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Is it true that you need to grease the pillars every 1000 miles?
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You have to grease the kingpins every 1000 miles. It is even mentioned in the manual. I will do this tomorrow morning and will post some photos then. But I am sure there are already some photos of the greasing nipples of the kingpins in this forum, maybe someone can post a link. I cant because cut and paste does not work on my android tablet (or i cant figure it out how that works ;-))
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You have to grease the kingpins every 1000 miles. It is even mentioned in the manual. I will do this tomorrow morning and will post some photos then. But I am sure there are already some photos of the greasing nipples of the kingpins in this forum, maybe someone can post a link. I cant because cut and paste does not work on my android tablet (or i cant figure it out how that works ;-)) Here is the gomog guide to locations of the nipples etc beneviro  http://www.gomog.com/allmorgan9.html#Dynamics
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I used Lucas RednTacky grease, found it much better than the common LM grease or poly based ones.
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How many younger buyers would want to do this ?
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How many younger buyers would want to do this ? "Its alright officer i had to fit der neons to find my nipples"
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They should use the remote greasing kit which can be purchased from "the Nipple Company" ( this IS their real name!) Many of the dealers now stock it and will fit it too! I designed this kit and it means routine greasing can be done from within the engine compartment.
Before there is a cacophony of comment - you DO still need to get underneath every 6 months or so to check fasteners etc BUT it cuts down the fiddling about with grease nipples on the suspension and saves having to squirm about underneath when on tour!!
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Although the manual says every 1k , I do mine about every 600 miles or thereabouts to be on the safe side.
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Building on what Ronnie says about the greasing kit, I would like to add that to me the kit really prooves its worth when travelling. I just completed a trip to South of Germany (I live near Amsterdam) with my Roadster. Length of journey requires at least 1x greasing of kingpins (I grease kingpins at least every 1000 km). I had grease gun stowed behind drivers seat (wel wrapped in a plastic bag, and with plastic gloves from gasoline station) and aplied it once when in a parking garage in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Made sure to whipe off excess grease (you dont't want grease to get on front discs...) with paper towels I got from the Hotel. This was a 10 min job at the most.
I was very happy with this, as it saves one from the hassle to find a garage abroad, as well as that you are in control of the amount and quality of the grease put in.
In my first Morgan I had a similar kit, but that one was permanently and directly connected to a grease filled container with a spindle, every ~500 km, I just turned the spinle a few times. It also had a valve to stear the grease to the left or right kingpin.
Happy greasing!
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Bert
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The remote greasing kit mentioned by Robbie is good and as said above, is very useful when on a touring holiday.
Before I fitted the kit (it is quite easy to fit), we did a trip to the South of France meaning I had to get the greasing done halfway through the trip. Took the Mog to a village Renault garage and they did the greasing and I think they charged 8 euro. They were very interested in the car and spent some time looking over it and asking questions.
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