Kevin:
This is one I've been working on for some time. Gates used to sell a
locking gas cap that fit the 70- Federal MGB/Midget application. It didn't
fit really well, but it did work. Unfortunately they discontinued the cap,
and no-one has come up with a replacement.
There are a bunch of locking caps available from the UK for the earlier type
of filler neck, but since they never got the federal design, no-one over
there is manufacturing one we can use.
It's very expensive to tool for a locking cap, and the only sample available
so far is the Gates type, which was pretty ugly and did not seal well. I'm
interested in any late locking gas cap sample available, so we can fill this
need. Let me know if anyone has one.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Shertz [mailto:kshertz@bellatlantic.net]
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 6:28 AM
> To: MG Listserv
> Subject: Locking gas caps for later MGB's?
>
>
> All,
>
> Back when I had my '74 Midget about 12 years ago, I replaced
> my original gas
> cap with a locking one -- I had no problems locating one for it. Now,
> looking for one for my 1980 MGB, they're nowhere to be found!
>
> Is it the difference between the venting/non-venting gas tank
> types that
> doesn't allow locking gas caps on the later MG's? I can't
> recall if my '74
> Midget had a vented or non-vented tank... That's the only
> difference I can
> think of that would affect it.
>
> Anybody know what the story is?
>
> Regards,
> Kevin
> '80 MGB
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