Oil filler tube, part missing ?

[GM6VXB]

Ian,

I agree. I doubt I have an accurate enough aim to drop something down the tube, but you never know !.
I am much better at dropping nuts down the side of the engine then spending ages trying to find them.

Really my main concern was seeing a part number for the gauze filter in the parts book, but no description.
If it was in the parts book then it must have been fitted for a particular reason.

If the seal on the filler cap is good then there is no real issue. Faulty (or missing) seal could be a different matter
as there is potential for a lot of oil spraying over that side of the engine. 
Noting some who have had problems with starter motors catching fire due to oil in the start switch, I wonder if 
this could have been part of the cause.

I am still learning a lot on the Austin, some things are pretty obvious when you know what they are, but no
diagram or expaination makes things a bit diffiucult (and sometimes confusing).
Lots of reading and 'Googling' sometimes finds the solution but not always.

Martin, GM6VXB