My Midas has the delights of an early TR7 fuel cap like this one:
Unfortunately the seal on it is knackered (no surprise as it's almost 40 years old) and all the Triumph specialists I have tried don't have them anymore. I don't have pictures of the seal to hand but try to imagine a "C" section rubber ring which, when fitted, sits around a metal disc on the inside of the cap. It is the rubber part that I cannot get. Please note it is the early TR7 fuel cap which is the larger one. (as shown in this picture when I bought the wrong one to replace my broken one...):
An retired engineer friend of mine has suggested going to a rubber supplier with the old seal and buying a length of "C" section rubber of a similar size, cutting to length and gluing the ends together using rubber solution glue. Sounds ok to do, but will the glue hold up?
And does anybody have an alternative suggestions? Or perhaps have an encyclopedic knowledge of Triumph parts and can offer a different model's part number to use instead?
Unfortunately the seal on it is knackered (no surprise as it's almost 40 years old) and all the Triumph specialists I have tried don't have them anymore. I don't have pictures of the seal to hand but try to imagine a "C" section rubber ring which, when fitted, sits around a metal disc on the inside of the cap. It is the rubber part that I cannot get. Please note it is the early TR7 fuel cap which is the larger one. (as shown in this picture when I bought the wrong one to replace my broken one...):
An retired engineer friend of mine has suggested going to a rubber supplier with the old seal and buying a length of "C" section rubber of a similar size, cutting to length and gluing the ends together using rubber solution glue. Sounds ok to do, but will the glue hold up?
And does anybody have an alternative suggestions? Or perhaps have an encyclopedic knowledge of Triumph parts and can offer a different model's part number to use instead?
) and install that in the Midas?