S Series Petrol Filler Caps !!!!!!
Discussion
Hi All,
Please let me introduce myself I'm Mick Gaughran the guy Gerald pounced on at the NEC with the fuel filler caps in mind, One of my caps ha been sent to China and I am npw awaiting feeedback ( it will prob' be a few weeks) as the whole unit requires a lot of manufacturing.
I have requested three different quotes (See Below)
1) The whole assembly remanufactured as per pattern.
2) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stanless Steel
3) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stainless Steel and with a key lock as requested.
I do hope this keeps you all in the picture.
All the best for now and the new year.
Mick Gaugh
Please let me introduce myself I'm Mick Gaughran the guy Gerald pounced on at the NEC with the fuel filler caps in mind, One of my caps ha been sent to China and I am npw awaiting feeedback ( it will prob' be a few weeks) as the whole unit requires a lot of manufacturing.
I have requested three different quotes (See Below)
1) The whole assembly remanufactured as per pattern.
2) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stanless Steel
3) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stainless Steel and with a key lock as requested.
I do hope this keeps you all in the picture.
All the best for now and the new year.
Mick Gaugh
goff said:
Hi All,
Please let me introduce myself I'm Mick Gaughran the guy Gerald pounced on at the NEC with the fuel filler caps in mind, One of my caps ha been sent to China and I am npw awaiting feeedback ( it will prob' be a few weeks) as the whole unit requires a lot of manufacturing.
I have requested three different quotes (See Below)
1) The whole assembly remanufactured as per pattern.
2) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stanless Steel
3) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stainless Steel and with a key lock as requested.
I do hope this keeps you all in the picture.
All the best for now and the new year.
Mick Gaugh
Please let me introduce myself I'm Mick Gaughran the guy Gerald pounced on at the NEC with the fuel filler caps in mind, One of my caps ha been sent to China and I am npw awaiting feeedback ( it will prob' be a few weeks) as the whole unit requires a lot of manufacturing.
I have requested three different quotes (See Below)
1) The whole assembly remanufactured as per pattern.
2) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stanless Steel
3) The cap and trigger manufactured in 316 Stainless Steel and with a key lock as requested.
I do hope this keeps you all in the picture.
All the best for now and the new year.
Mick Gaugh
welcome to Pistonheads. Great first post!I've pulled this over from the wedge forum so we have it all in one place
Was thinking of having it re-chromed. Can you have locking ones made?
Cheers
Howard
wedgeman said:
Barkychoc said:
The S Series, some Reliants and a recent discovery the Sunbeam Rapier have the filler cap below.
We are looking at the possiblility of having some remanufactured - do any wedges have this filler?
Looks the same as the White Elephant's filler cap: We are looking at the possiblility of having some remanufactured - do any wedges have this filler?
Was thinking of having it re-chromed. Can you have locking ones made?
Cheers
Howard
Hamish400 said:
Chris,
Apart from my TVRs I also have a Scimitar.
If you are getting filler caps re-manufactured I would be interested in one.
Rgds
Hamish
Apart from my TVRs I also have a Scimitar.
If you are getting filler caps re-manufactured I would be interested in one.
Rgds
Hamish
Edited by Barkychoc on Sunday 4th January 17:07
Chris
I have a picture of this Cap in a very old catalogue but unfortunately do not have a part number. I would assume that it is a die cast Cap that has been chrome plated and therefore it would not be possible to produce again because of minimum order quantities even if we could locate the tooling.
Your best bet would be to locate a company that would be prepared to maybe sand die cast that may not cost as much because of the tooling die is made out of sand. I have forwarded your mail onto my General Manager Neil Taylor, who will send your pictures over to our current supplier who may be able to help.
Kind Regards
Peter Killey
Managing Director
Ceandess Limited
Registered Office:
Dixon Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 2BX
Registered No. 3801724 England & Wales
Phone-01902-872000
Fax-01902-872018
www.ceandess.co.uk
I have a picture of this Cap in a very old catalogue but unfortunately do not have a part number. I would assume that it is a die cast Cap that has been chrome plated and therefore it would not be possible to produce again because of minimum order quantities even if we could locate the tooling.
