PA28 gas cap

Hi.

We had to buy a new fuel tank cap for the Archer (don't ask) and the shop
sez the price on the part (not including painting) is about $177. Can
anybody verify that that's really what the little round guy costs?

Frank

Frank Van Haste <frank.vanhaste@snet.net> wrote:
> We had to buy a new fuel tank cap for the Archer (don't ask)

Next time, make sure the cap is secure before you start your takeoff
roll :-)

"Roy Smith" <roy@panix.com> wrote in message
news:bfk2gj$rqh$1@panix2.panix.com...
> Frank Van Haste <frank.vanhaste@snet.net> wrote:
> > We had to buy a new fuel tank cap for the Archer (don't ask)
>
> Next time, make sure the cap is secure before you start your takeoff
> roll :-)
>
Umm, it wasn't me but...yeah, right. The involved party is suitably
mortified.

FVH

I just was happy lately to pay $65 for a used $15 part that Cessna
wanted $275.

Frank Van Haste wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> We had to buy a new fuel tank cap for the Archer (don't ask) and the shop
> sez the price on the part (not including painting) is about $177. Can
> anybody verify that that's really what the little round guy costs?
>
> Frank

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"Paul Tomblin" <ptomblin@xcski.com> wrote in message news:bfk919$hia$1@allhats.xcski.com...
> In a previous article, "Frank Van Haste" <frank.vanhaste@snet.net> said:
> >We had to buy a new fuel tank cap for the Archer (don't ask) and the shop
> >sez the price on the part (not including painting) is about $177. Can
> >anybody verify that that's really what the little round guy costs?
>
> Yup. $5 for the gas cap, $172 for the TSO number printed on it.

It's most likely not even TSO'd.

"Frank Van Haste" <frank.vanhaste@snet.net> wrote in message news:<WtgTa.11569$Lv6.3357391889@newssvr10.news.pr odigy.com>...
> "Roy Smith" <roy@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:bfk2gj$rqh$1@panix2.panix.com...

> > Next time, make sure the cap is secure before you start your takeoff
> > roll :-)
> >
> Umm, it wasn't me but...yeah, right. The involved party is suitably
> mortified.

If that's what happened, you may want to check with the airport
administration. They usually save whatever FOD they pick up off the
runway if it looks like an airplane part.

Tell the involved party to feel lucky that you didn't have locking
gas caps. Those babies top $700 (each) brand new.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)