Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Starting my Crossflow

I would agree with Button, the replacement parts are poorly made especially Lucas stuff in the green and white boxes. Try to by either NOS in the old red boxes or try someone like the Distributor Doctor for ignition parts / advice.

Started fine this morning and have been for a rather chilly run in it. Will be looking to give the car a proper full service and get it set up for the summer.

On a couple of occasions I have had problems on cars that have not been run for a while where the petrol in the carb has evaporated and has it has left a small amount of sediment that gets sucked into the jets when you next try to start the engine.

Worth giving the fuel bowls a good clean and have a look at the jets for dirt.

yes, I seem to have a similar problem on my 1700 crossflow in my old '81 Caterham. I tend to start it every couple of weeks when its sorned and get fresh fuel into it ASAP when its back on the road.

I too have a 1970 1600 GT crossflow. I had similar problems starting the car after it had stood for a while.. This was due to lack of fuel in the carb ,(proved by squirting some gas directly into the carb after which the car started at once - ie there was nothing wrong with the spark). This lack of fuel is either due to evaporation or more likely to the fuel running back from the mechanical pump because the pump's internal valves are sticking open or not closing - probably worn . Being a mechanical pump it needs quite a few revolutions to suck up the gas, if it has run back towards the tank. My problem was cured by putting a new mechanical pump on .....Good Luck....Terry

It's not been too bad the last few weeks. I've found pulling the choke all the way out before I put it to bed has helped. A new pump might be the way to go though.