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hb32 · 04-19-2015, 08:10 PM

Picked up what I thought was a 32 commercial rad cap but turns out to be a 1930 Eaton two piece cap. Is there any value in these over reproduction? This one would need a restore as it is dented but can not figure out how it comes apart.

hb32 · 04-25-2015, 10:37 AM

Anyone?

mshmodela · 04-25-2015, 10:46 AM

HB32,

I cannot answer your question --however below left is the cap that came with my car and which did not breath well and the repo EATON one I got from Synder. So far it's working great.

1930artdeco · 04-25-2015, 03:05 PM

If it is original keep it! It will be better than anything made today. If you can't use it then put it up for sale as I am sure someone here will snap it up.

Mike

hb32 · 04-27-2015, 01:36 AM

Here it is.

mot · 04-27-2015, 08:56 AM

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looks like you have an Eaton GAS cap
they are extremely hard to repair
this is the radiator cap
tom

Steve Wastler · 04-27-2015, 09:50 AM

And actually yours is the one piece cap, look at Tom's pic, showing the joint between the two STAINLESS pieces, just below the knurling.

hb32 · 04-27-2015, 09:53 AM

Thanks Steve and still learning my way around early Ford stuff. I thought it was 2 piece as it appears that the stainless cap fits over a center cap.

04-19-2015, 08:10 PM	#1
hb32 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,075	1930 Eaton two piece gas cap Picked up what I thought was a 32 commercial rad cap but turns out to be a 1930 Eaton two piece cap. Is there any value in these over reproduction? This one would need a restore as it is dented but can not figure out how it comes apart.

04-25-2015, 10:37 AM	#2
hb32 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,075	Re: 1930 Eaton two piece gas cap Anyone?

04-25-2015, 10:46 AM	#3
mshmodela Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 2,765	Re: 1930 Eaton two piece gas cap HB32, I cannot answer your question --however below left is the cap that came with my car and which did not breath well and the repo EATON one I got from Synder. So far it's working great. __________________ -Mike Late 31' Ford Model A Tudor, Miss Daisy I don't work on cars --I'm learning about my Model A. Cleveland, Ohio

04-25-2015, 03:05 PM	#4
1930artdeco Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Lynden, Wa Posts: 3,777	Re: 1930 Eaton two piece gas cap If it is original keep it! It will be better than anything made today. If you can't use it then put it up for sale as I am sure someone here will snap it up. Mike __________________ 1930 TownSedan (Briggs) 1957 Country Sedan

04-27-2015, 01:36 AM	#5
hb32 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,075	Re: 1930 Eaton two piece gas cap Here it is.

04-27-2015, 09:50 AM	#7
Steve Wastler Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,987	Re: 1930 Eaton two piece gas cap And actually yours is the one piece cap, look at Tom's pic, showing the joint between the two STAINLESS pieces, just below the knurling.

04-27-2015, 09:53 AM	#8
hb32 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Nanaimo Vancouver Island B.C. Canada Posts: 1,075	Re: 1930 Eaton two piece gas cap Thanks Steve and still learning my way around early Ford stuff. I thought it was 2 piece as it appears that the stainless cap fits over a center cap.