Took apart my fuel cap. Woops!!

[McKilla Guerilla]

I read somewhere that the breather in the fuel cap can get clogged up so I took it off & without consulting my Clymer or the internet I took it apart & I was greeted my a ball bearing & coupla springs committing suicide onto the shop floor. It took my sausage fingers almost a freakin hour to get it back together. I needed an extra pair of hands. tiny tiny hands. 

[Pat Conlon]

Yea, that small compression spring and detent ball flies off, never to be found....

That's why we suggest taking the cap apart in a 5 gallon bucket. 

[ribbert]

I read somewhere that the breather in the fuel cap can get clogged up so I took it off & without consulting my Clymer or the internet I took it apart & I was greeted my a ball bearing & coupla springs committing suicide onto the shop floor. It took my sausage fingers almost a freakin hour to get it back together. I needed an extra pair of hands. tiny tiny hands. 

Someone more FJ experienced may wish to venture an opinion on this procedure.  I opened my fuel cap, put a rag in the filler then gave it a blast of compressed air into the breather pipe at the back of the tank. A surprising amount of crap blew out and the "whistling" stopped.
Noel

[RichBaker]

Someone more FJ experienced may wish to venture an opinion on this procedure.  I opened my fuel cap, put a rag in the filler then gave it a blast of compressed air into the breather pipe at the back of the tank. A surprising amount of crap blew out and the "whistling" stopped.
Noel

Sounds like a good way to clear the crap out of there, to me....