carterb Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 An enthusiast in australia contacted me looking for a fuel filler neck. The short one for a '70+ sedan that goes from the gas door to the metal tube. If you have one in great shape or preferably an NOS one that you want to sell, let me know please and I'll give you his contact info. Thanks! --carter Link to comment
ggzilla Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Filler neck is the part the gas cap fastens to. Or do you mean the filler hose? Link to comment
q-tip Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 The rubber piece between the gas cap retaining ring and the metal part of the filler nec These are getting really hard to find useable let alone nos. I have the nissan part numbers from the ones the i bought about 6 years ago is that helps Link to comment
ggzilla Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 This is for EVAPO model 510s, not sure if they are the same as AUS. 17229-N2100 HOSE-FILLER, SEDAN EVAPO It is the rubber hose that attaches between the Filler Neck and the Filler Tube. It is No Longer Available from Nissan USA. Link to comment
INDY510 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 . Do all 69's have a full length rubber hose from the cap to the tank??? ... is there a reason the 70's one is better with the metal tube? Link to comment
Ratwagon1600 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 An enthusiast in australia contacted me looking for a fuel filler neck. The short one for a '70+ sedan that goes from the gas door to the metal tube. If you have one in great shape or preferably an NOS one that you want to sell, let me know please and I'll give you his contact info. Thanks! --carter Carter. I have a NOS one of these. I'll post pics later. I'll send you a pm re price. Cheers Jason Link to comment
ggzilla Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 is there a reason the 70's one is better with the metal tube?Yes, the 1970-up uses EVAPO, which means the tank is vented up front (evaporate fumes are captured), instead of letting fumes go out to the atmosphere. Link to comment
yenpit Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Ratwagon1600, you should get that over to those guys in Australia re-popping the sheetmetal (musclecar something or other.......see recent thread here on Ratsun!), and see if they would reproduce it, as this filler neck is VERY hard to find over here in the States, in good shape! The USED ones shrink, and get hard & brittle, so making a reproduction based on a USED part is not a good idea! It is harder and more expensive to reproduce than other rubber parts, as it needs to be made out of a fuel resistant rubber, like neoprene or ??? Link to comment
Ratwagon1600 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Ratwagon1600, you should get that over to those guys in Australia re-popping the sheetmetal (musclecar something or other.......see recent thread here on Ratsun!), and see if they would reproduce it, as this filler neck is VERY hard to find over here in the States, in good shape! The USED ones shrink, and get hard & brittle, so making a reproduction based on a USED part is not a good idea! It is harder and more expensive to reproduce than other rubber parts, as it needs to be made out of a fuel resistant rubber, like neoprene or ??? Quick thread hijack here. It would be great if someone could reverse engineer these, but, finding a supplier who is prepared to go through the process of "tooling up" and doing enough of these to make it commercially viable is the hard part. I've spoken to an Aussie company that does auto rubbers for various cars previously, and basically, it isn't cost effective for them to get their suppliers (generally somewhere in the Asia pacific region) to do this. I've been thinking of making a mould of this one and putting it away incase I come up with some magic idea to do these. Anyway, if Carter's Aussie mate doesn't want this one it's going to be for sale. I'll post in the for sale section if he doesn't take it. Cheers Jason A link to a Wikipedia article on fuel resistant rubber here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrile_rubber Link to comment
carterb Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks all. I'm passing on the info... --carter Link to comment
yenpit Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 You might ALSO consider having the NOS part 3D imaged, and save that image. So much of todays manufacturing is done on these 3D "drawing" programs (I live in Michigan, where there are many auto part manufacturers). Would a rubber part ultimately be made this way? I don't have that answer, but I'll ask around! Link to comment
carterb Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 The guy I started this thread for got what he needed. But just in case someone else is after one, this just popped up on ebay http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-510-rubber-filler-neck-NEW-/320961599875?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4abacd5983&vxp=mtr Link to comment
carterb Posted August 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 and a second one (with metal piece too) here http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datsun-510-filler-tube-and-neck-NOS-/320961592898?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3A510&hash=item4abacd3e42&vxp=mtr Link to comment
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