Ron wrote: >I've been working on this issue since the above post from May 3, and >have obtained a few of each cap - the earlier style and the later style >- from a small German company. The difference between the early and >later style is the thread pitch. However the supplier doesn't know >exactly what year the change occurred, other than to say he believes it >to have been 1986 or 1987. None of my resources list it either; in fact >the part number doesn't even come up anymore because it's been >discontinued for so long. Ron, I have a '84 and a '86. Both use the same cap. It looks like aprox. 34mm thread diameter, and 3mm pitch.
Steve '86 Westy "Escape Pod"
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