Fuel Cap Reommendations?
Thread Starter
|
Laughing Gas
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 774
Likes: 10
From: Simsbury, Connecticut
Fuel Cap Reommendations?
I've gone through two fuel caps on my '56 F500. Both caps had gaskets that failed in just a few months - dried up and cracked. The first came from Mid-Fifty. This latest one is from NAPA. Does anyone have a fuel cap on their '56 that has a gasket that actually lasts?!
****Re; Title: Make that RECOMMENDATIONS...
****Re; Title: Make that RECOMMENDATIONS...
Believe Nothing
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 7,514
Likes: 398
From: W. Central FL.
What I believe to be the original gas cap gasket on my 1949 F4 was cracked when I got the truck. I made a gasket that has worked perfectly in the two years plus that I've had the truck on the road. Not hard to make at all with good gasket material. Cut it to fit around the inside, open up one small notch to fit over the locking ears and you can fit it into position. You will have to twist the gasket to get it over the locking center ears but it can be done. Really, not a bad job at all.
Edit: I believe I must have made a gasket for my '56 as well.
Edit: I believe I must have made a gasket for my '56 as well.
Logistics Pro
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,685
Likes: 80
From: Northville, MI
Ray is 100% correct. Your cap must be vented. Also those that you get from some of the various suppliers fit and are supposed to be for our year trucks but they are non-vented. The truck will drive for a few miles until the system warms up and then it will stall. Even if you remove the cap it takes a bit to get the engine started again, particularly on a warm day, as you have vapor locked the fuel line. Leave the hood up and when it cools down it will start. Leave the cap off until you get home and you will be OK.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Matt1966
1973 - 1979 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
0
Jul 19, 2017 05:18 PM
3twinridges
1948 - 1956 F1, F100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
16
Jan 15, 2017 07:59 PM
bomberboat
335 Series- 5.8/351M, 6.6/400, 351 Cleveland
4
Apr 13, 2007 02:45 PM
