GT6Craig Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 As you can see from the photo below, a fuel cap I have acquired doesn't fit. The wing doesn't have the original recess (and the hole was in when I bought the car)....Is the cap deformed, or has the hole been cut in the wrong place? :-/Thought I'd better check before top coat.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Moore Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I'd say that the wing has been replaced with a Spitfire wing, and rather than go to the trouble of recessing the hole, the previous bodger has just cut one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black6osprey Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Looks like you've defo got a Spitfire wing there. Its the problem that you can't get GT6 panel with the recessed filler hole (at least I don't think you can) and we have use the Spit version. What's the difference between the filler cap and the one you had before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6Craig Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Sorry I didn't make it clear, the wing came with the car...so it's my fault as I fitted it without much thought. I was aware of the difference but wrongly assumed the filler cap (supplied on the original wing) would just sit over the hole. Not original I know, but the only choice.That said, I think I have just found the solution. Got the old wing, tried the filler cap in the recessed hole and that seems to look okay.Yet more cutting and welding as I graft it in! I'll go get mi joggler and mig :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensH Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Take a look at Steeve A's blog:http://triumphulation.blogspot.com/2010/11/gt6-rear-wing-preparation.htmlNew wings for GT6 available from canley etc, but recess not as good as per original :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyScrumpy Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 hi!This sounds like a spitfire wing. I have the same problem...only on my car it manifests itself as the wheel looking recessed because the wing on the other side is a spitfire wing. On the filler cap side it's a gt6 wing.So the spitfire wing, being slimmer makes the wheel look like it sits out further on that side than the gt6 wing which makes the wheel look more recessed. You wouldn't BELIEVE the amount of different things I have measured to find this out!You could try just shaving a bit of the filler neck pipe inside and see if it'll fit any further in then...or is it the casting that just won't fit into the hole in the wing?V annoying...and I can empathise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black6osprey Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 JensH wrote:Take a look at Steeve A's blog:http://triumphulation.blogspot.com/2010/11/gt6-rear-wing-preparation.htmlNew wings for GT6 available from canley etc, but recess not as good as per original :-/Canleys website says this panel is no longer available. When you say Canleys etc. Who is etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyScrumpy Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 www.canleyclassics.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensH Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Could be wrong, but as far as I know, the recess is done on heritage panels at Canley classics?Could easy be made to fit IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black6osprey Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 5458 wrote:www.canleyclassics.comSorry, by etc I meant who else other than Canleys :)It appears you have to contact them to discuss getting the pressing as its not an original panel so they don't advertise it on their website. I agree it looks like with a bit of fettling it would be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6Craig Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Problem solved...well almost. Still need to shave a bit off the filler cap to make it perfect (thanks for that LadyScrumpy).Skim of filler tomorrow should see it right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamespworth Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 looks like a sweet job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotoflex Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 Let us know what you use as a hose from the filler to the tank.If you find a hose with the correct bend from another car that you need only shorten, let us know what car it came from or the part number!That hose is a booger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6Craig Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Quote:looks like a sweet jobcheers, still learning the art of mig welding but I put a skim of filler over last night and it looks good. Much better than the hole that was in before.....Quote:Let us know what you use as a hose from the filler to the tank.If you find a hose with the correct bend from another car that you need only shorten, let us know what car it came from or the part number!That hose is a booger.I had this problem with the mk1 I had. On a thread some years ago I put a picture up of a flexible spiral re-inforced tube purchase from a local hydraulics company for about 50p.The company still exists so I may try them again, or have a look around a scrap yard...much more fun. Plus I am not convinced the hose was as fuel proof as I first thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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