Am I the only one that's gets doused in fuel when I fill up at the gas station? I'm getting pretty ticked off. It can be a several cups of fuel all over me and the try all different things. Is it the car or the various pumps!!!!!!

If you have tried pumps at different stations I would say it's the car. I haven't had the problem.

More info...Has it just started doing this? Under what circumstances... whilst filling or when the hose trigger 'clicks off' with the tank full?

From my experience there are a couple of factors involved.

1. The gas inlets on our cars are very low in comparison to modern vehicles. From what I have experienced on my '67, filling a '69 must be a nightmare.
2. Today's vapor recycling "elephant trunk" fuel nozzles always create a "kickback" affect when they shutoff.
3. Modern vehicles have a restriction just below the fuel cap with a flapper door (left over from the leaded fuel days when leaded pumps had bigger nozzles - so you could not fuel a lead free car with leaded fuel accidentally). So that restriction does a great job of preventing splash back when the nozzle kicks off.

So, you have to use some a bit of finesse on these cars. Put the gas nozzle in as far as it will go, set the "hands off" trigger just once and quit when the nozzle kicks off the 1st time. If you try the "hands off" again, you are going to get gas on you.

If you want to fill the tank as much as possible, you can continue "manually" without using the "hands free" trigger, but if you push it, you will overflow the tank and splash yourself.

You have to fill it very slow, can take 5 or so minutes and you'll get cramps in you calves squatting down holding the trigger, but that's the only way to keep you from turning into a malatov cocktail.

Interesting. I can fill all of my '68's full bore with no worry of fuel burp. Now my Durango, that's a frustrating job of getting gas. I've seen gas spray three feet horizontally out of that baby! At $4 per gallon, drives me crazy.
Not sure why we are all having different experiences though. My red 'vert still has her original tank. My other 'birds all have new tanks. My '67 also filled without any issues.

is it a 69? those are a little tougher to fill than 67,68s....BUT it can be the station ,how those pumps are set up...I used to have that problem with ONE station when I filled my GT6 and TR6...(up in front of trunk in center)...other stations had no problem....have you tried other gas stations?

The tank on my '69 is almost impossible to get full. After the automatic shut-off clicks off I can still get 2 or 3 gallons more into the tank if I let the gas run in very slowly. It works st some stations but not all.
It gets very irritating when traveling when you want to get as much in as possible . Also makes it pretty had to ever get an accurate idea of fuel mileage since sometimes a "full tank" is only 15 gallons and other times it is 18.

this made me laugh because i pictured myself at every station...

btw. some times pump cuts off and I know I am not full (7 gallons). what should I shoot for with a 68?

This is a real pain, but now that I think of it this last fill was the worst so I think each stations combination of pressure nozzle angle etc. This time I was below "E" would that have anything to do with it. This was the worst ever. On my knees varied the nozzle pull, rotated nozzle 360 degrees, pulled stretched wrapped the hose and all it would do would push fuel out the inlet

I guess ill have ti drive more to find another station to try. I also don't think the vent cap is working (not that it matters when fueling). As far as I know these caps aren't available or serviceable?

Hmmm, I fill my 68 full bore as well, no prob. I do quit when it clicks of the first time and it's full. I worry more about all that gas rushing to the back of the tank and up the filler spout on a hard acceleration. 'don't know how fuel tight the cap actually is.

Yeah mine spits back on an empty tank from the first gallon to the last, and nearly a gallon on the ground and back of the car

I did change the tank to an aftermarket tank about 10 years ago

On that Durango o f yours, there is a TSB regarding difficulty filling the fuel tank. Here's the no. 14-001-09, let me know if you want me to email you a copy.

Yes!! X2 on this. Stressful on the calves. Mine wont stay locked for hands free, so I have to hold it at a position where the the nozzle would pump out. And I cant pump it too fast or fuel would drip under creating a puddle on the ground. I too can't fill it up all the way to the top or else fuel would splash. So at halfway point on my fuel gauge, I would put in around 10 gals and go on my way. And this haapens on all gas stations I use.

My 69 is a vented tank, and I don't recall having that issue. Maybe the vent allows the air behind the fuel coming in to vent out the vent tube to avoid this problem? Not all 69's were vented.

When I replace my tank with a new one, I am keeping the venting feature.

Remember back in the 70's/80's having to listen very carefully for the sound of the blast about to happen on my 68, and try to shut nozzle off in time.
My 67 wasn't as bad. No idea why. Both where original...

Check the rubber connector behind the license plate. Its held in plane with 2 clamps. The rubber piece is either fried or the clamps are shut. Had the same problem with one of mine.