Custom Vintage Charge Port - Make a DIY Gas Cap Cover for a J1772 Port

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Hello Everyone! Jeremy from Electric SuperCar here and today I will be doing a custom charge port / gas cap.
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▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
0:00 - Intro
2:30 - Accidents happen
3:42 - Reason for custom charge port
4:08 - Vintage gas cap modifications
5:23 - Charge port wiring
6:07 - Modifying the car
7:18 - Fitting the cap to the car
8:07 - End result
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[@J.P.__]

Keeping the look original is what makes it special, after all! Good job.

[@pheuker45322]

Maybe you can team up with an electronics repair KZbinr (like buy it fix it) to fix your camera, so you don’t need to replace it entirely

[@DD-DD-DD]

@Tronicsfix

[@ElectricSuperCar]

That would be awesome

[@juanmacias5922]

@@ElectricSuperCar yeah, I was wondering if possibly just replacing the jack itself would do the trick.

[@future-matze-35]

@NorthridgeFix could you please fix his camera?

[@Grimmx50]

Its not a lot but hopefully this will help get you a new camera.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Wow! Thanks so much for the support!

[@KevinFields777]

@@ElectricSuperCar Unfortunate lesson I learned a few decades ago, always use a tripod with good weights on the feet or lower armature. Even a 5 lb bag of sand/rocks/marbles/weight just strapped down on the legs works in a pinch.

[@emelonat]

Hopefully the lens is fine and the jack can be replaced easily

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Wow! That is so generous! Thanks so much for the support!

[@rjung_ch]

Getting those premium electrons will be fun! Cheers 👍💪✌

[@ElectricSuperCar]

For sure!

[@danielegray666]

Needs a rain test. Make sure your seal works

[@jimcabezola3051]

I wish I had a lathe to donate to you! YOU would make the best use of one. What a brilliant "fuel cap!" A lovely detail on a lovely...and getting lovelier every day... car! Aloha!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you very much!

[@DanMestayer]

Thanks!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Wow! Thanks!

[@milindbableshwar]

Thanks

[@NewZeroland]

That's beautiful! Great job man. Very inspiring :)

[@himanka666]

Tack!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Wow! Thanks!

[@christobacon1]

As somone else mentioned there's most likely someone who could fix it for you but in the mean time, if you have something else that can use the microphone to record audio, you could record audio separately and then sync it in post. It's more work but you would be able to keep the better audio.

[@taurota1554]

Awesome and outstanding as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

[@JohnLarsen-kj3iq]

great result! As a fellow MGA owner I appreciate keeping the character of the car intact! You are succeeding in that!

[@rickbraz3762]

Fantastic job, I would have put the cover flipping up and not down 🤷‍♂

[@nebula_M42]

beautiful, well done, I love it... If I was the owner I would look at that cap all day

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@hippotek1]

Looks amazing! You make do with such a few tools... WOW!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mattperry4138]

That looks clean!!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks friend!

[@ForwardGuidance]

Nice!!! Good job.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@spharris]

Good work 😊

[@MrNeutralParty]

Great builds and steady content! Keep pushing!!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you! Will do!

[@TylerFernandes94]

that really looks awesome man!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@davidsato8756]

Great work.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@muramusan]

Sure hope it works out with the team and the projects are really cool to see it going step and step up.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks Friend!

[@jess81086]

New camera fund 😊

[@ElectricSuperCar]

So needed! Thanks so much! 🙏

[@brianb-p6586]

Nice work. The orientation looks weird. An MGA doesn't normally have a flip cap, but typically a flip cap would hinge on top, allowing the angled fuel filler nozzle to sit in a stable position with hose leading over the bumper, and the same would work for the charging cable.

[@birdstrum1555]

It's amazing what you do with largely standard tools, excited to see how the commission cars turn out as well as the Porsche 😁

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks 👍

[@evjpgarage4976]

great !!!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

👍

[@lasersterling]

Nice fitment! 😁

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks! 😁

[@suryavanshib]

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻 Keep it up 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 Best wishes 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you so much 😀

[@armandoscrib]

@electricsupercar, please clamp your work pieces to the drill press table. Do not hold with your hands! We want to keep you building! 🫡

[@ElectricSuperCar]

👍

[@Decenium]

I probably owuld have done it upside down, so the latch opens upwards instead of down

[@danielclausmeyer]

Thought the same. Now it collects water if it rains, instead of kind-of protect against it. Or at least divert it a little bit from the plug.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Gas cap only opens 90 degrees. If we flip it the other way, it makes it more challenging to naturally fit the charge plug

[@nunolourenco1532]

​@ElectricSuperCar, if the spring has enough tension, why not change the lid stopper?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

@@nunolourenco1532 no spring

[@kodak_jack]

To each his own, but i think I would have put the hinge at the top.

