BTW, Monteque, I enjoy your posts. Thank you for them.
Of course there's nothing wrong with progress if this wasn't the case we'd all still be living in caves instead of houses...
It depends on the definition of "progress" one chooses. The earlier variant of capitalism I was born to, maintained that progress was a more functional widget, better suited to purpose. At that time, aside from the risk of new latent defects, progress meant "better". These days goals have changed. I do not think cutting the man-hours to increase profits while degrading the widget and making it less owner/repair friendly is progress. The causes of climate change massively increased profits but I do not see climate change as progress. Actually, your evident enthusiasm interacting with your Morgan (which I share) would be more effectively satisfied if you still could use the brilliance of British wiring colors and multiple fuses. They have been made largely ineffective by PCBs.
BTW, I have great hopes for technology. I follow the new good stuff that might save us all each day. Proft-progress sends us in the other direction..possibly back to caves.....so I fitted a reconditioned board for £70 that apparently incorporated some improved components to ensure this time it would last even longer than 25 years, which to my mind was pretty impressive anyway!
Yes it is impressive! However, I note that a better fix was readily available, waiting in the repairman's bag. The weakness had been diagnosed and an inexpensive solution was already at hand. This was not the case with your Morgan and the others similarly setup. I could point you to other time-saving mods that have made life for owners more difficult and the cars less reliable, not that they haven't improved in other areas.
The components that fail on a Potterton Profile control board are clearly well understood
But do YOU personally understand your PCB? Can you diagnose all electrical anomalies and repair/replace roadside with it or is a specialist necessary? And what will be these answers 30 years from now? BTW, this is ironic for me as I often argue strenuously to this day) about the lack of common sense in the old 2-5 fuse cars and the use of uncoded wiring as replacement. Seems I am caught between two extremes and always seeking the most functional, reliable and owner-friendly. (wryly)
( ref. PCB)....not correctly specified to cope with the peak inverse voltage spike (Back EMF) produced by the relays.
Are these changes going to have your car leave the template/friendly family fold of other Morgans of your year? I have found that the glue that kept the community together for a century+ is the commonality of our templates. If you removed the PCB and re-wired as before, you could, of course, join (re-join) many, many 1000s of your brethren. And there would be no effect on the car aside from it becoming easier to diagnose and repair for ever more and everywhere.
gmg
