Locking Gas Cap - no key

I think you'll find that most full service gas attendants have no problem popping your "locked" gas cap off without the key!

What's a 'full service gas attendant'?

Back in the day.... locking gas caps were kind of universal. If the key fit into the lock, it could be convinced to open it relatively easily.

I'd almost bet that if you put the new key in there and wiggled it a little (kind of in and out) that it will open.

Anywho, any way of filling the tank up? I see screws around the cap and around the door - can the whole piece just be removed in any way? Can I fill it by detaching a fuel line hose?

Argh!

p.s. 99 TJ Sport 6cyl

All the key is really doing is locking the inner portion in the filler neck to the outer freely rotating cap. If you take a self tapping screw an inch or so long and drive it in next to the key bezel you will pin the two together and be able to remove the cap. The cap is of course junk after that.

That's why I suggested wiggling the key, so the cap didn't have to be replaced.

"jeff" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@r2d2.vermontel.net... All the key is really doing is locking the inner portion in the filler neck to the outer freely rotating cap. If you take a self tapping screw an inch or so long and drive it in next to the key bezel you will pin the two together and be able to remove the cap. The cap is of course junk after that.

Paperclip.

Open it up and fold it into a U shape then slowly insert and turn. You might have to move it from side to side a bit, but for most simple locks that works.

I've had better luck with a hunk of piano wire, or an old IBM typewriter hook.