I've got a 30 year old honda with a twist-off gas cap. Gasket is gone, so I made one from a piece of inner tube. Worked great for a day until the rubber disintegrated. Got some cork sheet from the auto parts store. That worked great for a couple of weeks until it disintegrated. When I ask for gasoline resistant gasket material at the auto parts store, I get a blank stare. Honda will (try to) order a whole gas cap with a 30 year old gasket on it. It costs a LOT and they can't guarantee they'll ever get one. So, do I have any options? What material do I ask for? Needs to be something I can get in small quantity. Suggestions? Thanks, mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
mike wrote: :: I've got a 30 year old honda with a twist-off gas cap. :: Gasket is gone, so I made one from a piece of inner tube. :: Worked great for a day until the rubber disintegrated. :: Got some cork sheet from the auto parts store. That worked :: great for a couple of weeks until it disintegrated. :: :: When I ask for gasoline resistant gasket material at the :: auto parts store, I get a blank stare. :: :: Honda will (try to) order a whole gas cap with a 30 year old gasket :: on it. It costs a LOT and they can't guarantee they'll ever get one. :: :: So, do I have any options? What material do I ask for? :: Needs to be something I can get in small quantity. :: Suggestions? :: Thanks, mike :: -- :: Return address is VALID. :: Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. :: Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment :: Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser :: Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... :: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/ There is an auction I'm watching on eBay right now for a box of Honda gas caps...nobody bid in it before, so I contacted the seller, because it appears to have a tank lock for my CB900F...guy refuses to pull the lock out and sell it separately cause "it's too expensive to retake the pictures"...<sheesh>...point is I may end up buying it, because it will save me a couple of bucks maybe, and I'll have some spare locks and caps for my bike...take a look and maybe there's one for yours and we can split the costs somehow http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7903711961
Sounds like a great deal if you need a BUNCH of gas caps. He aludes to a reserve price that's probably a killer. All I need is a freekin gasket. Thanks for trying to help. mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
OK, there's more to the story that I let on. The local aftermarket shops didn't have anything to help. I did find a car gas cap at a garage sale that fit. Had to chuck it in the lathe and turn down the lip, but it fits. Problem is with a full tank, the gas sloshes out thru the slit between the two concentric pieces of the thing. Thought about sealing that up, but then there's no vent. Trading one problem for another. So, it's sorta workin' if I don't stop too fast until I've used up an inch of gas ;-) Yeah, Yeah, I know, don't fill it up so much... mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
At one time auto parts stores sold the stuff. I think a good industrial supply house (McMaster-Carr comes to mind) still does sell a variety of gasket materials. bob prohaska
ISTR that a while ago someone asked about getting a replacement gasket for their gas cap, and the answer was to take the old gasket to an auto parts store, and browse their aftermarket gas cap selection. When you find a gas cap that has a dimensionally suitable gasket, purchase the cap, then remove the gasket from it and install on your old gas cap. What you do with the aftermarket automotive cap is your problem. This strategy should work if you can't find a reasonable source of gasket rubber (though it shouldn't be that hard to find such things-industrial supply house, equipment dealer/fabricator, farm supply store, a walk through the phone book should turn up _something_...unless your locale is similar to mine: here, you simply cannot get much metric hardware. Nobody carries the stuff, nobody's distributer can get it. Hope that's not the case where you are. HTH -- Later, John 'indiana' is a noun. Leave only the noun between @ and .edu to reply
I'm surprised you can't get a separate gasket from Honda - I was able to buy one both for my old CD175 twin, and my CB400 Four.
That was the first thing I tried. Just too much slop in the system to keep it in place. Now...I just thought about making a spacer to keep it centered. That might work. Now I need some gasoline resistant glue to hold the spacer in place....it never ends.. mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
mike wrote: http://www.foamorder.com/neoprene.html Neoprene. Google turned up the above link. -- Later, Charlie Fix the e-mail address and it will get to me There are about 100 different sorts of insects in Mexico that some people eat on purpose.
Thanks, Very Interesting. Gotta go out and put some mouse pads in gasoline. I may already have what I need. mike -- Return address is VALID. Bunch of stuff For Sale and Wanted at the link below. Toshiba & Compaq LiIon Batteries, Test Equipment Yaesu FTV901R Transverter, 30pS pulser Tektronix Concept Books, spot welding head... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Monitor/4710/
