my issues listed as "faults" and "gripes"
Faults first year
- faulty fuel gauge (sender unit).
- bonnet leak (eventually diagnosed as just the hinge screws, but any water would come in on transmission tunnel).
- side carpet falling off in footwell
- knocking suspension (5lb hammer to wing strut fixed that!)
Later
- dashboard electrics fail - no speedo, odo or fan
- slow leak tyre valve (maybe not Morgan specific, but i own over 24 wheels. It just had to be the Morgan!)
Gripes
- leather not high quality
- condensation in instrument panel (a 'quirk' of Morgan. Sorry, this is the 21st century, most Caterhams don't suffer this)
- chrome parts are cheap and age quickly
- glovebox catch mechanism is crude and ugly, not even Magnet kitchens use this type of catch anymore. It's also just broken.
small point, but it glares at me next to the lovely wood dash when i open the glove box!
- grease nipples positioned awkwardly; dealer corrected them a few degrees. As you know, you'll need to access these regularly.
- Finally, a small but telling feature: Morgan badge enamel falls out.
As i mentioned, i'm not judging the car by German mass produced standards at all. The car is cared for and stored next to the Lotus which gets driven harder yet is clearly better built for 15k less. MMC haven't had to develop much on this car in 70 years so i expected production quality to have been honed over the years and be much higher.
We're keeping the car and smiling overall! I want to enjoy it. This rant comes after the electrical fault took extra days to diagnose and i had to amend travel plans.
Dealers are fabulous. Skilled, passionate and good humoured!
What's the story with the rad? do i need to consider this?
