Why would you engineer away from this?

[davidwyby]

It’s perfect. The cap doesn’t dangle on the dirty saw and track it into the tank. The three bars give you a visual for when it’s full.

 

[Wilhelm]

Because they have found someone else to make those things cheaper, but at a price.
And voila, something well designed becomes crap!

You should know by now how manufacturers handle things.
Cheaper manufacturing is always desired, even if the product itself becomes "cheaper" due to it.

 

[Squareground3691]

It’s perfect. The cap doesn’t dangle on the dirty saw and track it into the tank. The three bars give you a visual for when it’s full.

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Because the boss who wants to be a hero, and probably never used a saw , told the engineer , to over engineer it ,

 

[redline4]

The colors clash.
Plus it probably adds extra weight and can throw off the sideways balance and stuff.

 

[HumBurner]

The colors clash.
Plus it probably adds extra weight and can throw off the sideways balance and stuff.

It's the "...and stuff" that worries me the most

 

[Ketchup]

That plastic is brittle? Too easy to lose the cap?

Almost certainly to trim costs. I would guess at some point marketing decided that most people didn’t even notice those features. Everything now is aimed at easy to open and close. In general products design has shifted from “the consumer will appreciate this fine and useful detail” to “the consumer is a helpless idiot”.

 

[NPKenny]

If it makes you feel better, echo caps are still similar to that. They get condemned as cheap, sharp, and plastic.

 

[chiselbit]

Because in order to justify their existence engineers and design teams have to constantly “improve” items. There can be no “perfect. Don’t ever change it”.
that would be the same as a resignation

 

[timg]

Change out that leaking flat seal ring David. You are needing more cuts per ounces my man. LOL!!

 

[Philbert]

I wouldn’t label it ‘GAS’.

Maybe ‘FUEL’? (Is that an engineering change?)

Philbert

 

[qurotro]

I wouldn’t label it ‘GAS’.

Maybe ‘FUEL’? (Is that an engineering change?)

Philbert

I like the 'MIX' better cuz ldlot will put straight gas in it.

 

[davidwyby]

That plastic is brittle? Too easy to lose the cap?

Almost certainly to trim costs. I would guess at some point marketing decided that most people didn’t even notice those features. Everything now is aimed at easy to open and close. In general products design has shifted from “the consumer will appreciate this fine and useful detail” to “the consumer is a helpless idiot”.

Mine are ancient, I've yanked them in and out of different tanks, not gently, never broken one. I want more.

I have the flippies on my 461. I can tolerate the flippies on my 2175.

 

[davidwyby]

If it makes you feel better, echo caps are still similar to that. They get condemned as cheap, sharp, and plastic.

My GTG is coming up again if you’d like to join.

 

[Ketchup]

I’m sure there’s boxes of those old caps hidden in a shop somewhere. This is all I saw on Ebay.

Husqvarna 501809601 fuel caps, new old stock original OEM parts | eBay

Husqvarna 501809601 fuel caps, new old stock original OEM parts

www.ebay.com

 

[Czed]

Duke's still has them

THE DUKE'S FUEL CAP FITS HUSQVARNA 42 61 66 266 268 272 | eBay

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