{"id":1336,"date":"2011-02-03T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T23:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2011-02-04T00:54:50","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T08:54:50","slug":"keyless-gas-cap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2011\/02\/keyless-gas-cap\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyless Gas Cap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was previously running a generic, eBay special gas cap. This was an item I admittedly cut corners on. It did the job, but I felt compelled to replace it because I wasn&#8217;t overly confident regarding its ventilation or seal. I also wasn&#8217;t a huge fan of the cap, which simply threads on.<\/p>\n<p>Old (still significantly lighter than stock):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ebaygascap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1338\" title=\"ebaygascap\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ebaygascap-540x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ebaygascap-540x405.jpg 540w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ebaygascap.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I picked up an Accossato quick-turn gas cap from <a href=\"http:\/\/hardracing.com\">HardRacing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Accossato cap looks strikingly similar to the Harris units from the UK (which are no longer imported to the States)&#8230; I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if they&#8217;re the same. GREAT gas cap though, the quick-turn system is easy and convenient to use. There&#8217;s also proper ventilation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ventedgascap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1340\" title=\"ventedgascap\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ventedgascap-540x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ventedgascap-540x405.jpg 540w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ventedgascap.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The vent hose routes into this hole on the gas tank:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/venthole.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1339\" title=\"venthole\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/venthole-540x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/venthole-540x720.jpg 540w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/venthole.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It retails for $135 so there are cheaper alternatives, but I personally think it&#8217;s the best design-wise. The locking mechanism&#8217;s audible and tactile click is a good touch, as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/accosato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1337\" title=\"accosato\" src=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/accosato-540x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/accosato-540x405.jpg 540w, http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/accosato.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of it in action (and a brief walk-around for the hell of it)&#8230; EASY.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"540\" height=\"328\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qtnh9h1gA9c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"540\" height=\"328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qtnh9h1gA9c?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0&amp;hd=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was previously running a generic, eBay special gas cap. This was an item I admittedly cut corners on. It did the job, but I felt compelled to replace it because I wasn&#8217;t overly confident regarding its ventilation or seal. I also wasn&#8217;t a huge fan of the cap, which simply threads on. Old (still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1336"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1342,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1336\/revisions\/1342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}