SD Fuel Cap
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- Collector Inspector
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SD Fuel Cap
I made the mistake of reading the SD topic that has recently refreshed itself.................I am now going at one of mine (assembly of pre-prepared bits) and need a cap.
Anything considered, just has to stop fuel escaping basically.
Bayonet fitting thingy. Steel tank type.
Regards
B
Anything considered, just has to stop fuel escaping basically.
Bayonet fitting thingy. Steel tank type.
Regards
B
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Is not the cap on the old 40's Anzani ss the same?
You must have some of them about.
You must have some of them about.
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Sadly I do not, only Anzani threaded
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Is it.Collector Inspector wrote:Sadly I do not, only Anzani threaded
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My ones not, its a bayonet
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Did a hunt around and found one that fits! I think it came with a brass tank on either a TD or TC?
Now to clean this tank up..................Happy!
Problem solved.
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Now to clean this tank up..................Happy!
Problem solved.
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
AHA!
More digging around and something more like it!
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More digging around and something more like it!
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
B, those caps are available to buy new, but without the air vent bit. They are made by a firm in Wolverhampton, and are often on ebay. When I get around to it I'm going to get a couple of vents screw assys made.
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Well Well Well (three Holes In The Ground), you are spot on with that...............they have been around for 70 years.
Did a Google on em. Details are under the cap
http://www.wmccm.co.uk/WMCCM/WMCCM/Comp ... temid=1396
COOL!
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Did a Google on em. Details are under the cap
http://www.wmccm.co.uk/WMCCM/WMCCM/Comp ... temid=1396
COOL!
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Yes, Ceandess ltd. They even make the neck assys that braze into the tank for these bayonet tanks. Good demand from classic bike restorers I think.
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Could some one do a drawing of the parts of this venting sytem even a photo of the cap stripped. Im sure im missing somthing (we all know that i am) but off my tank cap !
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
I think mine is reasonably original apart from the central spindle being replaced with a stud with a butterfly nut (probably more practical).
The cap assembly comes as fives pieces (six including chain to tank)
The components in sequence:
1. The Cap
2. Spring under Cap.
3. Internal larger copper dome
4. Outer smaller copper dome (that sits on base on the neck assembly)
5. Threaded spindle
Not sure if there was an original cork gasket. Will be interesting to see what others have. The tighter the spindle is screwed, the loser the fit. It is all a bit bizarre to me. More pics please of the original spindle.
The cap assembly comes as fives pieces (six including chain to tank)
The components in sequence:
1. The Cap
2. Spring under Cap.
3. Internal larger copper dome
4. Outer smaller copper dome (that sits on base on the neck assembly)
5. Threaded spindle
Not sure if there was an original cork gasket. Will be interesting to see what others have. The tighter the spindle is screwed, the loser the fit. It is all a bit bizarre to me. More pics please of the original spindle.
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
There are 5 components comprising the air bleed nipple.
Working down in order
Nurled threaded 1/2" bit you twist to undo
Air release needle, then a thread for the undo bit, parallel section with a larger shoulder then a thread with a point on the end
Cromed domed threaded inside, cap
main air bleed bit comprising a boss with a shoulder boss threaded inside & out with a fine hole through the center down to a cross drilling in the middle of the prallel section, then a parallel section with thread on end for the
cap with a cross drilling for the ring that the chain fixes to.
The register had 10 made the year before last & I can't find the drawing we had drawn then, but they were so bloody expensive that only 3 registry members would pay for them.
Working down in order
Nurled threaded 1/2" bit you twist to undo
Air release needle, then a thread for the undo bit, parallel section with a larger shoulder then a thread with a point on the end
Cromed domed threaded inside, cap
main air bleed bit comprising a boss with a shoulder boss threaded inside & out with a fine hole through the center down to a cross drilling in the middle of the prallel section, then a parallel section with thread on end for the
cap with a cross drilling for the ring that the chain fixes to.
The register had 10 made the year before last & I can't find the drawing we had drawn then, but they were so bloody expensive that only 3 registry members would pay for them.
Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
Re: SD Fuel Cap
Any left over? The original didn't have a spring?
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Re: SD Fuel Cap
Thanks chaps, I’ve been playing around trying to get something like the original one. I have cobbled something together to get me out on the water but once the workshops finished should be spending more time out there.
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