On our Northumberland trip one of the Roadsters hit a large boulder which was flung towards the sump and punctured it making a large pool of oil on the car park as we pulled up. A sump protector made of steel would have helped, shortening the sump is good but Aluminium by nature is quite soft.


Morgans 1934 MX, 1947 Series 1, 1956 +4 TR4, 2000 +4 T16
Triumph Herald 1969 13/60
Morris 1970