Your best bet would be to locate a company that would be prepared to maybe sand die cast that may not cost as much because of the tooling die is made out of sand. I have forwarded your mail onto my General Manager Neil Taylor, who will send your pictures over to our current supplier who may be able to help.
Kind Regards
Peter Killey
Managing Director
Ceandess Limited
Registered Office:
Dixon Street, Wolverhampton, WV2 2BX
Registered No. 3801724 England & Wales
Phone-01902-872000
Fax-01902-872018
www.ceandess.co.uk
I was just wondering about the fuel filler cap - mine is fine - and if we can get replacement rubber seals as I seem to recall somewhere (?) that a dicky seal is an MoT fail. The seal on mine is OK at the moment but no doubt a replacement would be useful; looking at the piccies above the sealing bit seems to be rivetted on the underside of the cap - on quick examination mine looks to be fastened on with 4 screws but whether they will come undone (without falling into the tank as well) may be another thing ...
Any ideas as it seems silly to get a new cap just for the sealing ring??
Jim
Any ideas as it seems silly to get a new cap just for the sealing ring??
Jim
Hi Gerald and all,
China
My fuel cap is right now doing the rounds in China/Japan, we have tried to be selective because of the quality req'd, hope to have full details within two weeks.
Re-Chroming
I have read that caps can be removed, stripped down and re-chromed (This is very true and it is not difficult to do as I have done quite a few over the years (usually fitting new chrome covers) however be aware that the caps were made from mazak (Foriegn crap)and when they are re-chromed the pimples can come back quite quickly sometimes within a few weeks!!
They can be carefully prepped and filled but the extra labour would need to be costed in??
All the best
Mick Gaugh
China
My fuel cap is right now doing the rounds in China/Japan, we have tried to be selective because of the quality req'd, hope to have full details within two weeks.
Re-Chroming
I have read that caps can be removed, stripped down and re-chromed (This is very true and it is not difficult to do as I have done quite a few over the years (usually fitting new chrome covers) however be aware that the caps were made from mazak (Foriegn crap)and when they are re-chromed the pimples can come back quite quickly sometimes within a few weeks!!
They can be carefully prepped and filled but the extra labour would need to be costed in??
All the best
Mick Gaugh
goff said:
when they are re-chromed the pimples can come back quite quickly sometimes within a few weeks!!
That may be a sign that the chrome hasn't been under plated properly. Chrome is porous and doesn't provide any corrosion protection so you would normally plate the component with nickel or similar to passivate it before applying the chrome. If you cut corners it might look nice long enough to get it off the shelf but won't last long. GreenV8S said:
That may be a sign that the chrome hasn't been under plated properly.
My father was an electro plater so you can guess he would do a first class job for me years ago when I was restoring old T series MGs but Marzak was something he wouldnt replate as it was (in his words) 'easier to plate cheese well' fortunatly a good friend of his was apprentice master at Brook Tools in Birmingham so he would get the apprentices to make anything I needed as part of their training and then Dad would work his magic
Hello all. I've just put a link to here on the Scim Club website, as they are talking about the same thing. Hope that's OK.
I've just realised that my filler is a bit weird as it IS stainless. It seems to have been made out of three solid machined bits, the lid, the catch and the hinge, and the back of the lid has 4 welded on lumps with grubscrews (which are brittle and not up to it) holding the sprung inner on.
This looks like a proper job, not home made or one-off. I will try to get some pictures.
I've just realised that my filler is a bit weird as it IS stainless. It seems to have been made out of three solid machined bits, the lid, the catch and the hinge, and the back of the lid has 4 welded on lumps with grubscrews (which are brittle and not up to it) holding the sprung inner on.
This looks like a proper job, not home made or one-off. I will try to get some pictures.
This is my cap, hope it helps someone
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35413716@N07/32876361...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35413716@N07/32876361...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35413716@N07/32884579...
Looking at it now, the hinge bit is Mazak, but the rest is stainless.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35413716@N07/32876361...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35413716@N07/32876361...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35413716@N07/32884579...
Looking at it now, the hinge bit is Mazak, but the rest is stainless.
Edited by Taggers on Tuesday 17th February 18:38
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