[@jacksonsnow1743]

Sorry about the camera but great video! Don’t let anyone get you down this is amazing!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thank you so much!!

[@kudui21]

although i'm not sure whether rubber seal will seal, the looks are amazing. I'll hope it works fine :)

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks!

[@password9384]

Algo

[@LATROXZ]

Probably you can still use your camera and record the audio in a separate file and join it during the edition? Is a bit more work but a workaround to be able to keep using your camera. (Although cellphones nowadays have great quality and your video quality is still great).

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks for the comment!

[@Draconis8888]

Bummer about the camera. That replacement gas cap looks great! Good job!

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks 👍

[@1Nolimited]

Nice placement greate job. You can use your camera and recored sound on the rode mic internal memory ;-) juste make a clap when start recording so you can sync in post 🙂

[@newscoulomb3705]

If your camera has a built-in mic, you can record audio and sync with a separate audio track. Adobe Premiere has a straightforward "Synchronize" feature that will automatically sync up audio tracks. At that point, you can just delete the poor audio/unusable track.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Record audio with what?

[@newscoulomb3705]

@@ElectricSuperCar Your lapel mic if it has built-in memory (my DJI has that, but I'm not sure whether your RODE does). Otherwise, you can get a cheap digital voice recorder. I've had good luck with the Olympus WS-853. Still, your primary camera needs to be able to at least record a basic audio track, even if the quality isn't great. Otherwise, you have nothing to sync up to.

[@RealRickCox]

Brilliant and elegant solution!!! Love how this looks. Also, RIP to your poor camera. Maybe there's a way to get that fixed?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I'll have find out

[@jameskrienert2137]

hang in there. i always look to you for intelligent work and solutions. If i had a mill or lath e I would donate. Got a Webber antique bug zapper, ? good work !

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Thanks Friend!

[@alexmiller940]

you could record locally on the rhode mics and sink up audio in post. I assume the built in microphone in the camera is still working? Should be easy.

[@ezquimal]

I think that you can take sound or mic from the flash port check that in accessories for that camera

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I will look into it

[@blackscreenconversations]

Sorry about the camera

[@ElectricSuperCar]

🤦

[@keithhagen515]

Jeremy, please note that PLA parts will become soft when they get hot (or even warm). I lived in AZ and had PLA printed car parts fail when they became soft and deformed after being exposed to an afternoon in direct sunlight. A better option is to have a 3rd party print them in PA12 / Nylon 12 using Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing. You just download your STL file, and they send you the part. You'll have to shop around for someone who will do low-cost one-off parts. The company I used In Phoenix seems to have gone out of business. They did a part like that for $9. PA12 will hold up to the heat, PLA will not.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I got a Hi-temp filament that should hold up fine. 🤞

[@kevinjpluck]

Be aware that jumpstarters that detect reverse polarity require at least some charge in the battery to activate. If the battery is completely dead they won't do anything without putting them into some special mode so do read the instructions to find out how to do this!

[@davidgoff5883]

did you paint the bare metal edges on the car

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Yep!

[@BiglinesNL]

Did you paint the edges you cut out of the panel? Didn't see in the video

[@Patriot3]

That's a clean plug install. Authentic styling, good choice. Will this car charge on the tesla network now that there is an option for other EVs? Do you control the output KW, or is that flexible through thermal management. I'm wondering if you're charging on the road at how many KW.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

No DC fast charging for this customer

[@matjazwalland903]

If only the 3.5mm audio jack is broken. Open the camera and solder the cable directly to the camera motherboard.

[@ReefFielding]

What is the internal diameter of the fuel filler you used? I am actually working on exactly the same project as your MGA, mine is a complete rebuild from the chassis up but using a Hyper 9 with an MX5 gearbox as the MGA is pretty ordinary. Same batteries, but 8 instead of 10 and Thunderstruck BMS and EVCC. Also interested where the engine cradle came from, who makes it?

[@astavn]

Charger looks great but why not NACS? Would support level 3 charging and AFIK it’s a smaller plug overall.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

This kit does not support DC fast charging

[@brianb-p6586]

Sure... show us an aftermarket charger that accepts a NACS port connection, does fast charging, and doesn't cost as much as the car is worth.

[@kevinjpluck]

Perhaps instead of repairing the camera get an audio recorder, probably end up costing the same. Can then sync up the audio during the edit if you remember to hand clap!

