Daryl May wrote:
> Moss part 296-680 is a $34 gasket set for the lower half of a 1275 cc
> engine.
>
> You might like to avoid ordering this part. The timing cover gasket does
> not remotely fit. The pan gaskets do not fit (and, worse, they are off by
> a small enough amount that one might not notice until too late). The pan
> seals are not right: one is OK but the other is a rubber affair that does
> not go into the pan slots right.
>
>
>
> Anyone else suffered this?
The gasket set you received is for an "A" + engine, this engine replaced the old
1275 in the 80s, Non were (legally) imported to the US. I ran into this with Vic
Brit a few weeks ago.I tried to tell them but like Moss, they are ignorant!
The timing cover gasket is a dead give away.
The part number being similar doesn't mean it will fit. Not even close!
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Frank Clarici
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