[Mg-mmm] New fuel tank to new J2 tub

[Richard and Gill Morbey]

Gary
Try looking on the Triple-M discussion forum - see 

www.triple-mregister.org/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2012&SearchTerms=rubber 

this relates to my PA, but I'm fairly sure a similar setup is used on the J


"On my PA, which still had the original body when I bought it in 1974, there
were three strips of rubber between the rear of the body and the petrol
tank.

One was horizontal, about three quarters the width of the tank and was
screwed to the body about one inch below the top of the tank. The other two
were about one foot long and were mounted vertically each side of the body a
bit inboard from the edge of the tank.

>From memory, the strips were about 3/8 or 1/2 inch in section and about one
and a half inches wide.

I replaced the rubbers with new material but the only change I made was to
the top strip. This had collected water over the years and made the tank
rusty - there being nowhere for the water to run away. I therefore used two
top strips with a gap in the centre and angled them down a few degrees to
allow water to drain down.

There are also similar rubbers that sit on the chassis side rails underneath
the petrol tank, to isolate it from road shocks.

Regards
Dick Morbey
PA 0743

-----Original Message-----
From: mg-mmm-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mg-mmm-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Gary Krukoski
Sent: 31 December 2008 18:44
To: MG-MMM
Subject: [Mg-mmm] New fuel tank to new J2 tub

I'm currently installing a new fuel tank to a new body tub. With out the
original tub or original mounting clamps for the spare tire rack as
reference.
1  Should there be a rubber cushion between the bottom and or back of the
tank?
2  The two holes that I need to drill in to the back of the tub I need the
distance apart and the distance from the top of the chassis rail to the
center
of the holes?
3  I need to make the two lower mounting clamps for the bottom of the tire
rack that go around the rear chassis tube. I need the distance between the
holes. Are the holes evenly spaced or is one off set?
If you happen to have any photos that might help that would be great.

garykrukoski at yahoo.com

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Gary
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