[Healeys] Gas Filler Cap

[i erbs]

An old copy will have poor sealing. I too have a locking cap.  I leave my
keyring attached to the cap. Can't drive off without reattaching the cap

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Tue, Nov 2, 2021, 1:45 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I also left mine on the back somewhere, heard it fall but was too late to
> save it. I bought a repro which looked identical to me but I switched to a
> locking cap with key on same ring as ignition key. The locking part is
> inside an Aston(?) filler cap. A period fitting or so I’m told. Looks
> pretty OK.
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *BJ8Healeys
> via Healeys
> *Sent:* 02 November 2021 08:16
> *To:* healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Gas Filler Cap
>
>
>
> During my drive to Open Roads in Lake Tahoe in 2002, I filled my tank and
> drove away, not discovering until I stopped later that the noise I heard
> like something falling off the car was the petrol cap.  I had laid it on
> the top cover, as was my habit during fueling.  After a futile search for
> it over the last 20 miles, I came across a NAPA store in the country.
> Well, there is no chance they will have a Healey gas cap, but I went in to
> check anyway.  The clerk simply asked “locking or non-locking?” and
> produced one exactly like the one I lost.  I don’t know if it was BMC
> factory original, but if not it was close enough, and certainly better than
> duct tape.
>
>
>
> The moral of the story:  since then I have made it a firm practice to put
> the cap in a pocket during fueling, and I have not lost another one.
>
>
>
> Steve Byers
>
> HBJ8L/36666
>
> BJ8 Registry
>
> AHCA Delegate at Large
>
> Havelock, NC  USA
>
>
>
> *From:* Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
> <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net>] *On Behalf Of *m.g.sharp--- via Healeys
> *Sent:* Monday, November 1, 2021 10:59 PM
> *To:* 'Healeys'
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Gas Filler Cap
>
>
>
> Hi all,  I foolishly drove off from the gas station and left my original
> filler cap on the rear seat back.  It fell of on the road and was run
> over.  Much misery ensued.
>
>
>
> I could buy a new replacement but they are not quite the same as the
> originals, so does anyone out there have a used original filler cap they
> will part with?  I have a BT7, but I believe the same cap was fitted to all
> the 6 cyl cars, and perhaps the 100s as well, but I am not sure of that.
>
>
>
> If you have something, please contact me off-list.
>
>
>
> With thanks, Mirek
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