Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - Work of today

Change from spare wheel to without.
White indicators and rear lights

New dashboard has arrived

new dash and LM tank cap

I now have a lockable fuel filler cap

As I never really liked the gearshift, it had to go.




Just in time... tomorrow we're off to Como ... and the first snowfall in the Alps

ACF-50 is great stuff. I've used it for years on classic Defenders, off the back of a recommendation from a chap who does vehicle corrosion protection for a living, and, in my experience, it does work well.

Just stick a washer over the hole with double sided tape John. It keeps the drill bit centralised if the hole is the right size.

I was so preoccupied with the central screw nut that I tried your recommendation right away.
Pour boiling water over the screw nut... wait two minutes and lo and behold, the nut can be loosened.
Thank you, John, for your first-class and quick help 👍

Lionel Roberts made various versions for plain and "eared" spinner nuts https://franks4x4-morgantechnical.blogspot.com/2019/11/a-lionel-roberts-alloy-wheel-spinner.html, No longer available direct as far as I know, and I sold mine (sorry) when I switched to eared spinners, but they turn up on line occasionally

Mulfab make angled longer handled versions of your mm one.
I have alloys now but am keeping my mulfab and Lionel spanners for now

I made mine myself/had it made.
Brexit is unfortunately making exchanges more difficult. But if you like, I can send you a drawing via private message.

What I find amazing is just simple things like this, were they still get ingress of water thru wiper shafts. Whereas every other vehicle manufacturers seems to find solutions to such an inevitable eventuality every time it rains. The warranty costs must be horrendous, if it takes out the PCB and other control switches, for the sake of better design and execution during the build stage.

Its not as if its a new problem even 40 odd years ago my mass produced MG Midgets a similar wiper application/design could keep water out from the wiper shafts. Does it not rain in Malvern? It would frustrate me, knowing potentially every time it rained, could see your car off the road for a while whilst being fixed and more importantly why are they fixing it again. You want the assurance that in wet conditions, your car will operate safely.

Maybe they should consider introducing a wet room as part of the quality control procedure, subject the car to monsoon type rain, to check for leaks and the operation of wipers , lights etc. before despatching to customers.