Originally Posted by piquet
Originally Posted by Luddite
[quote=Robbie]My 2021 Plus four has 61,000 Kms on it and is on its 3rd Radiator!!! Currently has an issue with an ABS warning light which then causes the overseer and engine light to come on -- anyone got any ideas as to the causes? all checks of the ABS sensors have produced nothing!!!


It does seem that modern digital systems are likely to spit out alarm as a battery ages, thus perhaps the simplest check it to have the battery load checked, as that may require a lot less effort than getting in amongst things... Digital systems can be very dependant on voltage and more so if your Morgan is not in regular use, as in such situations a battery seem likely to have a shorter life span that one`s daily transport. I suspect any garage will have load testing kit that only takes a few minutes to disconnect the battery and test it.... Perhaps best if you have the battery fully charged first, perhaps after a long run , with a hour or two`s rest before the test is applied...?[/quote

Interesting what you say about battery life. I was just thinking how well the original AGM 105ah battery is doing on my 2018 60k mile BMW 740LD. At 8 years old it is finally starting to show some signs of failing only holding 12.2v, and I am about to change it before it strands me. I've also just given my daughter what was my wifes 2018 40k mile Subaru XV also on its original 8 year old battery - and still going strong!

Seems the above post appears to be somewhat jumbled up, given the first line is from Robbie`s post and the second paragraph outside the quote enclosure is my response to Robbie....creating confused dot com... (-:

Just to add that the sudden death of my four year old AGM battery fitted to my 2012 non Morgan was perhaps due to the minimal use of the car over those four years, circa 6 k miles I think. Whereas the same spec original battery had lasted 9 years, having covered circa 40k miles over that time, but was obviously coming to the end of it`s useful life at the time..I may just go back to replacing my batteries every three years or so in the hope of avoiding breakdown so related, given the risk of all the inconvenience involved as the result of battery failure ...