Originally Posted by sewin
L.O.W. can you get out of your car when it's in the garage? If so you should be able to take the wheels off on a lift. I have a scissor lift and park the car over it, i.e. it stays where it's put.

I know where you are coming from in that a couple of years ago I sold my immaculate 110 Land Rover station wagon for just the same reasons. It's not just the work on the car it's all the jacks and axle stands and rigmarole that goes with the job your'e doing. The lift is great but not without some hefting as well, as you need cross beams on a narrow chassis car like a Morgan. Where are you based, I'm sure there would be a local kindly Mog owner who has a lift that would be only too willing to assist you in keeping you both driving and maintaining your car. I posted in the past about starting a sort of buddy system like this but got quite negative responses but I still believe for us (that's me) lone type morganeers that it would be great to have a mate where you help each other to keep on driving the Mog for as long as possible and have some fun in the process too! And to be honest after seeing how a modern day mechanic treats a car, who wouldn't rather share and enjoy the maintenance side of owning a Mog as well! My car doesn't get to see a dealership, Quite frankly at 69 years of age, I'd say for the last 30+ years I have had nothing but hassle when any of my cars go near a dealership, lies, lies and more lies from them and and that's not to mention the damage they cause while it's with them. Yes I'm an engineer but a Mog is not rocket science and are easily fettled. One thing I do more of late is to do the work in smaller sessions. If I'm servicing the car I don't just keep ploughing on, I might just do the fluids one day, the rear brakes another and the front end after that etc.

L.O.W. why don't you follow on with this thread tell the forum where you are based and let's see what comes of it! I'm in North Wales by the way!

Thanks for the positive suggestions. I'm on the edge of the New Forest near Beaulieu, and use a local trusted garage that has worked on all our cars for the past 40 years and now MoT's the Morgan (after a not-perfect dealer experince some time back). Yes I can get out of the Morgan in the garage, although about ten years ago I got stuck in there in my Audi TT Roadster, but that had very long doors and was a right pain to get out of due to the vertical brick plinths. That car went back to the dealership where I bought it, and instead I bought a (narrower) Honda S2000.

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Peter
2009 3-litre Roadster "Ivor", royal ivory / green