Unfortunately the Ford Cortina 76 -82 manual covers the 1600 and 2 litre versions of the Ford Pinto engine which was never fitted to Morgans. The clue us that the actual capacity of a 1600 Crossflow is 1599cc!
A good manual to get (if you haven't got one) is Haynes 280 which covers the Ford Escort 75 to 80.
Re the failure to start, it could be a vapour lock have you checked to see if the fibre or rubber spacer is still fitted between the carb and the manifold, it should be about 5/16 to 3/8 thick.
Also, some engines I've worked on had a thick fibre gasket between the fuel pump and the block, and others didn't
I'd also remove and check the gauze filter located in the carb, it's underneath the fuel inlet stub. I run an inline filter between my fuel pump and carb but when I check the gauze filter last it was absolutely choked. Whilst you are in that area, check to see that the fuel inlet stub is as secure as it can be. It was a well known fault on the DGV carbs that they would work loose though heat and vibration and spray petrol on a hot engine.
My mod is to remove the stub carefully with pliers, coat with epoxy resin, refit then drill and tap the casing and the stub to take a small grub screw (I used 4BA x .125 as I had some to hand) .
You could also check the filler cap for a blocked vent hole
Arwyn
