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Agreed total twaddle. The reason I asked if the warning is now also on the brake pads themselves (which I have been told) I can just imagine some insurance assessor having a field day if he looked at the pads & saw the warning starring him in the face.

After the TFC it is taxed as earned income on withdrawal. Flexi access drawdown much preferred to the annuity option though.

More than fully aware of all you say, and given my previous comments and the excellent contribution by John Harris above, you will not be surprised when I offer no objection to the HMRC changes to SIPP's that you have outlined, even if those changes are contrary to my own self interests.

The changes you mention have probably encouraged a worthwhile (for the economy) change in strategy amongst many of us with drawdown SIPP's. So instead of leaving a SIPP largely intact to benefit our heirs, the changes have encouraged me and many others to draw down on the SIPP notwithstanding the 45% tax to enjoy and distribute it now rather than leave it to be passed on after death. As I mentioned previously I got tax relief when I put money iinto the SIPP, I can hardly expect that it should not be taxed when I withdraw from a fund that has also grown exponentially in the interim years.

The lead work looks good for its time !? Few wise people about also……….nice churchyard. MM

Accepting your point concerning heat this is common. Several people have added additional bonnet louvres to reduce heat when standing. Several have also added them because they are pretty. Whoops did I say that out loud. I have never seen evidence of the impact when moving but after you have parked you can feel it through the vents.

The S2 and Coupe do both get a load of heat soak and high under bonnet temperatures at rest. As the car heats up the gearstick can become pretty hot to handle as I had a metal ball knob fitted, I disliked the factory one. Additionally the footwell surrounds and the chassis frame below the door can get pretty warm as well. Great in winter!

If it is really hot I tend to pop the bonnet knobs at the windscreen end which lets the heat out faster and does not really show. Never had anyone look or touch as they get nothing but love.

On the Coupe the breather valve for the tank goes to a pipe which exits down past the tank to the road. On mine it was kinked at one point and so the pressure could not release. Just as a check did you test that one? The cut off triggers constantly when filling following my last service and adjustment at Williams. Uttlerly pisses me off, not to mention I can no longer go more than 90 miles before risk of running out of petrol. It seems to be a magic combo of breather, angle of the neck mounting on body.

Not a bad bone in her body in a fantastically long career. I doubt many from this time period will be seen the same.

I wonder if those skills were learned after time spent in the antique trade.... (-:

I take your point Rog, I wouldn't want to make a battery!

TBH the plan was to mount the brass tank on rubber cotton reel bobbins so it never directly touches Monty's chassis. My thought being if the brass tank is completely insulated from the chassis, the ground path is removed and the galvanic corrosion issue would be eliminated.

However, thinking about it, even with perfect chassis isolation the coolant flowing through Monty's system would itself act as a liquid wire (electrolyte). Over time, high temperatures, fluid velocity, and chemical breakdown could potentially cause tiny amounts of noble ions to leach from the brass tank into the coolant.

The answer would be to switch to a waterless coolant like Evans, because waterless coolants do not conduct electricity or support ion transport, the result being the galvanic action would drop to zero.

The brass tank would look great and it was cheap too, but Evans coolant isn't cheap and I prefer my Prestone coolant mix. As it stands, and in the unlikely event I had a catastrophic coolant hose failure, replenishing the lost coolant would be easy as I could just fill with water. With Evans, if you're not carrying a spare supply of the stuff you're kinda screwed, and carrying a spare 5l jug of Evans waterless coolant is not a very practical option in a Morgan.

Oh well, I think I'll sell the lovely brass tank to my local classic Mercedes restorer for one of his minted SL Pagoda customers, as it does look like for complete peace of mind the only truly safe way to replace the plastic tank is to go with aluminum. Here's the best option I can find and at £168.00 delivered it's reasonably priced, paying the £300 - £400 being ask by others seems excessively expensive for a tank.

https://www.sico-developments.co.uk...ight-alloy-water-header-tank-replacement



As this tank is specifically designed for a Mk1 Focus the brackets should all line up on Monty, my existing hoses will fit without modification too, and finally it looks like it may even fit neatly between Monty's wiper motor and the heater box for a really clean look

I only paid £17.00 for the screen wash tank, so that's £185 for the two tanks which I think is tolerable for what's essentially just a vanity project. Saying that, the under-bonnet plastic does really bug me, so it was always going to be eliminated at any cost

Thanks for the warning Rog

There’s that Swiss MTW model that has "aged" extremely well—an enormous amount of work went into it. It’s for sale on AutoScout :

A sad loss to the world as she was such a genuine talented person that gave so much back. R.I.P

Yes I was actually going to clean the bulk of with a cloth but I like sock idea. I got some degreaser and a brush to finish off. I'll protect the brakes with a sheet of cardboard or some bin bags.

