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Plus 4 engine mountings can squeak and the sound travels. Check by rocking the engine. If the bonnet tapes dry out they will squeak. And a creak I had on Bumble at the front nearside corner of the bulkhead turned out to be one of the tacks holding the bonnet tape to the bulkhead. A tiny amount of up and down movement generated a huge creak. That took some finding.
DaveW
'05 Red Roadster S1
'16 Yellow (Not the only) Narrow AR GDI Plus 4
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Talk Morgan Enthusiast
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Plus 4 engine mountings can squeak and the sound travels. My nearside engine mount squeaks when the car is warm and sat ticking over on my 10° slopping drive outside the garage. Sounds hideous sometimes. Fortunately its ok on the level 
Roger
2011 Plus 4
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Tricky Dicky Member of the Inner Circle
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Castor oil is good for that type of problem I believe.
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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Talk Morgan Expert
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I use Waxoyl on springs, works well and has good creeping properties to get in between the leaves.
1969 4/4
1995 plus 8
1996 Plus 4 4seater
2002 Aero S1
2013 M3W
2014 Plus 8
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Learner Plates Off!
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Learner Plates Off!
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I too have squeaky leaf springs. I have spotted WD40 motorbike chain lube at Halfords which it says is o/x/y whatever that is. Anyone any idea whether this is acceptable for leaf springs? Cheers
Stuart
Rich Maroon and Royal Ivory (ish) +4
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Any thing is acceptable for leaf springs even a nice bit of beef dripping.
What ever lube you use it just needs to get between the contact points an lube them.
They could do with a leaf lube to save the rolling around on the garage floor.
Mark - No Longer driving Archie the Old English Sheep Mog........... 2010 Roadster 3.0 V6 (S3) 
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Part of the Furniture
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My ear phones work a treat! 
2021 Lapis Blue Plus 6  You know it makes sense!  2016 Carmine Red 991.2 C4S
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Drive on the Wild Side Part of the Furniture
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Drive on the Wild Side Part of the Furniture
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Any thing is acceptable for leaf springs even a nice bit of beef dripping.
What ever lube you use it just needs to get between the contact points an lube them.
They could do with a leaf lube to save the rolling around on the garage floor. Final fix, remove leaf springs, and replace with new high grade ones, before fitting new ones take them apart and carefully file the rub points for each leaf so there are no catch points soak in in oil bath for 24 hours, reassemble packing with a hydrophobic grease ( i would recommend Lucas Red n Tacky), then carefully wrap in leaf spring tape and then coat with grease based sealant to protect and refit. Then forget for 10 years. (this is the Rolls Royce approach)
Adrian
Buggered Off, to a modern none leaky car, heart's still ticking
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