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Hi - I am working slowly through a general tidy up on my 1984 4/4 . Ihave a lot of the trim out while I refurbish the leather. I have taken the leather cover of the gearbox cover . I find as photo that there are a number of large holes in the steel cover underneath, for access to gearbox etc.

These must be a source of noise and maybe water ingress. On all my previous classic cars including old triunphs , if there is a hole there is a rubber bung or plug plus a rubber gaiter under the gearstick. Do you get these on a Morgan? , Have mine gone AWOL - if they do exist where can I get them?

Rubber bungs were certainly around on Morgans in 2005 but on my Roadster I changed the filler bung for an aluminium plate fixed with two self tappers.

OK good idea - plates with self tappers all round then ,plus a second rubber gaiter for the gearstick

My 1986 car didn't have any bungs or covers, just bits of Gaffer tape over the holes. Works for me.

If you do decide to make up some blanking plates (and why not? seems like a good plan) then be sure to give the speedo drive cable a nice easy curving route up to the speedo, if you force it into too much of a tight turn it will quickly break.

While you've got the cover off, do yourself a favour and fit a quick shift gear change lever. Only 38 quid from Rally Design and it transforms the feel of the gear change.