Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Dave's How To: Workshop Notes 3 continuing.

Disappointing news on the 100 year centenary badge, cheap materials must have been used.
Good work on the undertrays, they look very professional.
The secret with car paint is to put all the work into the preperation prior to the final colour coat. This way you apply the colour/clear coat and all it needs is a light polish.

great work as ever ,Dave - do you ever sleep......

James

Dave

The fix used by several manufacturers back in the day for inaccessible grease nipples was to remove the grease nipple during service and fit a longer one (these used to be available about 1.5" long. After the grease the nipple MUST be changed back as the angle of the yokes would shear it off.

Some cars even had screw slot blanking plugs where there was not even room for a short nipple. Sounds a faff but in reality takes seconds and as you can image a few pence compared to a new grease gun or fancy end piece. I am sure someone somewhere would have stock and with a 1/4 drive small socket could be a useful addition to your kit.

Colin, on a similar theme, years ago my old workshop foreman (do they still have them I wonder?) made up all sorts of greasing gadgets to do certain jobs..one I remember was a length of brake pipe with a grease nipple in one end and the other end slightly flattened.. he would use it to pump grease into front hub bearings after removing the outer race but avoiding pulling the whole hub. I can recall the extended nipples too.

I already have a selection of longer and angled nipples Colin, but my longest straight nipple does fit but still just not long enough. I quite fancy a box of special ends but it's also tempting to make up something special.
At the moment it's low priority........

I greased my front suspension at the weekend and spotted these prop shaft niples while the car as up on the hoist, how much grease do you pump in there and how often ?
I am guessing you do not pump in so much you can see it ooze out like you do with the Sliding pillars.

Very light touch. Too much and it can dislodge the seals and upset the needle rollers. Less than a full stroke and not very often is how I do it.

Well, over the last few days I've finished the lower valance.

Three colour coats and a few lacquer coats, flatted down between coats, so plenty of waiting involved.

This was the final top coat prior to lacqering:



This is the inside. Small leather patches to protect the paint. And neoprene edging to the front.



Completed:





It's turned out better both in design and finish than the one I did for Bumble.

A reminder how it looks as standard:



And now with the panel added:





And with the number plate box added:



I may now have a go at two quarter valances - one either side of the over-rider irons. I've done some cardboard templates today................

I'm pleased with how this has turned out. It keeps all the road dirt out and looks good, even though it's all but invisible from above.

Looking superb Dave

You'll have to stick some mirrors on your shoes to show everyone

Top top work Dave - you are one clever man - warmest congrats!