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by Joske Vermeule, September 1
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Has anyone had an issue with their headlamp surround on a Plus Six? Mine don’t fit well and appear to have a random M5 nut used as a spacer on the retaining screw, between the surround and the plastic mounting.
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Yes headlamp chrome surrounds are a big problem at Morgan. The current bodge to fix it and stop them being a poor fit is to glue some cork spacers inside the surrounds at the bottom so when the one retaining ring screw is fitted (at about '5 o clock position)it tightens onto the cork and does not 'lift' the chrome surrounds off of the two top lugs...
Lets face it these are a poor 'lucas legacy' design....
Morgans 1934 MX, 1947 Series 1, 1956 +4 TR4, 2000 +4 T16
Triumph Herald 1969 13/60
Morris 1970
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Thanks for the update, do you know if Morgan have a fix?
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Thanks for the update, do you know if Morgan have a fix? Yes it's a random M5 nut  Seriously though you are probably better off finding a custom solution yourself. Rob's suggestion with cork spacer and the "standard" factory (5") strip of self adhesive neoprene stuck over top of headlamp retainer as a starter.
Richard
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Neoprene can fix most things.
Soft spacer? Neoprene
A post finisher? Neoprene
Stop a leak? Neoprene
Stop rattles? Neoprene
DaveW
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Neoprene is what I use...it also reduces the wind noise and whistle through the headlight
Morgans 1934 MX, 1947 Series 1, 1956 +4 TR4, 2000 +4 T16
Triumph Herald 1969 13/60
Morris 1970
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And it comes with a self adhesive strip if you use draught excluder
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Thanks guys, I’ll put up with a lot on my Morgan and consider many of the idiosyncrasies as part of the vehicle’s characteristics, however a bodge is a hodge and this is a hodge and, in my humble opinion not acceptable on a new car. Wish me luck at Morgan Works Malvern
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They will call it a feature.
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