MGB LeMans Gas filler

[Celtic 77]

I am contemplating replacing the gas filler cap on my 77 B with he Le Mans style cap. Hoefully it would allow easier fuel fill-ups and look a whole lot better. Any one ever take this on? Thanks in advance...

 

[JPSmit]

This is what I have on Ms. Triss. I bought a cheap inexpensive one off ebay. Works, great, doesn't seal but that is fine for ventilation. I did have to grind the flange off the fuel pipe to make it fit. I love the look

 

[NutmegCT]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

 

[Celtic 77]

This is what I have on Ms. Triss. I bought a cheap inexpensive one off ebay. Works, great, doesn't seal but that is fine for ventilation. I did have to grind the flange off the fuel pipe to make it fit. I love the look

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Excellent! Thanks for the reply. Can you do a close up of the flange?

 

[JPSmit]

Excellent! Thanks for the reply. Can you do a close up of the flange?

here you go

 

[Celtic 77]

here you go

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This looks good. Did it fit the filler neck without modification? I have a 77 B with the rubber hose and obviously a metal filler neck.

 

[JPSmit]

This looks good. Did it fit the filler neck without modification? I have a 77 B with the rubber hose and obviously a metal filler neck.

No - I had to modify the neck, that was the flange I had to grind off.

 

[Grantura_MKI]

It is my experience that most Monza caps have a threaded collar.

 

[JPSmit]

It is my experience that most Monza caps have a threaded collar.

Mine was a bargain one and from memory it has a grub screw.

 

[Grantura_MKI]

That is a bargain one! Enots and other brands are the type I am referring to.
If it works and you like it, then it’s prefect!!

 

[billspohn]

Another option is the cap used briefly on the TR 250 - it is magnetic which means that if it ever does open it will close itself again.