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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Greetings from north Essex. First post from me despite (apparently!) joining back in March 2017 – on trying to register I found I had already done so! Though new to this forum, I bought my first Mog in 1965 (yes, really) and ever since I have had at least one Morgan. Currently I’m restoring a 1974 Royal Ivory +8 which I have owned since 1975. It’s been on axle stands in the dry and under dust sheets for the last 25 years but sadly and unexpectedly it has deteriorated terribly during that time. Though loved, clearly it needed using too!
The main reason for posting now is that a very long-standing friend of mine has a 1990's 4/4 with a mighty curious electrical problem. We've tried to find the fault but to no avail. Could anyone on this group recommend a good auto-electrician in East Anglia who knows something about Mogs and who might be able to solve the problem?
Francis
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DaveW
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Welcome, sorry can't help on the electrics.
JohnV6
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Hi Francis, I am an electronics engineer and may help whats the symptoms / problems you are seeing.
Morgans 1934 MX, 1947 Series 1, 1956 +4 TR4, 2000 +4 T16
Triumph Herald 1969 13/60
Morris 1970
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I guess we shouldn't be writing here in the Welcome forum, but a quick reply.
I think yesterday I solved the problem. It seems it is the b*y DimDip module misbehaving - there is thread on here all about them and they seem to be nothing but trouble. The particular module here was not like the one described in another post I saw (i.e. not a resistive unit) and the wiring did not tie up with a "series/parallel" unit I read about. Worse, the car harness did not accord with a wiring digram my friend downloaded from GoMog...
No matter, I worked out which two wires from the unit to unplug from the fuse panel to remove power, and suddenly everything seems absolutely fine again.
The still part-wired unit is dangling under the dash. If all stays well for the next couple of weeks, he'll trace the wires back from the unit and disconnect them from the wherever - and then throw the unit over the nearest hedge!!
But may I thank you for the offer of help - much appreciated. And my '74 +8 doesn't have anything so fancy as a DimDip module, nor even a fuse panel!
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