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 Post subject: Lost key for fuel cap
PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:11 pm 
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Oh crap...Moved house couple weeks back and have been using spare keys for the min since I lost my main keys. Got to the gas station the other day on E for enough and realised that my only fuel cap key is on my missing main set!! managed to get the car back home to the garage on what must have been fuel vapour :o
Can anyone recommend a cheap auto locksmith in Carnegie/Murrumbeena area or know any tricks to remove fuel cap (obviously without drilling it out and blowing my car up!)


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:13 pm 
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Look for your main keys?

I did the exact same thing ten years ago actually - cap is still stuck on it!


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 11:13 pm 
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You should be able to hammer a flat blade screwdriver into the key barrel then turn it. Obviously it will wreck the tumblers but safer than drilling it.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:44 am 
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Harley wrote:
Look for your main keys?

I did the exact same thing ten years ago actually - cap is still stuck on it!



Turned the house upside down with no luck. Vanished!!

I Don't mind damaging the fuel cap so long as it definitely comes off in the process. I can almost lift one side out enough to get a screw driver underneath but not quite.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:47 am 
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gtogreen1969 wrote:
You should be able to hammer a flat blade screwdriver into the key barrel then turn it. Obviously it will wreck the tumblers but safer than drilling it.


You think this will work with certainty? Don't want to ruin it to the point it does'nt work and it is worse for a lock smith


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 7:53 am 
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Also, will fuel station temp caps fit on 98 Rover mini? Or cheap ones from Autobarn fit until I get replacement or mini;s different to other cars?


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:42 am 
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Only rover fuel caps fit the rover mini,

contact Joss Bennet mini imports Melb for a replacemrnt cap


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:53 am 
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nixphotopix wrote:
gtogreen1969 wrote:
You should be able to hammer a flat blade screwdriver into the key barrel then turn it. Obviously it will wreck the tumblers but safer than drilling it.


You think this will work with certainty? Don't want to ruin it to the point it does'nt work and it is worse for a lock smith
Can't be 100% certain. I have done it to a boot lock for a ford and it worked. Maybe ring and ask a locksmith.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 10:08 am 
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In my experience the best locksmith in the area is John Barnes & Coy, 733 Centre Road, East Bentleigh. (03) 9563 8022

Whilst closer to me I'm not impressed with Carnegie Locksmith near the corner of Koornang and Neerim Roads, but he does do mobile work.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:10 am 
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Did you leave your keys in the pocket of a pair of pants that are now folded up in your cupboard? Done that before.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:23 am 
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Try a different key. A lot of these locks are pretty basic.


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:29 am 
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Very basic and very easy to pick. Google how to pick a lock and have a go yourself.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 5:28 pm 
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I bought two new caps from Mini Spares UK and found the keys supplied fit either cap and the ignition! Also bought a new barrel to replace the worn original and guess what? The new ignition key fits the fuel caps.... I suppose my car is almost "keyed alike".

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:46 pm 
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A good locksmith should be able to get it off and cut you a new key to suit.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 12:56 pm 
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Pretty simple, install a new fuel tank

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