Just be aware Scott that old grease can creep out anywhere and from experience usually where your not looking. It will also seep out further after a few miles following greasing so best check again after suspension has worked for a few miles.

Good idea to clean off the old grease using a sacrificial sock wrapped around upper and lower parts of sliding stub axle then finish the job with brake cleaner to remove any that's smeared the brake discs.

Hi and thanks for pointing that out. I absolutely cleared the grease gun prior to starting. It took a bit to get it working but once I got it situated I verified grease pumping smoothly all the way through the hose before I started. Also you know the smooth pressure when pumping has a different feel than when you are pumping nothing.

+ 1 for Duralac.

I'm also a big fan of ACF 50 (particularly on electrical connectors).

Best primer / paint for aluminium is the 2 part pale green chromate stuff made by PPG for aerospace applications - It's not uncommon to see 40 year old corrosion free cessnas, they are not allowed to sell it for non aviation purposes though.

I have been messing around with the tank / breather to deal with fuel filling problems (see my other thread). Will definately try the "cap off" test next time it's warm.

I'm pretty confident about the one way breather valve (it's new a week ago) and changing it did not make any difference.

I have had issues with exhaust cam sensors (they put the EMS light on) but ive replaced both of them and the EMS light cleared itself after 5 drive cycles.

I'm planning to add an inline fuel pressure guage and if all else fails a "cooldown" fan, Regardless of the starting issues the engine bay gets incredibly heat soaked - I've even added some insulation on the bonnet stand rod as its too hot to touch comfortably. I suppose it recent UK temps have been a bit extreme, but it's done it again today @ 21C ambient.

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Follow up post after doing some research. This is the EPAS motor on my August 2018 car Jon. Would be very surprised if yours in not the same.



The Denso 995-10500 is also fitted to variants at least of Toyota Aygo, Peugeot 107 and Citroen C1. In each case they employ speed sensing input. MMC's wiring schematic for both 3.7 Roadster and GDI Plus 4 show a cable on four pin EPAS connector, present if employed or not, receiving a feed from pin 11 on BCU. I cannot imagine this being other than the speed signal which is distributed via CANBUS and available to BCU. Whilst the Denso EPAS will function without this signal it then defaults to full assistance at all speeds meaning the steering would be extremely light at high speeds possibly more so on a light Morgan. This makes me extremely sceptical of the advice you were given by MMC and possibly explained by there being more than one EPAS system used on our Roadsters.

I am a little suspicious of that slight hissing sound that you mentioned. It could be that there is an airlock in the grease gun, which is not unusual when loaded for the first time, and you are not pumping grease at all! For reassurance, try pumping it a few times without attachment to the car to see if grease actually exudes in a purposeful way. Is there an air bleed screw or button on the gun?
Personally, I like to see excess grease coming out from around the lower bearing point; only then can i be absolutely sure that it’s got to where it should. I do mine every 500 miles, some do every 1000 and I think low mileage people only get it done at their annual service!

I used to Heel and Toe my S1 ok… it was a bit of a faf but it was possible and used regularly on track days. Not tried the later cars with revised braking set-up.

I’m sure there would be a way to adjust the pedal if that was the issue.

Yes there is old grease sitting there. I was going to carefully clean that out.

Love a bit of country music and the odd dolly track. Liked her comment that it takes a lot of money to look this cheap…..

Couple more deaths that I care about . Rod Little, bright and funny bloke but like many didn’t agree with everything he expressed. He did challenge much political sloppy thinking and was a wordsmith. Wondered why his column in the Sunday Times was missing for a few weeks - illness I now understand - I shall miss the pointed humour .

And now Tim Curry. He looked ill recently. Takes me back to my youth when I went many times to see The Rocky Horror Show
at the Odeon (?) on the Kings Road …..the satanic machanic, sweet transvestite now gone home ! Had fun watching the film over the years especially once lying on bean bags in a cinema in Monterey or was it Carmel, California, a long time back.

Another close rugby friend, news today no improvement, probably in his last weeks and I hope to get home in time to see him, Makes you value each day especially when you are in the fourth quarter.
MM

The grease will also creep out of the bottom bush, so clean that regularly too

This image is with my protective gaiter removed

Just before you try the hot restart next time, open the petrol filler cap (there's sometimes a rush of pressure in/out equalisation) and then try the hot start test

Cool. I was assuming excess should appear.

Chaps, It's a 'while stocks last' on any CX stuff from SSL, just so you're aware