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uk 6t6
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 Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:54 am Post subject: How is an early oval fuel cap assembled? (100mm) |
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hey there folks, random question to the knowledgeable out there...
anyone know how a 100mm fuel cap is put together? is it a press fit or are there any crimps / rivets / spotwelds that arent obvious on first inspection?
anyone ever taken one apart and managed to put it back together without butchering it?
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reason i'm asking is i've had one chrome plated and it seems to have trapped some rather nasty fluids between the different layers of metal that is now seeping out / eating its way through the metal...
so was thinking of trying to split open one, chrome the outer shell and then reassemble...
anyone managed to split one???
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nshaddox
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:49 am Post subject: Re: How is an early oval fuel cap assembled? (100mm) |
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| I tried making a less junky 80mm cap from one that was pretty beat up by separating the halves. I used a tiny screw driver to pry the outer layer out enough so it would come apart. As far as I can tell, it looks like assembly was sort of a mix between a swaging operation from the inside and a bottle capping operation from the outside. Unfortunately the cap I experimented with I never got to crimp back on tight enough so the layers kind of spin. I’d recommend not trying to disassemble. I thought about trying to make some 3D printed tooling to re crimp the halves but way to busy right now. |
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Dan22
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| Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:07 pm Post subject: Re: How is an early oval fuel cap assembled? (100mm) |
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There is a recent thread which has very good detail about what is inside the 100mm fuel cap. A quick search should find it.
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uk 6t6
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| Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:56 am Post subject: Re: How is an early oval fuel cap assembled? (100mm) |
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Ah great thanks must have missed that, blimey there's a lot inside there no wonder there's space for the liquid to get trapped...
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