Folks,
After 6 years scrabbling around on the garage floor every time I wanted to grease the front suspension, I decided that enough was enough. I had heard from my dealer, Newtown Motors Cwmbran, that a customer had moved to remote greasing, and was put in touch with Haydn Croll who very kindly sent me some photos and a list of parts he had obtained from a shop in Wales. Unfortunately the parts he used were from a supplier I could not use here in Ireland so I went in search of alternatives.
A further issue was that I wasn't certain of the thread sizes of the grease nipples on my car and Haydn(Who obviously has more real skills than I) had altered bits to fit the parts he got. So I phoned the factory and after some head scratching they said the sizes were 1/8BSP at the top and 1/8BSF at the bottom.
After some searching on the net, I found that the aptly named "The Nipple Shop" had kits for remote bearing greasing and that M6x1 would fit 1/8BSF. The kits had some parts I wouldn't need, but I purchased them nonetheless.
Fitting was pretty simple once I realised that the lower shock absorber needed to be loosened off so that the elbow fitting could be screwed in to the bottom grease point.
It is pretty simple to remove the grease nipples at both the top of the suspension and from the stub axel. Then you insert the "Elbow" fittings in their place and attach the semi-rigid piping -- not too tight at this juncture as you will later need to undo it at the "Elbow to check the pipe is full of grease. I fitted the "Anchor Block" to the inside of the inner wing and threaded the piping in to mate up.
The Straight connector is screwed into the bottom of the "Anchor Block" and the 45Deg grease nipple into the top with the nipple angled out from the inner wing. I used one of the unused holes in the inner wing for one of the cap bolts and drilled the wing for the other. Bolt tight with a flat washer and a spring washer and M6 nut.
Now remove the pipe from the Elbow fittings and attach the grease gun to the nipples on the top of the "Anchor Block". Pump until Grease is seen at the end of the pipe. Now attach the pipe firmly to the elbow fitting and "Bob's your Uncle"
Following this I have arranged with "The Nipple Shop" that they will sell kits of parts specifically for the Morgan - these will cater for all post 2002 trads(At least the factory said that all such cars have the same threads for the grease points!!) at reduced cost from the original kits with the part no.s
NS 9000Mog(Stub Axel) and NS9024Mog (Top of suspension)
These kits comprise all you will need to complete the job and are detailed in the attached Document.
Photos of the fittings and where located on my car are at
http://www.pbase.com/rsyme/remote_greasing_front_suspensionIt is a worthwhile modification in my opinion and not difficult to do (Well, I managed it!!!!!!!!) The Nipple Shop are really good to deal with and the parts are very good quality.
Go for it
Cheers!
