[Healeys] Fw: 851-310 Gas Tank Strap - Too thick - Westport Vintage Restorations 7-553606 - 5-6162672

[Hank Leach]

Might depend on the car involved. At chassis 151608-151610 the petrol
tank straps and packing were modified. Knowing Moss, they always opt
for the later release and ignore the early cars. The photo of the
packing is way too thick. The length of the straps may be longer as
well. The early tanks were a two piece assembly, then later a one
piece. Cinching down the bolts under the boot floor would shorten the
straps until you run out of threads. Packing under the tank will also
affect the assembly. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "warthodson--- via
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Cc: "mosstech at mossmotors.com"
Sent: Wednesday August 2 2023 8:03:59AM
Subject: [Healeys] Fw: 851-310 Gas Tank Strap - Too thick - Westport
Vintage Restorations 7-553606 - 5-6162672

  I recently ordered a set of gas tank hold down straps from Moss
motors. They are well constructed with 1 exception. The "strap pad"
(packing) thickness is .25" vs .125" original thickness based upon
several old straps I have. Not only is their strapping twice as thick,
it also is 2 layers of .125" material. See attached Moss photo. This
means that the steel straps sit twice as high off of the gas tank. See
Moss photo of an MGA tank. Apparently, the Moss vendor made them to
the Moss specification. It is the specification that is in error. Am I
correct that the packing material should be .125" thick? Were MGA
strap pads thicker than Healeys? Has anyone run into this since 2010?
Gary Hodson  

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"warthodson at aol.com"  SENT: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 11:29:19 AM CDT
SUBJECT: Fwd: 851-310 Gas Tank Strap - Too thick - Westport Vintage
Restorations 7-553606 - 5-6162672 
      Please take a look at ticket #132027 [1] raised by Stu Bowman
(bowmans at mossmotors.com). Hello, ​ The strap pad thickness of just
under 0.25” matches our 2010 drawing specifications and has been
produced to those specifications for thirteen years now. We have not
found the straps to cause an installation issue during that time.    I
have attached a photo of the prototype strap that preceded our
specification changes on this part number. Please note the strap is in
a fully installed state when this photo was taken. 
   With regards,

 Ken Hyndman
 ​
 Tech Services (Mon - Thurs. 10am – 3.45 pm PST )
 Moss Motors, LTD. 
 800-667-7872 ext 7252
hyndmank at mossmotors.com 
  ON FRI, 14 JUL AT 6:12 AM , STU BOWMAN  WROTE:         MOSS MOTORS
TECHNICAL SUPPORT REQUEST    TECHNICAL/PRODUCT ISSUE. IF UPHOLSTERY
ISSUE PLEASE INCLUDE JUP#:    WHAT EXACTLY IS THE ISSUE?
...............:gas tanks strap, the packing on it , is too thick See
pic’s    Please call custom er advise of proper size packing on
strip TROUBLESHOOT / RESOLUTION…………..: Part
#:........................: 853-810 gas tank strip Moss Inv
#:...........................: 5-6162672 Moss Manufactured upholstery
JUP #..............................: Has part been installed?
…………………….: CUSTOMER INFO: Customer
#..........................: 7-755606 Contact Name:..................:
waestport vintage restorations
Phone:................................: 913-441-8335 Email
Address:...................: warthodson at aol.com CAR INFO:
Year………: all Model……: ahy ANYTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE
CAR/ENGINE?.....: PHOTOS OF PROBLEM:     Moss Technical Services
Action Taken:                  FROM: Warthodson 
SENT: Thursday, July 13, 2023 4:19 PM
TO: Stu Bowman 
SUBJECT: 853-310                   
 132027:1089000     

Links:
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[1] https://mossmotorshelp.freshdesk.com/helpdesk/tickets/132027

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