Hey Curt,
I drive TS72747LO and my original gas cap was disintegrating. I bought a
repro from MOSS on sale, but was disappointed with the integral extension
design and the way it rattled around in the hole through the body. I like the
original one that had a screw on extension underneath to hold it tight. I
ended up removing the cap from the repro and fitting it on to the original
under parts. It was all held together by rolled split pins. It looks great.
the only trouble I had was the flat fiber sealing ring that the cap closes
against. It was slightly bigger than my original and was harder that anything
to try to grind down and get to fit. I ended up trying to grind it and a power
grinder to wear it down. I eventually got it to fit, but not without a long of
swearing and spitting.
Good luck.
Bill Brewer
Tehachapi, CA
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:35:32 -0500
From: CFisher@borgwarner.com
Subject: TR3A gas cap types.
Good Morning List,
I was going to put my original fuel cap on my 59 TS45755 with a reproduction
Moss fuel tank. I find that the fuel tank neck sticks up too high to allow
the fuel cap extension (#15 in the Moss diagram) to fit between it and the
body. This means I have to cut some length off of either the extension or
the tank neck. Since my chrome cap is badly pitted anyway, I wondered if I
should replace it with the later GAS Cap ("push on" with integral extension
#18 in the Moss diagram)for post TS60001-3B.
I'm hopeing that it might work with the neck length on the reproduction tank
and be easier to fit if it pushes through the hole from above and into the
"connector" hose (#22 in the Moss diagram.) Does anyone know if the push on
type slips into the same connector hose as the old style cap with separate
extention? Looks like it would be interchangeable with the old style one,
but want to make sure before ordering.
Thanks for any insights.
Cheers,
Curt
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