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Phil makes a point of handing the parts back to people (as is completely right!) So he doesn't have one.

Nippymog, if you are happy to part with the sprocket I'd be delighted to take it off your hands and sort out the required beer tokens. I'm not quite cut off from the Internet stuck on the SSCV Thialf for the next couple of weeks so communication is tricky and can be a bit slow.
Cheers
Calum

Calum,
My chain conversion is first week of June.
I will be in touch after to sort details.
Graham

Many thanks Graham and please forgive any lapses in communication till then...it's all a bit cut off out here.

Calum are you hatching a plan that needs a sprocket?

Iron's are in the fire!!! may take some time but we "may" end up with a liveable bevel box

More that I am having tooth jumping issues which are not going away despite the rest of that part of the drivetrain being new, tight and aligned etc. My front sprocket is quite noticeably worn and had done so many miles on the original hub with the belt hanging off the side of the rear sprocket that there is a degree of unevenness to the wear so I want to stick a fresh front sprocket on and hopefully sort it out. If it doesn't work then I will go to Plan B.

Just a brief stray off topic,,, I heard a car that sounds so much like the M3W whine that I have to Post it.



The gear box and bevel box on mine sure sounds like this.

Sounds like the non-availability of the new/refurb bevel box combined with cessation of production would be a good basis for a robust "user group" conversation with Morgan ref direct customer/dealer access to the supplier base of the 5sp M3W esp as Morgan do not look like operating a reliable or fair price source of spares for a now obsolete model.

Access to the clutch maker has been a problem (albeit with an alternative solution)....I recall Quaife are responsible for the steering rack and the bevel box....and we await news on who might have bought rights to the S&S engine design/manufacture....

Something to do under the banner of the MTWC??

Having been around Morgan discussion groups over quite some time, it was interesting to observe the range of engineering expectations that were discussed, often leading to a degree of conflict, and which was perhaps to be expected but none the less very disappointing, never more so than in the case of the webmaster eventually giving up and closing down eMog, seemingly as the result of varying amounts of abuse from contributors... As an aside it seems best to be very grateful that he seemingly still maintains GoMoG on line with free access to ALL..?

Thus be advised that criticism of the MMC`s engineering quality, justified or otherwise, can lead to unfortunate outcomes in time, as it can really ruffle the feathers of "The Faithful" to whom each and every...err... flaw, seems to be treated as no more than a mere foible, and all very much a part of the Morgan test of character...?

I guess the foibles were perhaps more readily accepted for some when many a Morganeer was more than happy to get the spanners out and get in amongst his/her wonderful sports car that could be a bit of a giant killer in terms of performance when compared to far more exclusive and expensive machinery... ? That works well for me too..

As for myself, I knew well what to expect of a Morgan having spent circa five years on DG`s researching the reality of Morgan ownership, before splashing my cash, and in the end thanks to the care and attention to detail Kevin put into rebuilding what was then his Morgan from the ground up... I have enjoyed many years and miles of Morganeering with minimal foible fettling.

Being a Luddite, all be it one who grudgingly found himself up to his eyes in multitudes of processes controlled by digitisation in my work environment, that was the last thing I desired to be involved with in my Morgan... On the other hand it seems we are perhaps of our time, and there are many Morganeers who are more than comfortable, even perhaps enjoy, the many and varied digital control system foibles that may crop up from time to time along with the more spanner and welder related fun to be had...Each to their own, and as ever determining that Morganeers are perhaps as quirky as their choice of funcars, and just a bit akin to those enjoying "life" in the vid I posted recently.... Each to their own....?

As ever just thinking in type.

I’d like to think that would work but based upon recent experience I fear any such approach will be met with indifference and at best a patronising response. Just saying.......