Hello Everyone,
Happy New Year, and thanks for the replies. Having survived Christmas and the New Year I am starting work again on my Morgan – and my motorcycle…
I developed a presentation on my Plus 8 when I sold it, and I will share that in case anyone is interested. It turned out to be an outstanding car, in the end, but it was quite an involved project. It was sold by Mid-Atlantic in Pennsylvania. They picked it up on Friday, and it was gone on Monday for an amazing price… and with the proceeds I bough my Roadster and motorcycle, and had some change left over. Woof…. so there were no negotiations needed with the Head of Household.
The main projects on the R100 are (1) change the plugs and coil packs to eliminate an intermittent misfire (which sounds like a fouled plug) (2) fit the rear bumper and the new valence (3) fit the spot lights and set up the wiring and (4) the seats, which are still not ideal. Then there is the dashboard, and other minor stuff…
The first one I imagined would be easy, but it turns out to be a bit of a zoo. The inlet manifold has to be removed to get at the plugs, and I have not been able to find a definitive manual on the engine. A lot of rumours (Escape, Mondeo) and maybes, so far. I bought a couple of Mondeo manuals from Haynes, but they were pretty useless. I did a search for Ford V6 engine photos, but did not find one that matched. And there are several possible variants – perhaps Morgan had Ford remove the logos from the cam box covers. So this is what I think, so far:
Plugs - Denso IT20 - 15 Nm torque
Coil pack TBD - 7 Nm torque
Inlet manifold gaskets – who knows, but they look square-ish, which mean an interim version, I think.
Inlet manifold bolts - 10 Nm + 1/8 turn – but these may come from a later variant.
I will buy 12 plugs, so that I have enough to allow me to index them (they have conical seats, so the index washer trick will not work). And unless any one can come up with any more information I will remove the bonnets and start taking the engine to pieces and record my findings, using a torque wrench when I remove the fasteners to get some idea of relative setting. I appreciate the removal forces are likely to be higher than the installation torques. I talked to two different Morgan dealers and they had no useful information – and I wrote to Morgan but did not get a reply. Quite amusing, though – sort of like an automobile equivalent of dungeons and dragons. Owning a Morgan has never been for the faint hearted, I am pleased to say.. But it is going to be easy compared with what I plan for my motorcycle. LOL. More to follow.
