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Actually Martyn, just being a pedant ;-), if the choice is a remote kit or no grease I would say get a remote kit, better that than let them run dry. As you correctly say I am not a fan but only for the reasons that it's hard to see how much excess is coming out (minor point) but. More important (IMHO) is that getting under affords the chance for a quick look around and spanner check. Totally accept that this is not always an advantage to those who have as much mechanical experience a I have with IT or who physically struggle. II have some very good friends who have bought a gun, some have even bought grease but the 2 items have never been introduced to each other and or the car! Given that situation a remote kit might just chivvy them on to greasing the pins.
Horses for courses and all that ;-). No dispute that a remote kit is better than not greasing at all. But to para-phrase Voltaire, in the best of all possible worlds, one greases directly.
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Actually Martyn, just being a pedant ;-), if the choice is a remote kit or no grease I would say get a remote kit, better that than let them run dry. As you correctly say I am not a fan but only for the reasons that it's hard to see how much excess is coming out (minor point) but. More important (IMHO) is that getting under affords the chance for a quick look around and spanner check. Totally accept that this is not always an advantage to those who have as much mechanical experience a I have with IT or who physically struggle. II have some very good friends who have bought a gun, some have even bought grease but the 2 items have never been introduced to each other and or the car! Given that situation a remote kit might just chivvy them on to greasing the pins.
Horses for courses and all that ;-). No dispute that a remote kit is better than not greasing at all. But to para-phrase Voltaire, in the best of all possible worlds, one greases directly. "The best of all possible worlds" is a Leibniz concept "die beste aller möglichen Welten". Voltaire made a criticism of Leibniz through Candide character who says this sentence and Voltaire demonstrated it is not true. In fact Voltaire said: you suffer to much in greasing your front suspension to think that you live in the best of all possible worlds... Voltaire was at the origin of the French Revolution. We are waiting a Morgan revolution for the front suspension!
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To quote Jean-Paul Sartre
"Greasing is absence, greasing is the solitude of man"
Actually I may have got that a tiny bit wrong
or when Sartre was writing about Morgan ownership he wrote
"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure"
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To quote Jean-Paul Sartre
"Greasing is absence, greasing is the solitude of man"
Actually I may have got that a tiny bit wrong
or when Sartre was writing about Morgan ownership he wrote
"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure"
I thought it was Schrodinger who said that the grease can be both in and outside of the stub axle at the same time and the only way to be certain is to get underneath and have a look? Or am I confusing him with that Rene (no relation to the café owner in Alo Alo) Dustcart who said 'I think therefore I grease'?
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To quote Jean-Paul Sartre
"Greasing is absence, greasing is the solitude of man"
Actually I may have got that a tiny bit wrong
or when Sartre was writing about Morgan ownership he wrote
"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure"
I thought it was Schrodinger who said that the grease can be both in and outside of the stub axle at the same time and the only way to be certain is to get underneath and have a look? Or am I confusing him with that Rene (no relation to the café owner in Alo Alo) Dustcart who said 'I think therefore I grease'? No Rene said I drink therefore I am ... 
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To quote Jean-Paul Sartre
"Greasing is absence, greasing is the solitude of man"
Actually I may have got that a tiny bit wrong
or when Sartre was writing about Morgan ownership he wrote
"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure"
I thought it was Schrodinger who said that the grease can be both in and outside of the stub axle at the same time and the only way to be certain is to get underneath and have a look?  very good
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To quote Jean-Paul Sartre
"Greasing is absence, greasing is the solitude of man"
Actually I may have got that a tiny bit wrong
or when Sartre was writing about Morgan ownership he wrote
"All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure"
I thought it was Schrodinger who said that the grease can be both in and outside of the stub axle at the same time and the only way to be certain is to get underneath and have a look? Or am I confusing him with that Rene (no relation to the café owner in Alo Alo) Dustcart who said 'I think therefore I grease'? René Descartes said "Je pense donc j'essuie"... I Think therefore I wipe... after greasing.
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Trev, As you are in Kent, try to get on one of BHM's basic maintenance courses. Keith will show you exactly how, where and quantity of grease to apply Plus many other Morgan tricks 
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Well done Graham for bringing the topic back on track, Lord only knows what the original poster thinks of us all..
Morgan ownership definitely leads to eccentricity! And this forum is all the better for it.
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Well done Graham for bringing the topic back on track, Yes well done Graham and my apologies for missquoting Sartre out of context When he proclaimed "All Human actions are equivalent and are in principle doomed to failure" He was alluding to 3 Wheeler bevel boxes and NOT Morgan ownership in general Just thought I would clear that one up !
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