karzrus
Well-known member
So last Summer on our main vacation with the boat, I stop to fill the boat with fuel just before we arrive at the lake.
It's full service, I open the filler and the female attendant rams the fuel nozzle into the neck and knocks/breaks the metal filler cap off it's chain and onto the ground under the boat. She laughs,
I shoot her a look and go under there to get it. After paying for the fuel I pull the trailer over to the side of the station, get out the tools and reattach the chain and put the now scratched/marked up fuel cap back in it's place.
Well after enjoying the boat for 3-4 days it's time to fill up again, at the marina I remove the fuel cap and get her filled, when I go to close her up I find out the fuel cap has gone for a swim.
It's 60-80 feet deep there so I'm stuck. I get the trailer and load the boat up, stuff a rag in the filler and go into town to see if I can buy something to keep using the boat. None of the shops have the right cap and I buy a complete filler but can only get an angled one. Pulsares are set up for a straight one, but we manage to make it work and do fine for the rest of the season.
I want to get it fixed up right. So I have looked everywhere online for the exact match to what Checkmate installed on the boat in 2008, but I can't find it in SeaDog, Attwood or Perkos product lines.
I don't have a picture of it, but it was a metal cap. I think it must have been Chrome over brass or S.S. It had a little half circle tab that flipped up to make a handle to unscrew the cap. The filler nozzle part was plastic with 1.5" filler and 3/4" built in vent.
I've about given up at this point, I may call Checkmate, seems crazy to have to do that for a fuel filler.
Attwood has a newer style flip open vented and pressure relieving cap in either black or chrome. If I'm stumped, I'll likely get it instead. I just need to find a distributor that carries it or I probably have to order it.
link to the new Attwood one incase anyone is wondering
http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/product/deck-fill-for-pressure-relief-systems
It's full service, I open the filler and the female attendant rams the fuel nozzle into the neck and knocks/breaks the metal filler cap off it's chain and onto the ground under the boat. She laughs,
I shoot her a look and go under there to get it. After paying for the fuel I pull the trailer over to the side of the station, get out the tools and reattach the chain and put the now scratched/marked up fuel cap back in it's place.Well after enjoying the boat for 3-4 days it's time to fill up again, at the marina I remove the fuel cap and get her filled, when I go to close her up I find out the fuel cap has gone for a swim.
It's 60-80 feet deep there so I'm stuck. I get the trailer and load the boat up, stuff a rag in the filler and go into town to see if I can buy something to keep using the boat. None of the shops have the right cap and I buy a complete filler but can only get an angled one. Pulsares are set up for a straight one, but we manage to make it work and do fine for the rest of the season.I want to get it fixed up right. So I have looked everywhere online for the exact match to what Checkmate installed on the boat in 2008, but I can't find it in SeaDog, Attwood or Perkos product lines.
I don't have a picture of it, but it was a metal cap. I think it must have been Chrome over brass or S.S. It had a little half circle tab that flipped up to make a handle to unscrew the cap. The filler nozzle part was plastic with 1.5" filler and 3/4" built in vent.
I've about given up at this point, I may call Checkmate, seems crazy to have to do that for a fuel filler.
Attwood has a newer style flip open vented and pressure relieving cap in either black or chrome. If I'm stumped, I'll likely get it instead. I just need to find a distributor that carries it or I probably have to order it.
link to the new Attwood one incase anyone is wondering
http://www.attwoodmarine.com/store/product/deck-fill-for-pressure-relief-systems