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How was the sump?
I've been told mine needs replacing after the trip to Scotland.
Seems they are on the list of consumables for aero owners.
Do you not have Wolf sump guard?
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No I don't yet Neil and I must admit I'm in two minds in terms of the potential damage that my be caused if the guard gets a good hit.
Seeing the pictures that were posted where someone had badly damaged the guard is reassuring but I'm still on the fence.
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I must admit to preferring mine set against the chassis not the motor.
Everyone loves a Morgan. Even me, unless it's broken again.
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It would be nice if it could be fitted with a dry sump.
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Hi
Just noticed your post and recall that the handbook recommendation for my 2015 + 8 is 25 psi to each corner. I have complied with this for around 6k miles and found the adhesion in wet and dry conditions to be exceptional and wear negligible.
The tyres are Yokohama Neovas', 225 front, 245 rear on 18 ins speedster wheels.
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John
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Paul, I run 22 front and 24 back. They seem to be wearing evenly. I will try that Peter thanks.
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I had my +8 on a ramp for a check over before the road trip in June. The rear tyres have enough left for the trip and the fronts have a little more.
I have been running them at 22 psi and the rears are wearing more on the outside which suggests the tyres are a bit under inflated. Anyone else experienced this? How was the sump? I've been told mine needs replacing after the trip to Scotland. Seems they are on the list of consumables for aero owners. Interesting I have replaced my sump once already. This time small mark on the very bottom. Looking at different sump guards mounted on the chassis. There is considerable road rub on the Oil filter housing! I have had that modified so it is now 5 mm higher than the sump. I will post up what Neil Argrave did to make this work when I pick the car up, hopefully tomorrow.
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This may or may not be a silly question, but what if you have a chassis mounted alloy guard & it's gets a thump? Wouldn't that simply transfer any shock loading to the chassis instead of the engine mounts as with the Wolf one? Is there space for a rubber exhaust bobbin mount I wonder? What is the clearance under there between sump & tarmac?
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A friend of mine has just made a sump guard on a Caterham using the front bit of an old wooden surf board
His theory is that the wood will take the impact, splinter and not transfer the shock
I thought this made a lot of sense
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I thought that Victorian surfboards were collectable?
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