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Peter Scott
United Kingdom
1240 Posts |
 Posted - 12/06/2014 : 21:02:35
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I managed to loose my dog bone fuel filler cap when I came home from Cadwell last Saturday. I had to loosen it to remove the hood and fit the tonneau. Then I obviously forgot to retighten it as it was missing when I got home. I do have a spare which fits well but is very battered. Does anyone have one available which is in good condition?
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Richard Hardy
United Kingdom
2162 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 01:04:25
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Hi Peter
Sorry to hear the bad news . I am in the process of running another batch at the moment if you do not manage to locate a second hand one
Kind regards
Rich
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6145 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 04:18:29
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Maybe worth trying this? I'd never have thought of it but this is how Oliver Richardson secured mine. It's lock wired to the P clip holding the fuel line.
Simon J
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LewPalmer
USA
3244 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 04:44:35
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Unfortunately, P-types don't have a fuel line running from the top of the tank. Thus no P clip, thus no anchor point.
Lew Palmer
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Richard Hardy
United Kingdom
2162 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 07:33:35
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On the new ones, we use a split pin on the inside to hold the brass cones together which then also doubles as an anchor point on the cap to dangle a T-bar inside the neck
Rich
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Dow
United Kingdom
490 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 07:35:23
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Regards
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kimber
United Kingdom
1529 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 08:04:12
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Dow
United Kingdom
490 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 08:13:13
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But now the Catapult is useless Andrew !
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tholden
United Kingdom
1638 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 08:29:58
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They originally had a chain and T bar hanging underneath which cured this problem.
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Peter Scott
United Kingdom
1240 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 09:52:08
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Well thanks for all your advice. I was planning to fit a lanyard around the neck on the tank and to one end of the cap. Now I have a few alternatives to consider. However my problem is finding another cap in good nick. I know that new ones are available but the prices of them has increased more than somewhat over the past few years and a patinated one would probably look better on my car. (The one which I lost cost me £40 about five years ago.) So I thought that I would see if there is a used one in good nick available before buying new.
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kimber
United Kingdom
1529 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 10:11:20
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Originally posted by D Downes
But now the Catapult is useless Andrew !
Regards
David D
Actually, it's one of Mrs B's old suspenders... ;-) |
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Dow
United Kingdom
490 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 10:32:15
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Any TWANG left !
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cleydon
USA
213 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 15:37:05
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HI Peter,
I have an extra dog bone filler cap which did not fall off my car ;-)
Let me know if you still need one.
Best, Chris
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Richard Hardy
United Kingdom
2162 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2014 : 21:38:07
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Peter, on the cost of the new caps the price of the VMGP ones has never gone up. The price does however reflects all the extra work involved in producing a highly accurate stepped early dogbone for the J and P type. Nobody has ever reproduced these before possibly because there is too much investment i.e. tooling and pattern costs plus all the hand fettling and assembly time.
There did use to be the cheaper one piece repro casting made but this was not a correct design MMM cap and made to a price. It just depends what the enthusiast wants and corners can be cut but with compromise. It does not interest me to go down this route however as these cars we are running are works of art!
Rich
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Peter Scott
United Kingdom
1240 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2014 : 09:09:59
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Richard
Sorry if I gave the impression that your caps have increased significantly in price. My comment was that if you wish to buy a new cap, of whatever design, the price you have to pay today is much greater than it was say five years back.
Originality is a matter of taste. Some want exact replicas, others are happy with something close which is 'in the spirit of'. Right now I am undecided what to buy. All the options are still in the frame.
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Peter Scott
United Kingdom
1240 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2014 : 21:12:22
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Thanks for all the responses.
I now have an original dog-bone fuel cap in good nick, securely wired to the upper tank strap bolt; thanks to John James.
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