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| | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 65 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 65 | Anyone know of a source for the gas filler tube at exterior body metal hole grommet? This is for a '51 suburban and supposedly the panel one offered at Chevy Duty does not fit the bill. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | Try Chevs of the 40's. I bet they have got one. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | Jim Carter Classic Truck Parts offers one for $7.95. Part no. CB139 ( www.oldchevytrucks.com). Call and ask if it will work, describing what didn't work on your part from Chevy Duty. good luck, K | | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 65 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 65 | Originally posted by TooMany2count:
why??????? they have the same side body panels except one has windows in it.....joe Yeah that's exactly what I thought. Think I'll just order it up and take my chances that the techy was wrong. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | The ones I got from Chevy Duty and Jim Carter looked awful (edges and sides must have been cut/trimmed with a knife by a kindergarden student). The one from Steele Rubber Products looked much better and fit better. However, it cost about double: 60-0149-41.....$ 15.40/ea. Tim | | | | | Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 67 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 67 | This is a little off-topic, but it still applies here. I am not trying to put down Chevy Duty or any of the other suppliers because overall I have been happy with them all in the past, but a word of caution on the filler grommet (and I expect other rubber components as well).
About 3 years ago, I purchased a filler neck grommet from Chevy Duty to replace the one on my truck that was likely the original one. It looked pretty nice and fit well, but now the rubber is all cracked and separating. It's almost worse than the original one. Maybe it was a fluke, but in the future, I will buy all my rubber parts, weatherstripping, etc from someone like Steele.
Anyone else have any similar experience, or was this not a normal occurance?
Aaron | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | Anybody have any expirience with the rubber from scotts super trucks? | | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 183 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2003 Posts: 183 | My filler grommet is about 1 year old, and is doing the same thing. I don't remember which one I got it from (Chevy Duty, Jim Carter, American Classics, etc), but not Steele.
My dad always told me, "Don't force it, get a bigger hammer".
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