Right now I'm down to my 1975 BMW 2002 because the Mazda is being fixed. The BMW has a locking gas cap, for which I have no key. Today at lunch I tried to get the cap off... it's not coming off. It must have slipped back into locked mode. I have been using it for about five years and not had this happen.
There is a metal outer portion which is all I can grip. This part simply slides, rotates freely over the inner portion. I need to get the inner portion to engage so I can remove the cap.
Obviously I don't need a locking cap. I'm trying to decide what to do, to start drilling a small hole somewhere on the face of the cap so that I can slip a small nail inside and hopefully engage the inner portion, or start drilling through the locking mechanism?
There is a metal outer portion which is all I can grip. This part simply slides, rotates freely over the inner portion. I need to get the inner portion to engage so I can remove the cap.
Obviously I don't need a locking cap. I'm trying to decide what to do, to start drilling a small hole somewhere on the face of the cap so that I can slip a small nail inside and hopefully engage the inner portion, or start drilling through the locking mechanism?