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Hello
Is the Morgan factory use the metric system like in Europe?
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My Plus Four 2023 model has a mix. The thread for the luggage rack bolt is not metric. I think it is UNF as I used a tap to clean it up. No idea what else uses metric/ imperial yet No doubt I'll discover that when the time comes!
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Very unspecific question, certainly depends on the age of car & part
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Talk Morgan Enthusiast
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Depends .....
Since the 1930's Morgans have used a mix of Whitworth, Imperial and metric....
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Plus whatever else prevous owners have fitted 
JohnV6
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Plus whatever else prevous owners have fitted Or incorrectly forced in
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I'm pretty sure there was some British Standard Pipe Thread on my oil pressure take off.
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On my previous, a 2002 Plus8, whenever I did a job I considered renewing fasteners. One example was removing the seats. The rear bolts on the runners were standard hex head. This head sat inside a channel so no room for a spanner or socket. Rather than wedge a screwdriver to lock it I used a small stilson type tool that fitted and held in with tape while undoing the nut. I replaced the bolts with socket heads and used a matched socket instead of a spanner/ hex socket/stilson.The front bolts left as they were as they had easy access.
To help try and ID threads I have a thread gauge and a stock of nuts as testers, kept in small labelled plastic bags. Spanner size? I have sets of metric/imperial/whitworth etc plus some odds and sods rescued from scrap for modifying for specific jobs.
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Having rebuilt my series Land Rover over the years I have a bin for imperial stainless (mainly UNF) plus one for metric fittings and a third for washers of various types. The former nicely covers most of the body/chassis/suspension fittings on my Roadster. I keep each bin topped up as I run out of any particular nut, popular length bolt or washer so I can be assured when needed the correct ones are there. For the most part except in critical load situations old fittings get replaced with stainless after dismantling as I hate to see rusty ones.
Richard
2018 Roadster 3.7
1966 Land Rover S2a 88
2024 Royal Enfield Guerrilla 450
1945 Guzzi Airone
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I've found over the 21 years of Morganing my set of BA nut spinners and and open enders come in handy too for the smaller stuff..
A good selection of Metric, Whitworth normally suffices.
An angle grinder for the exhaust has been known to be used in extremis on the U clamps..
2009 4/4 Sport Henrietta
1999 Indigo Blue +8
2009 4/4 Sport Green prev
1993 Con Green +8 prev
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