Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Morgan Three Wheeler & Super 3 Near Side Indicator Issue

The battery is marginal and can last as little as 2-3 years.

An earlier thread on replacements:

http://www.talkmorgan.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/411151/Searchpage/1/Main/27758/Words/magneti/Search/true/Re:_Battery_replacement#Post411151

As promised, the price for the module.

£39.89 plus VAT

Just picked the car up and all is well....for now. Looking forward to some pleasant Summer driving. Just need to sort the hayfever now.

There is an extensive list of alternative batteries on the "Alternative parts List" on this forum or on https://www.mtwc.co.uk/the-5-speeder/, along with lots of other useful information.

Thanks for that Planenut, much appreciated.

Glad to hear that you're back on the road. The offending module isn't too expensive but I guess that availiability is the issue with it only being obtainable from MMC.

Thanks Andy. Yes, that word availability sums it up really. Yes we have them, then they don't, then they have a faulty batch and finally they're on order.

A faulty batch of something we know to be starting to fail early in use is less than confidence inspiring I must say.

Still, it's a sunny morning and I'm off for a drive...

I'm glad to report that having replaced my front o/s indicator with one of these:



...it now works as it should. Many thanks to Richard for the tip-off and advise.

Glad they worked for you Andy and guessing the only mod was to cut/file off the three redundant lugs. You now have of course a spare

Note for others, the resistors mentioned are not needed as you are replacing an existing LED unit. They are needed when upgrading filament lighting circuits to provide enough current flow to operate old style flasher units and/or keep any ECU monitored circuits happy.

Maybe Ian Brett could add this LED source to his alternative parts list.

Yes the three lugs were easily snipped off with a pair of side cutters. I did find that the lens diameter is a fraction of a milimetre larger than the original so I ran some abrasive paper around the inside of the black plastic bezel until it was a snug fit.

With regards to batteries, I replaced the factory one with the one Skullmog had recommended in a thread somewhere, and also replaced the factory spark plugs with the ones recommended in a different thread, and, since doing so, my car has (fingers crossed it continues doing so!) fired up the first time almost every time whereas before it only did so after turning over 5 or 6 times and often only after the second time of pushing the starter button.