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Post Info TOPIC: Am I Locked Out and Outa Luck?


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Am I Locked Out and Outa Luck?


full timing I do not worry about some one stealing gas from me..........I am sure it could happen but I dont park my rig anywhere I feel it is not secure.

Locks are for honest people .......a crook will defeat any lock you put out there very fast!!

lock on gas cap....just pry up and off it comes , isnt pot metal wonderful!!!

A cordless drill with a bit can remove a brass tumbler very fast including security locks.....

most engineers that design locks dont hang out with less than desirable friends so they only get there info from honest people!!


as far as side storage....again crooks dont carry the keys to your RV.......and if your coach gets rifled in a park by someone with keys your in the wrong park .

and if you always concentrate on the what ifs from the dark side......they will occur only because you will obsess to the point of making it occur and people will see you as a target 



-- Edited by Lucky Mike on Sunday 2nd of June 2013 07:36:44 PM

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OK, I am having some lock frustrations; the fresh water compartment lock doesn't work anymore, and is impossible to get? You actually have to buy a whole new white plastic assembly? Are you kidding me?

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OK, more complaining... the 2004 Fleetwood Fiesta was cleverly designed to make it impossible to put on a locking gas cap! I'm either going to have to cut a hole out to make room for the taller, thicker locking cap, or have a door fabricated.

OK, so we securely lock up the water, but leave $300 worth of gas open to be siphoned? Hmmm, I think the designers at Fleetwood must be paranoid about being poisoned, but wealthy enough to keep tanking up their RV's?



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Fuel cap ..........add an anti siphon spring to your filler nech or an after market locking door

waterfill......warm the plastic door with a blow dryer and pop it open ........remove lock assembly by pulling clip off.......buy new 10 lock assembly

both pretty simple fixes.......even a guy could do it




Good luck Jane!!

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I did remove the lock, and I got a new one; problem is, the "flapper thingy" is really short, much shorter than the ones that came with the lock, and you can't take the short one off the old lock, because it's like pop riveted, not screwed on. So, unless I can find a lock with a really short flapper thingy, and it looks like they don't make them, they just make you buy the whole water fill assembly.

I have a few ideas though. While searching, I came across combi-cam locks, so I might get 5 of those, for all my compartments, which will secure everything from the common CH751 key, then take the short flapper thingy that comes with it, and put it on the water compartment.

 

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Didn't know there was such a thing as an anti-siphon spring. Every vehicle I've ever owned has either had a door you need to pop from the inside, or you could straight away put on a locking cap.

You must admit, this gas fill design is downright "R word". Every RV owner wants to simply lock up their gas tank. The ability to lock up the gas should just be standard equipment, cost them a whole $50 or less to do so. If they are going to put locked doors on the water, I mean really!



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Mike; but a lock may slow them down just long enough for me to bust their kneecaps with my "Louisville Slugger". LOL!!

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I'm thinking, better safe than sorry!

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Perhaps the lock is a good idea, but if they damage the neck of your fuel tank to the point of having to have things worked on, and perhaps replaced, it might be that the cost of repairs and labor would be more than the cost of buying gasoline.

Terry



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I'm thinking getting a door fabricated might be the best option, or cutting a slot out behind the cap, in the black plastic housing. With gas close to $4 a gallon (up and down) and a depressed economy, you don't necessarily need to be in a bad area to worry about such things.

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You can't keep a determined thief out with locks, but they are likely going to move on to an easier target.

Scott


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