Originally Posted by Montegue
Many thanks Rog thumbs

Actually, now that I think about it I did try the heated screen briefly this morning as it was misting up, either I didn't have it on long enough or that circuit was dead as my attempts to demist were completely ineffective frown

Can anyone tell me about the Morgan dealer in Italy by the name of Luigi Borghi Automobili, as I understand it he offers dash upgrades that may include a fix for the PCB problem?

I Googled the 'Luigi Borghi Automobiliand Morgan' and found this page:

http://www.morganautomobili.it/allestimenti.html


I also read this with interest....

Originally Posted by Gambalunga
I seem to recall that I was told that the company that made the boards is no longer in business. Somebody may be able to verify or correct that if my memory is incorrect.

Nearly everyone seems to report that it has something to do with the heater/aircon fan switch. I thought it was a problem unique to my car when it happened and I also thought it had something to do with the very poorly installed relays for the aircon. I now know that I was wrong on both assumptions. Fortunately for me Borghi had some spare boards because they nearly always remove them when they install a custom dash.

After burning the board out 3 times I decided to install a custom dash and in the process Borghi replaced the unreliable circuit board with a completely hard wired system and relays (all neatly and correctly mounted in a long row behind the dash).

Since then no problems joy

That last bit I've highlighted in bold sounds an awful lot like what Rog created, so I'm wondering... is there a common theme here?

I freely admit I remain quite new to Morgan ownership, I love Monty but this instrument panel PCB issue is a real concern to me as it has the potential to spoil my ownership experience, So, while I'm happy to take responsibility for my own research and have discovered much is doing just that, I'm reaching out to the collective Talk Morgan brain for any more knowledge/intelligence that may have been gathered over the years regarding this seemingly common issue?

Thanks in advance, Dave.
Hi Dave

Borghi has now been taken over by Romeo Ferraris: https://www.romeoferraris.com/it/concessionaria/concessionaria-morgan-motors
I believe Luigi is still in the business and I don't know if he sold to, or merged with, Romeo Ferraris. In any case I imagine that he is still doing these conversions, which can be done without replacing the dash. Part of the problem was that the heater fan is actually wired in reverse to the normal logic. That is to say it is constantly powered and the control is on the earth side, unlike the rest of the system.
After several years and many thousands of kilometers I have had no further problems.
Unfortunately you would have to take a trip to Milan to get the job done. laugh When someone else had a dash replaced he did offer a loan car for use while the job was done, drive
It is a good excuse for a holiday in Northern Italy (read Lake Como, good wine and food etc.)

Peter

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