Valve caps and cores
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Valve caps and cores
Hi,
Another item from Elsie May's spares stash are these valve caps and cores.
But are they for a car or a bicycle?
If anyone recognises and wants them message me and I will happily stick them in the post for you FOC.
Best wishes,
Mike.
Another item from Elsie May's spares stash are these valve caps and cores.
But are they for a car or a bicycle?
If anyone recognises and wants them message me and I will happily stick them in the post for you FOC.
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels and waiting to be resprayed......
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1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
Re: Valve caps and cores
I would say car and/or motorcycle, You may or may not know that the caps are such that one end is used to remove the valve cores.
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Re: Valve caps and cores
I've never seen this type before. Like I said if anyone wants or needs them, they are FOC.You may or may not know that the caps are such that one end is used to remove the valve cores.
Best wishes,
Mike.
1954 Series 2: 4 door: "Sally" -- Back on the ground with (slave) wheels and waiting to be resprayed......
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
1970 Triumph Herald 1200: "Hetty" -- Driven back from Llangollen in Wales (twice.....)
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Re: Valve caps and cores
Will they not fit your car??
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Re: Valve caps and cores
If they were for a bicycle I imagine they would be much narrower. I would say they are standard car cores of the 50s/60s.
Modern ones are only about half the length, without the spring, so I suspect these may not fit a modern valve stem.
Modern ones are only about half the length, without the spring, so I suspect these may not fit a modern valve stem.
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Re: Valve caps and cores
Modern bicycles use the long and short Schrader valves (which are the same as those used for cars and motorcycles) as well as the Schrader valve caps.
Those valve caps with the tool for removing the valve have been around for a long time.
Those valve caps with the tool for removing the valve have been around for a long time.
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Re: Valve caps and cores
You should keep them in your car as its not unknown for a tyre valve to leak. The idea is to have one of those special valve caps on one of the wheels, perhaps the spare.
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Re: Valve caps and cores
Does anyone remember using the rubber tube in the link below for repairing bicycle inner tube valves:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Weldtite-Tra ... XQ1PNRbPiT
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Weldtite-Tra ... XQ1PNRbPiT
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Re: Valve caps and cores
Oh yes, before they started to switch to other valves. Apparently they are still widely used in Asia, referred to as the 'English Valve'...philthehill wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:43 am Does anyone remember using the rubber tube in the link below for repairing bicycle inner tube valves:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Weldtite-Tra ... XQ1PNRbPiT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop_valve
Yes, sorry, I was getting my valves mixed up, I was thinking of bikes I've had with the thinner stems, where the valve has the little knurled nut on the top. I just looked them up, they're called Presta.philthehill wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:37 am Modern bicycles use the long and short Schrader valves (which are the same as those used for cars and motorcycles)
It makes sense Schrader are all the same diameter; I didn't realise the long ones were still used though.
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Re: Valve caps and cores
If still available I would like them...
They are the same as I have on my 1927 Cowley Pickup
I kept them for years before I found and appropriate car to put them on
They are the same as I have on my 1927 Cowley Pickup
I kept them for years before I found and appropriate car to put them on
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