[@ACAGT]

⚡👊⚡

[@ElectricSuperCar]

✌️

[@LabRatJason]

Hi Jeremy, I have a small lathe/mill. I can't donate it, but you are certainly welcome to use it. I'm just about 45 minutes north of you. Let me know how I can get in touch if you are interested.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Cool, thanks

[@sveip]

I'm thinking it might look better mounted the other direction, flipping the door upwards?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Gas cap only opens 90 degrees. If we flip it the other way, it makes it more challenging to naturally fit the charge plug

[@sveip]

@@ElectricSuperCar I reckoned the reason was something like that, I was just thinking about esthetics 🙂 Thanks for responding.

[@brianb-p6586]

@@sveip It's not just aesthetics - I would want the charging cable draped against the chromed rear bumper, not the painted fender.

[@MrFoxRobert]

👋👍

[@ElectricSuperCar]

✌️

[@JSmooVE3990]

Honestly the phone is fine

[@fancy_turtle]

Start your own electric car brand

[@89five3five]

Why not use the j3400 charge port instead?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

This one came with the kit

[@JE-zl6uy]

Curious why you went with the J1772 and not a Tesla/NCAS connector since it's smaller.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

This car does not have fast charging capability

[@JE-zl6uy]

@@ElectricSuperCar Even without, doesn't the NCAS Connector have dual support for Type2/3?

[@balikbayan21]

Maybe nwrepair can help

[@ElectricSuperCar]

🤞

[@christobar]

Solder vs crimping?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

I choose crimping

[@christobar]

@@ElectricSuperCar Would soldering be more secure long term do you think? i've done both in automotive work, just not sure if one is better than the other.

[@andybp840c]

@@christobar those cheap arse crimps on a charge port, and you're getting paid for that 🤣

[@eDoc2020]

@@christobar Soldering stranded wire in a high vibration environment will lead to breakage unless the entire connection is well-supported. A _proper_ crimp is better.

[@christobar]

@@eDoc2020 good to know, that's why I was asking! :)

[@Gameerz]

If you want to keep using your camera, you can, you just need to pair the recording system with another device, phone or laptop, and at the begining of the recording clap two times, and in edition make the claps sync with the sound, that's it, the only issue you could have is you would need to do that for every video you record, so would be better to try and record as much as possible from one unique take. If you want some help, I could help you, drop me a comment :)

[@mus_xr4653]

Do a video fixing the camera

[@MrAnd3rsson]

Wouldn't it make more sense if the lid flipped up, instead of down? Seems like it'd be in risk of snapping of when it's flipped down

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Customer preference

[@MrAnd3rsson]

@@ElectricSuperCar Oh.. okay

[@zenmaster76]

The original gas cap has the latch on the top and flips down which is probably why the customer prefers that

[@brianb-p6586]

@@zenmaster76 The original on an MGA isn't normally a flip cap, and if this were the original fill cap it would not have been necessary to cut a larger hole. Did this specific customer's car have a small flip cap that wouldn't fit the charging connector?

[@guelphdgc7995]

Sorry about your camera. Phone looks ok to be honest. Will that port work ok at public chargers?

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Yes, it will work for public chargers. Just not for DC fast charging

[@joaocrispim4493]

audio options are endless. sometimes you have to work a little on editing: there are simple apps for audio recording and you can plug your wireless mike to a smartphone and add the audio onto the image. have the built in camera mike for audio sinc while you don't have it fixed... its probably a "easy" fix on that camera (take this with a grain of millions of years old expired himalayan salt because I solder since I was 5Yr old... )

[@stefanbjornsson]

Just change the jack port on the camera

[@mrfixall]

Zach can fix it

[@ElectricSuperCar]

He's too busy for me

[@mrfixall]

@@ElectricSuperCar you are also too busy. keep sharing with us! Your editing and content are looking so professional! (what's up with the beard?)Lol

[@ElectricSuperCar]

@@mrfixall time for a shave?

[@mrfixall]

@@ElectricSuperCar starting to look like an EQ pres...

[@googlestaffuseless9733]

I think it would have been better if the flat was going down not up Doesn't look right to me

[@user--PM]

is it just me, or does that gas cap look to be upside down?

[@vanDeudekom]

Yep me to, the first thing that I see was ...Heck that is upside down but than...Jaremy is not stupide so there must be a good reson I think. Jeremy?? 🤗

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Gas cap only opens 90 degrees. If we flip it the other way, it makes it more challenging to naturally fit the charge plug in

[@brianb-p6586]

It's not just you.

[@hannescampidell]

You could try to repair your camera yourself...

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Maybe give it to Zack @Jerryrigeverything to have him take it apart

[@metasonix]

This is yet another little thing that annoys me about the "EV conversion world". All these dealers will sell you motors, controllers, batteries, BMSes (usually the Orion and nothing else), and bits and bobs. But no one makes a 1772 socket to fit into an old car's gas filler. Not like it would cost millions to develop such a thing either. Nope sorry dude, you are stuck hacking sheet metal.

[@ElectricSuperCar]

Maybe I should sell one