Originally Posted by 3Gs
That looks like a proper and forever fix SimonH!

Below is what my shop did to mine, although they guarantee it to last, I was shocked at the $4.5kUS invoice for the work! The vast majority of this expense was the labor to remove, clean and prep, and reinstall both tanks.

It's shocking to me that Morgan just keeps building new M3Ws with the flimsy, prone to failure, design.

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I've had various alloy parts for many cars fabricated and welded over the years, most recently a beautiful oil tank for the Morgan For $400, including the materials. I've had custom fuel tanks made for 2 of Lotus Elans, the last one about 2 years ago for $600, material included.

So $4500 to R&R the tanks, clean and weld?!? That, as they say, "is not right". Fabbing new brackets and welding should have been a few hundred bucks, max. R&R of the fuel tanks, clean and prep of the tanks couldn't have been over 8 hours. So they they must charge like $500/hr for shop time?

Best avoid them in the future.

Steve
Late 2012 M3W