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Fuel Cap , Breather ??

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Fuel Cap , Breather ??
k8207418 Offline
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#1
27-11-2022, 04:19 PM
I’ve got a couple of of caps neither of which appears to fit with the fuel tank or engine 
Any ideas what I have ?


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#2
27-11-2022, 06:37 PM
I think the top one is an oil filler cap which is missing its spring clip....the bottom one could be missing its clip too!
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#3
27-11-2022, 07:56 PM
I think the bottom one is a Ruby petrol cap, which should have two small pins to secure it; it looks like your filler connection has been modified to take a different cap.
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#4
27-11-2022, 10:44 PM
There is a filter tube strainer fitted 
So the brass lugs at 120degrees isn’t standard ?
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28-11-2022, 12:49 AM
Agree with Ivor, the top one looks like an oil cap minus the critical clip which goes across the diameter and is retained by two rivets.
This is a Fourteen fuel cap, (minus the retention cable and cork washer) which I have been told is identical to the Seven version.
 Although Mike C mentions two pins...


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#6
28-11-2022, 05:17 AM
Attached photo is of fuel filler on 1937 Ruby. I can't see how your cap relates to this.


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28-11-2022, 07:49 AM
My informant was wrong, I guess.  I've never directly compared it to a Ruby one...
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#8
28-11-2022, 09:36 AM
I stand corrected - three pins it is!
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28-11-2022, 09:54 AM
Hi A G Wood, I meant that I can't see any relationship between my filler and the cap of k8207...  yours appears to be quite similar to mine. 
Cheers 
Graham
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30-11-2022, 10:00 AM
Your first photo is an oil filler cap which has lost it's retaining clip, here's a photo of a complete on C/O
.jpg   Seven Workshop oil filler cap.jpg (Size: 57.92 KB / Downloads: 101) the Seven Workshop
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