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To: Deejay2650 <deejay2650@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 12, Issue 146
From: Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 08:56:34 -0400
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Mike--

The gasket in my fuel cap had hardened and apparently shrunk with age,
allowing gasoline fumes into the boot and car's interior.  I made a
replacement gasket out of sheet rubber about 6" square which I purchased at
Lowes--I am not with the car right now but am guessing that the material is
about 1/8" thick.  I carefully cut out the center removable portion (the
hole in the doughnut) and the OD incrementally leaving as much material as
possible to give a tight seal.  It works fine and I no longer smell gas
fumes, even with a full tank.

I have a second cap onto which I had a short section of copper pipe brazed
and want to try venting the tank and any fumes overboard, perhaps via a
piece of hose out the opening for the right bumper bracket and into the
slipstream.  I will report back....

Best--Michael Oritt

On Sat, May 11, 2019, 5:32 PM Deejay2650 <deejay2650@gmail.com> wrote:

> G'day Mike, I would trust the length of the Kilmartin straps to be
> correct.They are very meticulous about such things...I suspect that Pancho
> may have made a mistake in his dimensions. In this case, the Moss option
> may have proven cheaper!
> Cheers,
> Darryl
> '67 BJ8.. Wagga Wagga
> Australia
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>> Date: Sat, 11 May 2019 05:15:26 +0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: [Healeys] Aluminum Fuel Tank
>> I am trying to fit the fuel tank into my BN2.  The tank was made by an
>> Ebay seller called Angelheartpancho.  He is actually local to the San Diego
>> area, so I had him make me a 100-4 gas tank in aluminum for a fraction of
>> the one Moss sells..  I recently obtained two tank retaining straps from
>> Kilmartin in Australia.  I don't know if the straps are too short or the
>> tank is too big. I have tried bending them to shape, but one side just
>> won't go into the hole at the rear.  Too short!  Can someone give me the
>> measurements of their 100-4 gas tank?  I'd like to compare.  Also, I was
>> given an original gas cap in pretty good shape.  I would love to use it
>> except for the fact the gasket inside is in pretty bad shape.  I can
>> already smell the gas fumes in the future.  None of the usual suspects have
>> replacement gasket seals.  Has anyone made one before?  What material did
>> you use?
>> Mike MacLean
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)=
">Mike--</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><=
br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">The ga=
sket in my fuel cap had hardened and apparently shrunk with age, allowing g=
asoline fumes into the boot and car&#39;s interior.=C2=A0 I made a replacem=
ent gasket out of sheet rubber about 6&quot; square which I purchased at Lo=
wes--I am not with the car right now but am guessing that the material is a=
bout 1/8&quot; thick.=C2=A0 I carefully cut out the center removable portio=
n (the hole in the doughnut) and the OD incrementally leaving as much mater=
ial as possible to give a tight seal.=C2=A0 It works fine and I no longer s=
mell gas fumes, even with a full tank.=C2=A0</div><div class=3D"gmail_defau=
lt" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">I have a second cap onto which I had a short =
section of copper pipe brazed and want to try venting the tank and any fume=
s overboard, perhaps via a piece of hose out the opening for the right bump=
er bracket and into the slipstream.=C2=A0 I will report back....</div><div =
class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class=
=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best--Michael Oritt</div>=
</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">=
On Sat, May 11, 2019, 5:32 PM Deejay2650 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:deejay2650@g=
mail.com" target=3D"_blank">deejay2650@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><b=
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;day Mike, I would trust the length of the Kilmartin straps to be correct.T=
hey are very meticulous about such things...I suspect that Pancho may have =
made a mistake in his dimensions. In this case, the Moss option may have pr=
oven cheaper!</div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Darryl</div><div>&#39;67 BJ8.. Wa=
gga Wagga</div><div>Australia<br></div></div><div id=3D"gmail-m_-7359143368=
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t;times new roman&quot;,&quot;new york&quot;,times,serif;font-size:16px"><d=
iv>I am trying to fit the fuel tank into my BN2.=C2=A0 The tank was made by=
 an Ebay seller called Angelheartpancho.=C2=A0 He is actually local to the =
San Diego area, so I had him make me a 100-4 gas tank in aluminum for a fra=
ction of the one Moss sells..=C2=A0 I recently obtained two tank retaining =
straps from Kilmartin in Australia.=C2=A0 I don&#39;t know if the straps ar=
e too short or the tank is too big. I have tried bending them to shape, but=
 one side just won&#39;t go into the hole at the rear.=C2=A0 Too short!=C2=
=A0 Can someone give me the measurements of their 100-4 gas tank?=C2=A0 I&#=
39;d like to compare.=C2=A0 Also, I was given an original gas cap in pretty=
 good shape.=C2=A0 I would love to use it except for the fact the gasket in=
side is in pretty bad shape.=C2=A0 I can already smell the gas fumes in the=
 future.=C2=A0 None of the usual suspects have replacement gasket seals.=C2=
=A0 Has anyone made one before?=C2=A0 What material did you use?</div><div>=
Mike MacLean<br></div></div></div>_________________________________________=
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