Re: [VAL] Water fill cap.

[Glyn Judson <glynjudson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

    Forrest,

    Well, not exactly.  I'd like to hold out for an original if I knew what
I were looking for.

    I just went out to the Caravel ('69 California built) and brought the
current cap in.  It's a dome shaped, 1 1/4" PVC end cap that someone's added
a tapped Phillips screw to, smack in the top and then painted with aluminum
paint.  All in all, it don't look any too bad.  It's screwed to a seemingly
original safety chain that attaches to the inlet pipe flange at the outer
skin.  The cap has NSF threads and it cross threads within a bit more than
one full revolution so the threads on the inlet pipe seem to be different.
A quick glance in the night darkness suggests that the pipe threads are
farther apart than the ones in the cap.

    Gerald help, what do I have?  Is the safety chain an after market add-on
or is this the way they came?

    Tom, I could well have one made if I could get my hands on an original
to pattern a new one on.

    Thanks all for your thoughts and suggestions,

    Glyn