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March 25, I installed spotlights. (how time flies)


Never connected them because a friend had done the same on his 2013 +4 and had problems with the fuse.
They blew (every time) after a while when the spotlights were turned on.

There is a plug ready in the wiring harness that supplies power when the high beams are turned on. At least with that 2013 +4, not so with my 2014 +4.
Yet both Duratec engines.

My idea was to connect them directly on the Battery with a fuse and a switch under the dashboard.



As we have a night rally next week and SWMBO don't like driving the Morgan in the dark to much, this was the right moment.



Test next Friday

Good job; in my experience, you've taken the right approach.

On my 2012 Plus 4, using Morgan's integrated spot/fog light loom resulted in an identical fuse-blowing issue your friend suffered. There's clearly something not right with it, given we both suffered the exact same issue. To solve the fault and for complete safety/peace of mind, I simply fitted a nicely made independent auxiliary lights loom, buying the components and making my own loom would have actually worked out more expensive.

Strickly speaking, as I run LED bulbs in my Marchal fog lights a relay isn't necessary, but as this was already integrated into my new stand-alone loom, I figured it made no sense to remove it. I also figured if I ever decided to go back to incandescent bulbs, a relay would be essential, a suitable fuse value was selected and I finished off the job by placing my illuminated switch where you've placed yours.

It all works perfectly and has been completely reliable, just as you'd expect; most importantly, it's 100% safe, unlike my experience with the Morgan wiring! Some will try to convince you the Morgan aux lighting loom is the way to go, but based on my experience I really can't recomend it.

My advice to anyone fitting fogs/spots would be to take the safe option and fit a stand-alone loom with integrated relay, fuse holder and of course a fuse of the correct calculated value, because let's face it.... you're a long time living in regret!

I made a mistake I have never made before, and hopefully never will again. I hooked up the battery charger backwards. And the smoke poured out of the alternator. OOPS!

So last night I replaced the alternator and the connecting plug. Restarted and everything is good to go!

I won't do that again!

do that on a more modern trad & the pcb etc goes bang.

Took mine for its MOT, straight through with no advisories. Only doing about 2k miles a year these days, but it's nice to have it available.

Installed the 123 Ignition Bluetooth distributor...

I installed the motor mount bracket that I had modified to straighten the engine, bolted up the exhaust header, and mounted the carburetors.

Impressed with your work 1845sailor ... very thorough and thoughtful ... loving the twin webers ... I have them on my MG racer and sometimes when I'm in the garage I pop the bonnet just to look at them! 🙂

K

Thank you! I have found a lot of questionable workmanship on the car and I'm just trying to put it right.

I got the cowl and valence back on. The grille isn't exactly vertical, but it's a lot better than it was...