Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - My 26 year old Plus 8 sails thru MOT yesterday;-)

I confess to being a simple soul and maintaining ,servicing and running my old banger gives me enormous pleasure and to see her getting coaxed through the emissions by my Indy engineer is a work of art, he commented dryly yesterday "it probably cost a gallon of fuel to do it" but we all enjoyed the tunes he played with the throttle.

I refuse to pay Morgan Agents servicing fees as from previous experience they do the minimum for maximum financial benefit to them.

For this reason I shall not be upgrading to any Aero or CX chassis as you lose control of the things that I cherish about my old bird, being able to enjoy all of it without the encumberance of too much electronic buggeration to stop you !

A pair of scaffold planks, car ramps small and a set of axle stands and small trolley jack is all you need.





I leave it to them to sort me out 5 new tyres for next Wednesday fitting, my only brief being good wet grip, She knows what she is doing so follow her, I'll let you know what she turns up with.

Richard, I can't recall what the 'professional' term for this kind of 'tune-up' is but I do like your mechanics style!

I recall having a bit of a banger, where the MOT tester suggested (in the days when they were less draconian) that I drove around the local roads rapidly to get things nice and hot before he tested it again!

Congrats on the MOT

When I had my 1978 plus 8 the only way it would pass the emissions was if I disconnected the pipe from the head to the carbs /inlet manifold. So there would be blue smoke coming out through the louvres but the exhaust had the sensor placed in it. The MOT chap used to say, "I'm not required to look or measure the bonnet area"
Fun days...

After having a high hydrocarbons readout a couple of years ago I now give her an Italian tuneup on the 10 mile drive to the MOT station i.e. flat out in second gear, no further problems.

My +8 is now 45 years old. Just had to fiddle with the mixture to get it through MOT. Now don't need to bother and it is serviced every year.
Run Toyo Proxes CF2, on my second set since Yokohomas not available - 205 60 X 15.

That'll be an Italian service ie. thrash it!