Locking Fuel Cap
I was parked at Walmart the other day, and noticed a group of rowdy kids walking through the parking lot. One of them walked up to a car, opened the Fuel cap and was going to dump a soda bottle into the tank. When I climbed out of my truck they ran like Thieves. The next day I ordered a Locking Cap for my 2011 F250 6.7. If anyone is interested the cap can be ordered from Amazon.com for about $13+ Shipping. See the attached pic with the part number. BTW that little plastic strap that the original cap hangs on will not fit the new cap.
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Glad you were able to save someone a bunch of money that day.
Those kids should be taken to their local school and ordered to clean it every Saturday for six months. |
Good story... Makes me want to change my cap as well.
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Wouldn't surprise me if stupid s**t like that has caused a couple $9000+ HPFP failures, with the owner left scratching their head as to what the hell went wrong.:-arrgh
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Just ordered one; $20.40 shipped.
Theves will just cut the fuel lines but at least this will add a layer of protection against this story. $20 is not worth the headache these kids almost caused someone. If my HPFP fails Ford will probably blame this cap... :D |
They still haven't produced a locking DEF cap though.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post11292535 |
Originally Posted by kper05
(Post 13270072)
Just ordered one; $20.40 shipped.
Theves will just cut the fuel lines but at least this will add a layer of protection against this story. $20 is not worth the headache these kids almost caused someone. If my HPFP fails Ford will probably blame this cap... :D |
Fortunately most gas engines will tolerate soda better than a common-rail diesel will. Stuff like that gets me upset though, there's never an excuse for vandalizing someone's stuff. I had a Stant locking fuel cap on my Excursion, maybe I should get one for this truck as well.
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Originally Posted by sdetweil
(Post 13270586)
$14.75 via RockAuto.
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I've got locking caps on both the main tank and the Transfer Flow aux tank. Besides vandalism protection, it might prevent a well intentioned friend who borrowed your truck from doing you the favor of "filling her up" with 89 octane. :-hair
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Originally Posted by kper05
(Post 13270083)
They still haven't produced a locking DEF cap though.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post11292535 |
locking caps
Ford should make a locking diesel cap and a DEF locking cap as well. And they should make a winter front for the diesel. Ford is missing the boat in that regard. Would just feel better knowing the those fluids are locked.
Also I am hearing that thieves are stealing the tailgates, even when the tailgates are locked on these new trucks. Saw a video of some guy doing it within a minute and considering how expensive they are with the camera would like to see it take a thief a little longer to walk away with the tailgate. |
Originally Posted by kbmill1diesel
(Post 13276917)
They also don't appear to have a 2013 locking cap yet. Bummer! Would really like to get one...
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Originally Posted by kbmill1diesel
(Post 13276917)
They also don't appear to have a 2013 locking cap yet. Bummer! Would really like to get one...
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I bought the Stant Cap right away for a little added protection. Yes there needs to be a locking cap for the DEF Tank.
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