Fuel Fillers

I like symmetry in most things I do so that also includes the filler caps, even though there's the additional cost, its the look I want.

Like many, I am using those supplied by Brasscraft. They look great and are a lovely bit of quality engineering.

I decided early on that I was going to fasten these from below which makes it very much easier to get them in exactly the position I want without having to screw the top half on after the base is screwed down.

The first thing I did was to carefully tape up all the shiny areas that I wanted to remain shiny!

I then drilled and tapped using the pilot holes on the reverse of the base as the required position.

Next it was time to start positioning on the body, making sure that in the chosen position as suggested in the AK manual, all was OK and that the top could fly open and not hit the bodywork on use.

Suitably marked it was then time to start making holes.

After drilling the correct size hole for the neck it was then just a question of transposing the holes from the base through to the body, having first checked that all was correctly aligned.

The only thing left to do now is to cut the 12 screws to length and fasten in position.

Just remembered. I also need to sort out the tank breather to the filler. No matter that will get sorted later.