Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Whart have you bodged up today

Prepping the Morgan for the upcoming Scotland jaunt, I eventually got round to doing something about my under-scuttle rain leak. Over the years I have traced down and sealed every conceivable nook and cranny, and now my car is pretty much completely watertight in that area, save in one circumstance - long wet motorway journeys.

My reasoning as to what's happening is that there is so much spray around it gets in through the heater air intake, and instead of draining out of the bottom like it should, ends up on the heater matrix and then trickles through, dripping onto the gearbox cover and thence onto my left shin as it rests against the transmission tunnel. This is probably exacerbated by the fact that unlike a proper setup, I have a Heart of England stainless steel heater box, which although it looks a lot nicer than its rusty old predecessor, is something of a triumph of form over function.

Any road up, a couple of Rivnuts in the existing inlet holes, a couple of short spacers, and a bit of scrap 1mm ally sheet, and we have a prototype rain cover that should still let air into the heater.

Of course, the real reason for doing this is to guarantee good weather. It's bound not to rain now so I won't get a chance to test it out properly

Nice, I also put sealant in the screw holes for the hinges.

Definitely not in the bodge category Hamwich, though perhaps unnecessary in Scotland..err..well in the last four days or so where those on the NW 500 or thereabouts seem to have been blessed with sunshine and warmth..I hope the "bodge" is not put to the test on your visit..

Yep, I've used loads of Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure over the years.

For months I have been trying to seal the fuel inlet banjo joint to the carb on my Austin7. I've tried everything ... crush washers (fibre, copper and aluminium), Hylomar, Locktite, prayer ... all to no avail. The wretched thing continued to leak petrol



In desperation, I screwed in a push-on adapter and connected the carb to the pump with a rubber fuel pipe. Job done.




That's £3.50 well spent. The logic of the banjo joint eludes me.

Ian, is the rubber fuel pipe a bit close to the exhaust manifold?
The banjo connector and metal pipe keeps the fuel pipe well away from the exhaust....

I'm with Peter that looks dangerous

Well, this is the "bodge" topic. The perspective is deceiving, the rubber pipe is actually a lot further away from the exhaust than it appears in the photograph. It's certainly a lot safer than having fuel squirting onto it.

I'd try a 90 degree threaded barb. That would mirror the original fitting.

Neat job, hope it cures the issue, if not perhaps a little more overhang with a turned under edge to make rain droplets drip off well away from the inlet holes ?