Trying to obtain a couple of bottles, I recently purchased a new genuine item from Tudor direct, but was disappointed that it’s quite a bit smaller than the original.
The new bottle is 3" dia. (75mm in degrees Centigrade) - whereas the original bracket is sized to accomodate a 3.5/8" or 93mm dia bottle.
The original bottles sold by the usual suspects were approx 2 pints capacity, but the puny little new ones are probably only half that?
Most of the usual stockists are out of stock of the replacement ( looks a little different to a genuine Tudor one) large bottles. Or seem to be charging rather high £50 prices each, for the similar replacements.
I spoke to Tudor and they only stock the small one now.
An original recuperator bottle in good condition, correct size, correct screen printed label, correct lettering on the underside, recently sold on ebay for £125, a maiden bid. I have to say that I was a bit surprised that the seller, a good chap, received that bid, but I did not realise that the original bottle size was NLA. A bit miffed that I sold some a while ago…for much less. Who knew.
Phil
Have you tried some of the British Leyland suppliers, one that particularly springs to mind is Revington TR Phone: +44 (0) 1823 698437
They seem to be able to source some of the rarer parts. Also some of the BL Specialists who may have a good looking one on their shelves, with new deals advertised on eBay fairly regularly. SNG Barratt in Bridgenorth and CMC just down the road from Barratts specialise in Jaguar restoration which may be further sources.
Tony
Did anyone find a source - I’m putting together my spring cleaning shopping list & came to the same conclusion.
If not the large one, at least a bottle & bracket that fit well together?
If you have the old bottles, or can find some good second hand ones, they can be cleaned quite successfully. Have a look on Youtube, for eg “clean expansion tank”. There are quite a few videos where people have used various methods with usually very acceptable results.
