[Healeys] Gas Tank note

[Bob Spidell]

re: "the picture represents a larger one for the perimeter of the tank."

Couple data points:

- when I replaced my BJ8's tank some years ago--AFAIK the car was all-original--there was only one gasket, the one at 
the opening in the boot floor

- I checked my parts manual reprint--the Moss catalog is basically a re-do of the parts book's original drawings--and 
the tank and sealing rubber are not drawn to scale; i.e. the tank is in a box indicating not drawn to scale, with the 
sealing rubber underneath it; they're the same size in the picture but the box indicates the tank is not the same size 
as the seal (the Moss drawing appears to be a composite of the parts manual drawing of the gas tank and accessories, 
which have their own page in the manual, and a car outline overlay, and they left off the 'box')


I think if you order the Moss seal you'll find it fits the rectangular opening in the boot floor, not the periphery of 
the tank (but I won't swear on it).  Call Moss and ask them.

IMO, you won't get a perfect seal at the periphery of the tank and the boot floor.  Water will get in eventually and be 
trapped, whereas if you don't have such a seal there's at least a chance it'll dry eventually.


Bob


On 3/16/2012 3:41 AM, Thomas J. Morrione wrote:
> Thanks (Other) Len for pointing out the Moss catalogue page 36,  #27, part
> number 021-806 ($16.95). The previous owner left in the boot a (what is now
> obviously) small rectangular gasket for the drain plug hole in the floor. It
> looks like a well cut foam Moss part.  I had looked at the parts description
> in the Moss book and saw what I thought was that gasket because the page
> doesn't show two gaskets. I should have guessed that $16.95 was a lot (even
> for some Moss parts) for that gasket and that the picture represents a
> larger one for the perimeter of the tank.
> Thanks to all once more. I now have a number of good choices for handling
> the situation.
> Tom
>
>
>


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