fuel filler

[dalee]

Any one else come accross this?

 

My red 240z has a metal fuel filler jutting out into the boot space. I tried to fit the interior pannel off the orange 240 and the fuel filler was in the way? Dam it!

 

They must have redesigned the filler neck and the interior pannel to suit. Probably to fix (partialy) the prob of fuel spill when going round corners.

 

Red car never came with that interior pannel, and come to think of it almost no interior at all. Any one got a photo of that pannel from an early car, like to see what they resdesigned.

 

 

So after much sweating on the weekend the rubber neck fuel filler from the orange car is in the red one. Tried to fit the metal filler back into the orange one and nope will not fit seems nissan decreased the size of the fuel opening in the later models!, so the hole in the body work is to small.

 

 

Note Red 240z 3/1971

Orange 11/72

 

Anyone got a rubber fuel filler neck they want to get rid of!

[twosixty]

There is one on ebay at the moment. Or you can skip the auction and just buy one from allzparts.

 

Does Nissan still stock them? ...yeah i know thats funny)

 

Good luck

Luke

[Bruce]

dalee,

there is a new one for sale on ebay at the moment, but it looks quite expensive.

You could check with Nissan, as I have got a couple of couple of things from them and was surprised by what they still stock, or can get in. (and reasonably priced)

( I was typing this while twosixty posted his message)

cheers

Bruce

[dalee]

Thanks guys

 

I did see that one on ebay, I only need a real cheap one, after all

 

it just going back into the orange one (for those of you who know this car, it is still very bent), i am using it for parts at the moment. But will get it straightened out at some stage, may be turn it into a track car, who knows!