Good replies, thanks.
My car is an '83 4/4 that I have owned for 3 years and have always greased, but it occurred to me that the oiler system was used on the car for 60 years(?)...so if it was so bad and did not work..how come it remained in place for so long?
Young Frank gave a good engineers response, which perhaps answers the above comment. The Morgan front suspension mechanism is simple but clever engineering and the oiler system is a simple but clever lube solution.
Additionally, I only do a few thousand miles per year and my engine oil remains clean and viscous from one change to the next. Also, I do not want to be lulled into a false sense of security thinking that a couple of pumps of grease each month is doing a good enough job and getting into all the places needed. Because it is more solid than liquid, grease needs holding in place to ensure contact with the surface. The ideal would be a pressurised system that continually pumps grease through at low volume
I know majority opinion is 'grease only' but as you can probably tell, I'm not one for blindly following the crowd without question.
Maybe the answer is to do both??
Tonight David, I think Frank 'Bodger' wins the debate...but which way to vote??
