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Think I paid about £80 including the VAT last year for a set of "genuine" front pads. Came with new pins and rattle spring things too.

I have tried the moderator "Aeroman" and got no reply. I tried SIMON, even made (another) donation but got no reply. Any more suggestions?

That's pretty well exhausted all possibilities I would say, just patience and hope left now. I wish you luck this list is so necessary with these fickle animals.

Another update to the Alternative Parts List. If anyone has any good additions please let me know for the next update.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/o9sokmoxizjosmf/Updated%20list%2012%2016%20Aug%202019.pdf?dl=0

Planenut,

At the risk of sounding ungrateful (which I'm not as I really really really appreciate the Alternative Parts List) would it be possible to highlight the most recent changes with each post or to simply indicate in your post which sections have been updated?

I will mention which sections have had additions to them next time, a good idea. This list started off just as something for me to refer to. I am not good at documents and a couple of people have kindly re-formatted the list to make it more readable and even added a Table of Contents. As you may have noticed that table has gone as every time I tried to follow the instructions on updating it it went bananas. It's maybe not the most readable list going but it's the best I have and is mostly made up from information supplied by al the people here, thanks.

It is very useful and much appreciated.

Planenut, the list is a great thing, maybe a precursor to a Haynes Manual? That would be a monumental task but one that would sell like hot cakes.

I'm not holding you back LightSpeed, you can make your fortune. You can start with the Stage 1 Kit fitment . I always thought that manufacturers were obliged to produce a manual for products they made but it seems not, or at least in Morgans case. The S&S manual is excellent and you can get a manual that covers the Mazda gearbox, not that it ever goes wrong.

There are some, "how to" guides by owners, who have learnt the hard way, on the MTWC website 5 Speeder area here: https://www.mtwc.co.uk/the-5-speeder/

Most of those articles have been done by TM contributors, thanks. If you have any more information that could be of help to others please let me know and I will get it put on the MTWC website for others. Owners get little or no help or information from the manufacturer, I assume in the hope we will be forced to go to a dealer, so we have to help each other. I think this car would have been almost impossible for me to run without this forum. Several serious issues such as brake pedal failures, bump steer and chassis cracks would never have been known about. MMC must hate this forum.

This isn't a very complex car, it should be within the scope of many home maintainers to look after some or most of it, if the information is there. If you have found out how to do something or what that part really comes from, share that information.

Planenut, if I were to attempt writing a How To guide I am afraid I would get sidetracked and would be found babbling under a shade tree somewhere.

I can say that the AR Stage 1 swap was pretty straight forward. The most difficult part was getting the OEM mufflers off. I used some penetrating oil, same as I use on my air tools, to try and free the joint from the head pipes. I lashed the head pipes to something heavy, in my case a heavy duty floor trolley, and then used a strap wrench to rotate/wiggle the muffler from the grips of the white cement the MMC uses in that joint. Once clear I f the pipe I used more of the same oil to desolve and clean the ends of the pies with a scruffy pad to a smooth surface.

I put Never Seize in the inside of the new muffler connection and a small amount on the first 1/4” of the headpipe. The new mufflers slipped right on without and drama, using the strap wrench to rotate into position. I put the bobbins on first before sliding them into position. Once in position position the bobbins where you want them and then bolt them down firmly and then put it back down into the mount. Putting the heat shield on was a bit more difficult because of the one bolt that has no captured nut (lord knows why they did it that way). It took being creative by taping the nut into a box end wrench to be able to reach it. I honestly think MMC and AR never intended for the heat shield to be used.

On the air cleaner install it was very straightforward, no bending of any tabs BUT I did have to bore out the cover plate for the two mounting posts that take the quick release pins. Easy to do but a PITA if your drillpress is 100 feet away up a hill; it took me three trips since I did not want to take more than necessary.

Hope that helps, oh almost forgot, there is a hole that needs to be plugged in the backingplate/mount and the plug that S&S supplied was to small and it took another trip the the hardware store for a larger plug.