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Yet another problem with Moss. I am the second owner of my '62 Midget, which I purchased in 1964 with 18,000 miles. A tool kit was included with it. In that tool kite there was a tool called a hub cap removal lever. I didn't need it for that use, because my car originally came with the Mercury full wheel disks, and those screwed on to an adapter in each wheel rim. I did find a use for the lever - it was the perfect size to screw the bolts/screws used to attach the side windows. I kept it in the side pocket of the driver's door. Some ****** stole said tool and a cap I had in the side pocket. I have been looking for an exact replacement for years. Big Healeys, MGAs, early Spridgets, Morris Minors, etc. had them in their tool bags. I was looking at tools in Moss under wheels and tires, and found a diagram with tools and there was the tool I have been looking for. It had a part number and everything.
I ordered one with some other items from Moss. The tool I got back (same part #) looked nothing like the one in the picture! It looks like a shoe horn with a crease in the middle, a small hole, and some kind of hook on the end. If I was to use it to pull hub caps it would probably take the paint off the wheel. As to screwing on my side windows the end that I would use is too wide and would probably scrape the aluminum around the screws, not to speak of what the hook on the other end might do. As a "good customer" I informed Moss and they sent me a photo of the tool which I had never seen in their online ordering info and asked if that was what I got. Well, yes, but that was not what I ordered of course. I told them that they misrepresented the part and if I had seen the photo they sent me, I would never have ordered it! It is going back. I am still searching for this tool and I have a couple of part numbers - 31G 957, and 11H1051 (the Moss # is 386-080 which is a bogus tool). If anyone out there knows where I can find this tool, I would greatly appreciate it, and many thanks in advance.
I ordered one with some other items from Moss. The tool I got back (same part #) looked nothing like the one in the picture! It looks like a shoe horn with a crease in the middle, a small hole, and some kind of hook on the end. If I was to use it to pull hub caps it would probably take the paint off the wheel. As to screwing on my side windows the end that I would use is too wide and would probably scrape the aluminum around the screws, not to speak of what the hook on the other end might do. As a "good customer" I informed Moss and they sent me a photo of the tool which I had never seen in their online ordering info and asked if that was what I got. Well, yes, but that was not what I ordered of course. I told them that they misrepresented the part and if I had seen the photo they sent me, I would never have ordered it! It is going back. I am still searching for this tool and I have a couple of part numbers - 31G 957, and 11H1051 (the Moss # is 386-080 which is a bogus tool). If anyone out there knows where I can find this tool, I would greatly appreciate it, and many thanks in advance.