petrol tank lock replacement

[baldrick]

As the title says, gas anyone done this or is it an impossible dream.

looking to replace my petrol cap, but quite fancy keeping the lockset the same.

How much of a ballache is it?

[TonyGee]

fiddley but doable, once the barrel is out and the key is in you will see which sliding plates need filing down or swapping about.   

[baldrick]

does the barrel not come out then Tony?

 

[TonyGee]

53 minutes ago, baldrick said:

does the barrel not come out then Tony?

 

yeah you have to pull the barrel out first, once out put the key in all the way then you can see which if any of the sliding plates stick out from the edge of the barrel  if a plate is sticking out it will need to be filed back till its flush, sometimes you can swap em about, but be careful of the very tiny springs as they can drop out and easily be lost  

[baldrick]

ok, cheers, sounds like grief, ill put up with 2 keys i think

[davecara]

32 minutes ago, baldrick said:

ok, cheers, sounds like grief, ill put up with 2 keys i think

Its piss easy honestly. Just take your time disasemlbling it and do it somewhere where you can find the springs if they do fuck off on you. Last one I did took me 20 minutes start to finish

[baldrick]

too late, new one took 5 mins to fit