i was just thinking how a lot of newer cars have a plastic tether attached to the gas cap, so when you unscrew it you just let it hang from the tether, or other cars have a gas cap holder on the inside of the gas filler door to put the cap, instead of having to put it on the roof of the car like i do.

i saw they sell universal gas cap tethers on jc whitney, just wondering if anyone has used one on their crx ? if it fits them ok ? or is there a way to just make one yourself ?


if you scroll down on this post, a guy tells how to make a holder for the cap, using one from an acura model :
http://crxcommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=58017

 

Only question I have is how you would attach it to the gas cap. I don't look at mine often. I would guess you could 'glue' it to it with something like JBweld or drill a hole. I don't see any reason this won't work. But I also don't see any reason the roof doesn't work either.

 

its not anything i have to have, just a little thing that makes it better,

but i think those universal things have like a metal ring that clasps around the gas cap, around the inner part right under the cap edge, and probably has a plastic thing that is a tether hanging from the metal ring on the cap which attaches to a plastic thing that clasps around the outside of the filler hole, like a ziptie,

thats just how i think it works but not totally sure cause i have'nt tried using one.

usually i always had a big list of things i needed to fix or do to my car for several years, but recently i finally got to a point where i got most of the things done and crossed off the list, so i think what happens is, that now i am thinking of other things to do to my car since most of the important stuff is done already, so i think of stupid little things like this lol, i'm one of those people who would'nt want a brand new car, cause then there would'nt be anything to do to it? since its already done for you, i tend to like having an old used car cause i like the challenge of having to figure out how to fix something once a problem comes up.

 

I made brackets to clip the cap into on the back of the gas door for a customer.

worked nice if you didnt have a strap. Looks just like the one pictured below.

 

I've never forgot to put my gas cap back on so i guess its not really an issue for me.

 

ej1995, can you tell me how you made those brackets ? what did you use for the brackets ? and how did you attach them to the inside of the gas filler door ? glue ?

i was'nt going to get a universal tether, and was'nt going to get a gas cap holder from car such an acura that had them, i was just going to make a holder out of something found around the house and glue it or something or use double sided tape or velcro, but i was curious to hear how you did yours ?

 

glue a rare earth magnet to the fuel door then the metal gas cap will stick to it

 

thanks, thats a good idea, not sure what a rare earth magnet is ? but i'll google it and find out

i found out how those universal tethers work, the other end of the tether has a plastic ring at the end, that part goes under one of the nuts which is around the filler hole, and tighten the nut over it and holds it, before i did'nt know where that end attached to ?

 

Rare is just in the name, you can get them everywhere really. I used them on a project of mine before. You know those 'rocks' you saw as a kid that stuck to each other? That's what they are basically. I never thought of the magnet idea. It is a good one.

 

I literally took two pieces of thin pieces that i'd cut from a scrap quarter panel, bent them to hold the cap and used epoxy to fix them to the inside of the door. Guy was just hell bent on having the convenience of the little cap holder, so I put one in there...haha.