Gas Cap Tether Repair

[78F350]

Originally Posted by Starter986

Can we get a bigger ****************ing picture?

Get a bigger ***************ing phone.

Nice simple repair.

[Phat Hippy]

78F350
Thank you for the app. downloaded it and works great.
Just spreading the wealth...
Hcti, check out the link
http://986forum.com/forums/show-tell-gallery/78242-learning-post-picture.html

[Htci]

DONE! Sorry about that guys. Used Microsoft Photos to resize.

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by 78F350

Get a bigger ***************ing phone.

Nice simple repair.

Ha Ha. If I was attending to this forun on a phone I'd go absolutely mad. Nappenin.

Thanks OP for the edit. Maybe you could do a DIY vid on how to size pics. Perhaps the mods could make it a mandatory training session before a 'first post".

[jaykay]

Doesn't the tether and cap get in the way during refuelling? I removed mine so that I could get the cap out of there. Perhaps I was placing in the holder incorrectly.

[Deserion]

Originally Posted by jaykay

Doesn't the tether and cap get in the way during refuelling? I removed mine so that I could get the cap out of there. Perhaps I was placing in the holder incorrectly.

I hang the tether on the tab on the filler door. Maybe I’m wrong though.

[pilot4fn]

Originally Posted by Deserion

I hang the tether on the tab on the filler door. Maybe I’m wrong though.

You're doing exactly as Porsche desgned it to be used

[jaykay]

Originally Posted by pilot4fn

You're doing exactly as Porsche desgned it to be used

I will start hanging out...

[Htci]

Update on the “repair “: while filling up for the first time after the fix, within 20 seconds of hanging the gas cap on the fuel door hook, I heard the gas cap hit the ground and I looked down to see that the tether had broken in a different area much closer to the gas cap then before. At that point I started breaking the tether into pieces using very little tension and also tested the shrink wrap’s grip which was equally disappointing. Turns out the tether was softer than a twizzler. I guess it goes to show that in a 20 year old car it’s better to replace cheap parts than repair. This isn’t the first time I’ve learned this lesson (see my clutch “repair” post). When will I learn!

[tonythetiger]

Originally Posted by Starter986

Ha Ha. If I was attending to this forun on a phone I'd go absolutely mad. Nappenin.

Thanks OP for the edit. Maybe you could do a DIY vid on how to size pics. Perhaps the mods could make it a mandatory training session before a 'first post".

yes...describe how you resized the photo and we should get the mods to "sticky" that MF'r. Of course we would miss starter's helpful and gracious comments, but we could live with that. :+)

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by tonythetiger

yes...describe how you resized the photo and we should get the mods to "sticky" that MF'r. Of course we would miss starter's helpful and gracious comments, but we could live with that. :+)

I believe the shortest sentence is the best.