OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums General Discussion Forum Power Equipment...Mishaps and Funny Stuff 'Rare' Victa Petrol Tap.

Thought somebody might get a laugh out of this. I hope nobody falls for the spin.


https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/fits-vi...th-brass-filter-read-below/133179565123?

Is this twat for real ???

I know. The filter is actually 24 carat gold. Stops the varnish.
Might fly if it was a white one never used.

Really hope no one falls for this

I picked up 2 last week at an old hardware store for $4 each

How about this - nothing like a 450cc briggs for your push mower (in description) - literally says 158 as clear as day

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bol...diy/motor-briggs-and-stratton/1233325152

I know what I'd spend my hard earned $50 on out of the two choices.

I would prefer to go to the tip and pick up 3 victa 2 strokes at $15 a throw and still have $5 left over haha

G'day all,
I am disappointed with humanity by and large.

I'm still trying to work out how this one works ...

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Jack

Hi Jack,

I'm not silly enough to put the first bid on this one, the dog I could handle but the washing basket I'm not so sure about

Hi Norm

I understand this.
I just wish there were more Norms in this world.

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Jack

Especially in Parliament

What the ad on eBay also fails to inform you of is that this tap, in particular, is also a direct switch-out for the Left, Right and Indeterminant Blinker fluid tanks on many Spagthorpe Motorcycles that were developed between 1936 and 1952.

Few of these taps ever make it to the open market, hence the unusually high price listing.

Not the Spragthorpe, how could you possibly suggest that this PLASTIC tap ever had anything to do with that wonderful machine

Norm, I know it is hard to believe and as ludicrous as it may sound, but that fine Marque of British Mechanical engineering had to make cut backs during the war years arms build up and delivery period.

The taps were originally of high tensile drop-forged lathe-turned annealed Sintered Bronze. Unfortunately the supply of drop forged annealed Sintered Bronze was needed more so for the manufacture of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV Aviation Fuel tank cap hinges and accompanying split pins.

Spagthorpe Engineering Dept during that time adapted to the shortage by using what was thought to be High-Density Nylon Polycarbonate heat resistant material to manufacture the above mentioned Blinker Fluid taps.

After the war and the downturn in the need for Supermarine Spitfire fuel caps became apparent, much to the chagrin of the head Engineer at Spagthorpe they discovered that during the war years they had actually been manufacturing the taps from recycled compacted British Army Hobnail Boot lace packets. So as to avoid an embarrassing faux par they continued this practice until 1952.

Well I guess the engineers at Spragthorpe had to do what they had to do, if it hadn't been for those fuel tank cap hinges for the Mark XIV's who knows what the outcome might have been, the world would have been a completely different place. It also appears that the Spradthorpe engineers could give out current governments some advice on recycling, but my guess that trying to obtain Hobnail Boot lace packets could be a bit of a problem these days, but I'm sure if there was a market for the packets I doubt we would be able to manufacture enough of them so they could be recycled but China might possibly be interested in making them from our recycled rubbish they have stockpiled incase there was ever a shortage of this base material

Hello OF54 and Norm K
Blinker fluid eh? Spragthorpe eh?

How many times have I been disappointed when asking for
'blinker fluid' at Supa-cheap ...



Many thanks OF54 for carrying on the tradition of fake news
regarding the Spragthorpe.

Although ... it's a more dangerous thing today.
Folks will believe anything ... because they 'trust'.

A classic tap-c o c k-and-bull story
[see patent below]

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Jack

Hi all, and I was thinking the $50 fuel tap would fit this Spragthorpe Motorcycle below, I have
heard when some eBay sellers run out of stock they put an exorbitant price on the item
so they don't have to delete the ad then advertise again when they have replenished stocks,they
just lower the price when new stock arrives or possibly some sellers are just extracting the Michael.

Cheers
Max.

That explains $888.00 someone wanted for four rechargeable AA batteries. I thought what is the world coming to?!? Thanks for posting that.

Hi Jack,
I started reading about how the tap was designed and all the problems surrounding it after 4 pages I came to the conclusion that at $50 that tap is very good value

I bow and accept the applause and accolades.