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Excellent job DB, well done. Beautiful patina on that leather.
Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE
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Made a pair of headlight support tubes and lugs for a pals pre-war Standard engined 4-4.
Bottom lugs are standard 1 1/4" bumper clamps but the top lug had to be fabricated from 4 separate parts then welded all together and the welds smoothed over with files and emery cloth.
Then into the jig I made when making the ones for my car then brazed them all up.
Arwyn Ah, proper brazing - an almost lost skill nowadays 
Jon M
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Drove it to Techniques in Stotfold for its annual service.
Nothing major just a few electrical gremlins and one of the very last original mechanical items on the +8, lasted 45 years has finally given up the ghost. The fan in the fan heater. Only used to aid cooling when running hot. I think everything else under the bonnet and below the dash has expired at least once.
All set now for Spa Classic in a couple of weeks and a drive down to Umbria in September
1980 +8 Blue
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Stephen
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Agreed
That and silver soldering!
Having said that I've just retubed a 1933 Super Sports chassis. 150 quids worth of cold drawn seamless steel tubing held together by 175 quids worth of silver solder.....
Arwyn
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You dont laze about Arwyn , well done .
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Yesterday, actually, I removed the failed electric fuel pump. The engine started sputtering about a quarter mile from home and I nursed it into the driveway before it quit. A replacement is on the way.
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Installed the new pump. I went with a Facet "Red Top" and it's much quieter than the old Holley. Switched from barbed hose connections to AN type fittings like the rest of the system. ![[Linked Image]](https://tm-img.com/images/2025/07/17/Facet.md.jpg) Strange that the Talk Morgan Image website distorted the picture, but you get the idea...
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I guess someone fixed the picture...
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Relative to the vast knowledge base here on Talk Morgan, I'm a newbie and wondered if silver soldering is the method the factory used to fabricate the chassis. Agreed
That and silver soldering!
Having said that I've just retubed a 1933 Super Sports chassis. 150 quids worth of cold drawn seamless steel tubing held together by 175 quids worth of silver solder.....
Arwyn
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Just Getting Started
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Just Getting Started
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Un grand entretien chez Morgan
Huile moteur, filtre,
Huile differentiel,
Purge liquide de freins, nouveaux pistons tambours,
Graissage suspension
Etc
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