Fuel Tank Cap, I give.

[randy_k]

Bought a new fuel tank cap with the tether to replace the none original one on the car, with no tether. I cannot however find where a hole is to insert the pin into to hold the tether in place is.
Pic below of fuel filler opening. Any ideas before I drill my own hole?
Randy

[AndrewMcD]

Did the new fuel cap come with two tethers? Ive just bought the Alu cap and it was supplied with two, the one you show and a longer one. If your car is the same as mine you don't have a mounting point. What I ended up doing was mounting the other longer tether to the bolt to the left of your finger.

[randy_k]

It only came with the one tether. But it would be long enough to mount to that bolt. My fear was. Pulling that bolt out and losening something underneath it that would fall to who knows where. LOL
Thanks for the help, Randy

[randy_k]

And done. Why it needs a 10mm bolt to hold it in, I have no idea. But it works. Took 5 minutes.
Randy

[JFP in PA]

If you look at the tank hatch hinge on the right of your photo, the lanyard is supposed to go into a small hole at the lower end of the hinge...............

[randy_k]

JFP, If you mean that hole that is in the center between the two hinge sides? It is way to big. The grasping end of the pin slides right in and right out as well. At least for the pin that Wayne has on his site. No knock to Wayne. Just the facts.

[JFP in PA]

No, all the way down the bottom, about "5PM" in your photo......below where the black plastic ends.

I have three cars in the shop with lanyard caps, that is where all of them attach.

[ronster]

Originally Posted by randy_k

And done. Why it needs a 10mm bolt to hold it in, I have no idea. But it works. Took 5 minutes.
Randy

Nope, goes in the hole at the bottom of the door hinge, at least that's where mine fit perfectly and if it's an OEM cap there shouldn't be a difference.

[randy_k]

Sorry guys, There is no hole at the bottom of the door hinge. There is a square hole in the hinge point mount itself. But again to big for the pin. There is an indention in the bracket that holds the door to the car. But no hole... The hole beneath the hinge is to big and the other hole is the one in the black plastic below the cap that appears to me to be a drain the way the plastic is shaped there. The only other thing is the indention that is below it, that may have been a hole at one time? But got filled and painted during the repaint, where the exterior of the body folds over into the bottom of the filler opening.

[JFP in PA]

If you ignore the rag stuffed into the filler neck, this is how the tether mounts. As I remember Randy, you drive a 99, which would not have had one (they started in 2000-2001):

[randy_k]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

If you ignore the rag stuffed into the filler neck, this is how the tether mounts. As I remember Randy, you drive a 99, which would not have had one (they started in 2000-2001):

Yep a 1999, which would explain the fact there isn't one. But odly enough. That is exactly where I thought about drilling one and still may. Thanks JFP.
Randy

[randy_k]

And done. 7/32 drill bit after stepping up from smaller ones. But everything fits well and I don't have to chase the fuel cap across the parking lot, when the wind blows 50 mph here. Thanks for the pic JFP. And everyone else for there input as well.
Randy

[Alphaboy1]

Mine was also not connected and PIN was missing. All fixed now.

[KCinBR]

And mine is just broke......hate to but the whole cap just for the tether.

[JFP in PA]

You cannot get the tether off the cap, plus the entire unit is not that expensive to begin with.

[ronster]

Don't have an explanation as to why yours didn't fit in this hole but mine fit perfectly and I didn't have to drill any holes. Whatever gets the job done.

[randy_k]

KC, Like JFP said. The cap and tether were only a little over 20 bucks shipped from Pelican. I replaced mine as the after market one tripped the CEL. And I have an emissions test coming up.
Ronster, That was my first thought, hole wise. But the pin was way to small for it to lock into it.
Anyway, It looks stock and it's done.
Thanks again for everyones adivce.
Randy

[very~worn~944]

As a side note, there is enough flex to get the tether ring off and on the cap if you are being really cheap

[Alphaboy1]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

If you look at the tank hatch hinge on the right of your photo, the lanyard is supposed to go into a small hole at the lower end of the hinge...............

JFP... Your Cap is in English.. Is that an after market cap?

[JFP in PA]

Don't know, the photograph is not mine, I found it while searching for a shot that showed the lanyard attachment point.