Originally Posted by sewin
Remarkable Dave, all that joy and still 40 MPG!

A question I keep meaning to ask you.... do you still have the original and fragile dash PCB, if so what are your thoughts when the inevitable happens?

My original PCB did fail, so l had the burnt tracks soldered, this was a partial success so I bought a replacement PCB for £200 from a breaker who was parting out a 2018 late model 4/4 Trad that uses the same PCB. I say the same PCB, but when fitting I noted the later 2018 version had benefited from having two external 5a fuses added by the manufacturer, presumably to protect some (if not all) of the vulnerable tracks on the board, see the following link and video.

https://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/817357/14

Clearly the manufacturer was responding to the frequent failures of their earlier PCBs, how effective just adding fuses will be in improving reliability is debatable but at least (in theory) the fuses will blow before the delicate tracking burns out. While I have no concrete evidence the addition of fuses were part of a number of other less obvious improvements, it is possible the later boards enjoyed further mods to make them more robust?

For sure the fuses are evidence the manufacturer was responding to the earlier issues with their PCBs, so they may well have implemented other improvements that aren't so easy to spot? When the dash module arrived I was pleased to see the breaker had actually sent me the whole dash, this included all the gauges so the £200 I paid was actually a bit of a bargain.

I fitted the late model PCB 18 months ago, and so far it's been 100% reliable, only time will tell if it remains that way? However, the additional fuses can't do any harm, and the fact the 2018 4/4 board is 7 years younger than Monty's original should alone mean I have a fighting chance of enjoying many more years of reliable service.