Locking cap

[1gr8bldr]

I can find fuel locking caps but I can not find the hydraulic locking cap. Anybody seen these? Can the fuel cap work on the hydraulic?

 

[SkidRoe]

Bobcat doesn't list one in the parts catalog, which is strange, because they do list a locking fuel cap. I guess they only thought that people would be stealing your fuel, not dumping nasty stuff in.
Cheers - SR

 

[Bobcatdan]

Bobcat doesn't list one in the parts catalog, which is strange, because they do list a locking fuel cap. I guess they only thought that people would be stealing your fuel, not dumping nasty stuff in.
Cheers - SR

Are we talking a large frame like a S250? The hydraulic cap is the system breather. Do not change it.

 

[mmsllc]

Are we talking a large frame like a S250? The hydraulic cap is the system breather. Do not change it.

That would suck to have one steal your fuel, but suck 100 times worse if they dump a water bottle full of water into the hyd. system. That would end up costing so much money to "repair", making those 20 ounces very damn expensive. ""Talk about paying a lot for bottled water!""

 

[craigb93]

I have a piece of angle over the fuel and hydraulic openings in the ROPS. One end is riveted loosely enough to turn and the other end is drilled to accept a padlock from inside the cage. you can see either cap but you can't touch it.

 

[1gr8bldr]

I have a piece of angle over the fuel and hydraulic openings in the ROPS. One end is riveted loosely enough to turn and the other end is drilled to accept a padlock from inside the cage. you can see either cap but you can't touch it.

I recall an old thread, which I ca not find, about using the locking gas cap on the hydraulic side but adapting it to be a vent. Either drilling a hole or using part of the old cap??????

 

[1gr8bldr]

I recall an old thread, which I ca not find, about using the locking gas cap on the hydraulic side but adapting it to be a vent. Either drilling a hole or using part of the old cap??????

The threads or size of the fuel and hydraulic caps are different. Otherwise I would use both the same and run a vent hose off my hydraulic tank. So I thought about hot glue the cap of the locking cap onto the hydraulic cap after having cut the threads off. This way it would spin giving the appearance of being locked, but to remove, you reach a little farther to twist the original cap

 

[jerry]

The threads or size of the fuel and hydraulic caps are different. Otherwise I would use both the same and run a vent hose off my hydraulic tank. So I thought about hot glue the cap of the locking cap onto the hydraulic cap after having cut the threads off. This way it would spin giving the appearance of being locked, but to remove, you reach a little farther to twist the original cap

Whatever you do be sure to retain the filter aspect of the cap, every time a cyl is extended the tank gulps in outside air. Craig's idea sounds the best.

 

[7LBSSMALLIE]

Whatever you do be sure to retain the filter aspect of the cap, every time a cyl is extended the tank gulps in outside air. Craig's idea sounds the best.

once again need to be model specific. 763 had antitheft deterant options basicall a steel plate that covered openings that would accept a lock.. it was usually used not so much as to deter theft but to keep the ******* from fillining the hyd tank with dskill or vice a versa. never gonna stop the meth head.

 

[mmsllc]

once again need to be model specific. 763 had antitheft deterant options basicall a steel plate that covered openings that would accept a lock.. it was usually used not so much as to deter theft but to keep the ******* from fillining the hyd tank with dskill or vice a versa. never gonna stop the meth head.

I think it would be worth while to make a plate that fits in place & is lockable is most likely the best / easiest way to keep a dumb@ss from messing with your machine. In larger machinery, most manufacturers make "vandalism guards" that pin in place to keep kids from breaking the windows out with rocks. They are usually put in place at the end of the day & removed from the windows (& doors) the next morning. I think that could be your best bet for deterrence of vandalism / tampering. It could even be very simple in design, too.