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Started by Bazza , Mar 24 2006 05:08 PM

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#1 Bazza

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Posted 24 March 2006 - 05:08 PM

Hi All

Can someone tell me what is the correct oil filler cap for a 10/72 LJ XU1? I have seen a quite a few different ones used and all owners swear they are correct. Maybe different factories used different caps? Chrome would make sense (to match the rocker cover) but not many photos show a chrome one.

The parts catalogue shows a different one for the XU1 but doesn't show a picture.

Type 1 Silver painted with cut-out.

Type 2 Silver painted with no cut out-but lettering (rinse in kero or something)

Type 3 Chrome with cut-out.

Type 4 Silver electroplated (a bit like dull chrome or nickle) with cutout.

Type 5 Dull bronze/gold with no cut-out with lettering.

Also:

The correct master cylinder cap - should it mention Delco or is that too early?

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Posted 26 March 2006 - 12:40 AM

Dosn,t seem that tuff off Question Bazza maby every ones away for the week end?

Number 4 sounds like it may be right my one missing so i would like to no this two

Any one got any iders on this ? :rockon:

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Posted 26 March 2006 - 01:09 AM

oil cap was silver painted but a dull silver

master cylinder nut was blue zinc plated .

i do have pics of these if anyone wants to post

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Posted 26 March 2006 - 10:33 AM

Thanks to far.

The oil cap sure is a mystery - particularly when most XU1 owners believe that they have the correct bits.

And the brake master cylinder cover/cap - should is say "Use Delco"?

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 12:59 AM

oil cap painted silver with sticker on it
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:18 AM

Thanks gtr-xu1

The parts catalogue doesn't specify a special cap for the XU1. All 3300s have the same number. The cap for the smaller 6 cylinders has a different P/N.

I assume that the chrome cap (with the cutout) was an after market GMH accessory to match the chrome rocker cover.

Does the silver cap with the sticker have a cutout?

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 10:32 AM

whats cutout? it looks the same a black standard S toranas cap except silver. has holes on the underside and the letering OIL pressed in the top

i can send you more pics if you like

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 01:08 PM

Hi gtr-xu1

The cap that came with my car is the same as you have posted (including the transfer) except painted black. It is probably the standard cap of that era.

The dull chrome one that I have has a piece cut out of the side of measuring about 1 1/4 by 1/2 inch. This seems to be an aftermarket one.

I guess I will have to paint my black one silver.

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 01:31 PM

G'day Bazza,
I was told the cut out one was std gtr??
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 01:54 PM

ok i just looked in e few old books and have found gtr and xu1 has silver painted with silver decal Black writing oil cap. other toranas in the line up have black with white painted writing
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Posted 04 April 2006 - 05:05 PM

Thanks everyone.

Sorry to labour the point, but the LJ parts catalogue specifies

P/n 7422035 for the 2250 and 2850 engines

and

P/n 7435374 for 3300 engines.

This apparently means that the standard 3300, GTR and GTR-XU1 all shared the silver cap.

Can anyone confirm this?

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Posted 04 April 2006 - 09:05 PM

late 73 xu1,s had a black cap , my 73 bathurst has one and so does 3 other 73 bathurst xu1,s i know .... not sure the month they were changed to black in 73.

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Posted 06 April 2006 - 06:00 PM

Bazza
Grab yourself a copy of the "Spotlight on Torana LC-LJ" book
There are some good pics in there.
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Posted 06 April 2006 - 06:10 PM

Thanks Paul


I have seen that one quite often on eBay - always missed out. I will try harder.


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Posted 18 August 2006 - 08:28 AM

The cap on my 8/73 is black....reading back over the threads 830hp agrees as his also has the black cap...apparently late 73 cars had black??? anyway if thats the case a black 73 Bathurst cap will sell for a thousand dollars on E-Bay...perhaps????get the spray cans out..LOL...

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Posted 29 December 2006 - 09:45 PM

I don't know about the late 73 cars but the 4 XU1s that I've owned have all had silver caps with black lettering telling you how to clean them in kero. The silver colour is "Bright Silver" I think, which was used by GMH on the grill on LJs as well. The paint code for "Bright Silver" is in the Antonio book but you won't be able to get it mixed because paint shops don't generally have the formula for these old miscellaneous colours any more but there are people who have the formulas for these colours.

It's also probable that caps other than silver may have been used if they ran out of silver ones on the production line, in that case anything they had at the time would have been used.

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Posted 30 December 2006 - 07:33 PM

Pardon my ignorance but where is the cut out mentioned. Sunburst.

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Posted 30 December 2006 - 08:00 PM

Hi

I think that it has been fairly well established that this is not original.

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Posted 30 December 2006 - 08:18 PM

Thks Bazza, the only caps I have seen have the sticker. the one on my car is chrome, aftermarket i imagine(same shape as original. Looks like Silver up to late 73 and Black for the Bath XU-1s. Sunburst
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