Gas filling funnel

[DavidR]

I have a SuperCab too!
I went out and looked for mine.
Driverside rear underseat compartment.
All the way outboard in the compartment, under the jack.
It is mostly covered by a gray plastic sheath so you can only see the very end of the white tube sticking out.
I didn't see it at first either
Please go check and let us know.

SuperCab here too.

Just went out and found the funnel. We've had the truck for a month now and I'm still finding out various little things, far longer than it's taken with previous vehicles. Also, this is the first vehicle where I've ever had to refer to the owners manual for anything other than simple service info (fluid capacities, spark plug and headlamp P/N, etc.). Not that it's a bad thing, just a sign of increasing functionality.

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[VAMike]

This is why I just read the manual when I get a new car.

 

[Mike in UT]

Better than that little funnel for use with a gas can is to simply buy a "jiggle siphon" or a "safety siphon". You put the end with metal fixture in the gas can, the other end goes in your fuel fill port about 6 to 8 inches in. Put the gas can in the cargo bed. Shake the siphon at the gas can up and down a couple inches until it fills the clear tube of the siphon and it will finish on it's own. Empties a 5 gallon can in a couple minutes.
Harbor Freight has one for about 7 or 8 bucks. No spilling gas, no fighting with the can AND the spout AND fuel port on the truck.
https://www.harborfreight.com/self-priming-copper-jiggler-pump-47334.html

 

[VAMike]

Better than that little funnel for use with a gas can is to simply buy a "jiggle siphon" or a "safety siphon". You put the end with metal fixture in the gas can, the other end goes in your fuel fill port about 6 to 8 inches in. Put the gas can in the cargo bed. Shake the siphon at the gas can up and down a couple inches until it fills the clear tube of the siphon and it will finish on it's own. Empties a 5 gallon can in a couple minutes.
Harbor Freight has one for about 7 or 8 bucks. No spilling gas, no fighting with the can AND the spout AND fuel port on the truck.
https://www.harborfreight.com/self-priming-copper-jiggler-pump-47334.html

Is that hose stiff enough to push through the internal capless filler door?

 

[MSG W]

Better than that little funnel for use with a gas can is to simply buy a "jiggle siphon" or a "safety siphon". You put the end with metal fixture in the gas can, the other end goes in your fuel fill port about 6 to 8 inches in. Put the gas can in the cargo bed. Shake the siphon at the gas can up and down a couple inches until it fills the clear tube of the siphon and it will finish on it's own. Empties a 5 gallon can in a couple minutes.
Harbor Freight has one for about 7 or 8 bucks. No spilling gas, no fighting with the can AND the spout AND fuel port on the truck.
https://www.harborfreight.com/self-priming-copper-jiggler-pump-47334.html

I might get one of these for for tractor holding up 5 gal gets old real quick!

 

[rangerdanger]

I bought a second one on Amazon, since I have a car seat installed so I can't access it without removing the car seat. It's only $8.

https://www.amazon.com/Ford-8U5Z-17...s=ford+funnel&qid=1566316121&s=gateway&sr=8-4

 

[t4thfavor]

Is that hose stiff enough to push through the internal capless filler door?

It's not about stiff, it's about being just the right size to fit in the hole, and push the two little buttons on either side of the hole at the same time.

Basically nothing worked properly on my wife's car, I have yet to try anything but one funnel (which didn't work) on my truck.

 

[CoastieN70]

I bought a second one on Amazon, since I have a car seat installed so I can't access it without removing the car seat. It's only $8.

https://www.amazon.com/Ford-8U5Z-17...s=ford+funnel&qid=1566316121&s=gateway&sr=8-4

I keep a spare in the center counsel of both my vehicles. I picked them up in the Automotive Section of my local WalMart...

 

[egilbe]

I bought a second one on Amazon, since I have a car seat installed so I can't access it without removing the car seat. It's only $8.

https://www.amazon.com/Ford-8U5Z-17...s=ford+funnel&qid=1566316121&s=gateway&sr=8-4

Looks like a female urinary device

 

[VAMike]

It's not about stiff, it's about being just the right size to fit in the hole, and push the two little buttons on either side of the hole at the same time.

Stiff enough, wide enough, whatever. Basically the question is whether it's been tested to work on this truck, right?

 

[Mike in UT]

Is that hose stiff enough to push through the internal capless filler door?

No, it isn't. I just checked. You might be able to push it in, but I couldn't.
So here's what I did--I stuck an 8" piece of 3/4-in Schedule 80 conduit I had laying around from a project in the end of the siphon, and it slips right into the gas port.
This works for me, but I'll also check on copper tube but I don't want to spend a whole lot of money on this.
The tubing on the Harbor Freight version is not as stiff as the original product, which costs about $11 and can be found here:
The Original Safety Siphon - O68557 - Safe Multi-Purpose Self Priming Pump - ... https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000BG1X54/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_4KjxDb998P2Z1 via @amazon

 

[Tracy Bowman]

Looks like a female urinary device

 

[Mike in UT]

No, it isn't. I just checked. You might be able to push it in, but I couldn't.
So here's what I did--I stuck an 8" piece of 3/4-in Schedule 80 conduit I had laying around from a project in the end of the siphon, and it slips right into the gas port.
This works for me, but I'll also check on copper tube but I don't want to spend a whole lot of money on this.
The tubing on the Harbor Freight version is not as stiff as the original product, which costs about $11 and can be found here:
The Original Safety Siphon - O68557 - Safe Multi-Purpose Self Priming Pump - ... https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B000BG1X54/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_4KjxDb998P2Z1 via @amazon

Here's the video where I first saw this in action:

 

[kieefer]

Gawd, I hate those gas cans. F’ing nannies and their ideas.

Hanging on to my 70’s cans and could care less if I overfill a bit.

 

[Mike in UT]

Gawd, I hate those gas cans. F’ing nannies and their ideas.

Hanging on to my 70’s cans and could care less if I overfill a bit.

I could see the reason for the change. People do get burned or set their houses on fire and so forth. Insurance industry pushes a lot of these things, but the problem is that in solving this one pretty important safety issue, they made another issue a lot more difficult, and ironically enough, probably a bit more dangerous..

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