returned to the pump, I found it missing! I do not know where it is, so I stuffed a rag (which has gotten diesel on it due to it splashing a bit on bumps) so maybe it will keep dirt and rainwater out. (It's parked under a shelter, but the rain could get in if the wind was blowing in the right direction.)

Is there a website where I can order a new fuel cap? Is there some sort of a serial # somewhere on the fuel tank so that I can use that to determine what size the cap should be? Thnx. :x

measure the outside diameter of the threads and go to the hardware store and get a pipe end that fits that size pipe. just look and see if the the threads are coarse or fine and get the pipe end to match

[Douglas]

Thanks. The diameter is half the length from one side of the hole to the other and the radius would be the entire length, right? (Been awhile since I brushed up on my math ) Would it be best to just lay a ruler across the top?

[jorlee]

Nope radius is from center to the outer edge. Diameter is the entirewidth. Circumference is the all the way around it.

You also have Pie r squared = area inside the circle.

[repete]

measure all the way across

[Fozzy]

Most truckstops have them... or they did...

[Jackrabbit379]

Or.....get one from a parked truck. :P

Just kiddin, dont do that. I tried to search for one online, but as usual, I found everything, but what I was looking for. I hate searching for stuff online. :P

[Fozzy]

http://www.barjan.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=201

These barjan products are normal truckstop fair.. you could also stop at most any dealer and pick one up, but they usually are dearly priced!!!

[Jackrabbit379]

Oh yeah. Barjan. Duh!!!!!!!!!! :shock:

[Fozzy]

LOL....
Wichita Falls TX? I go down there to PPG at least once a week..

[Jackrabbit379]

Yep. Not born, but raised. :P Ya drive for Maverick, or Combined-Transport? :P Those 2 always run ads in the paper for glass haulers. Sounds like a sweet deal.

[Fozzy]

No,I work for Modern Transport Services hauling the sand and dolomite into the place. It's quite the sham job! LOL. hauling in tankers full of sand, load and unload inside a building and drive day cabs..

[Douglas]

Or.....get one from a parked truck. :P

Just kiddin, dont do that. I tried to search for one online, but as usual, I found everything, but what I was looking for. I hate searching for stuff online. :P

Only problem is, it's the street sweeper I lost it on, and it's fuel cap is different from all the others.

[Jackrabbit379]

No,I work for Modern Transport Services hauling the sand and dolomite into the place. It's quite the sham job! LOL. hauling in tankers full of sand, load and unload inside a building and drive day cabs..

Ahh ok. Not bad. I've seen pneumatics in PPG.

[Fozzy]

Well they only look like pneumatics.. its all gravity doing the unloads, the whole load is gone in about 10 minutes (if that)...

[Jackrabbit379]

Ahh. Cool. Sounds like it's hard enough. :P

[Douglas]

Note: The lid is the screw-on type. :arrow: