In an attempt to get back on track with the rebuild project I made the somewhat crazy decision to schedule a workshop appointment at AutoColor Heinen in Solingen. They rebuild the engine half a year ago and we agreed back then that they will do the finetuning and first start. As the TÜV (german equivant... Continue Reading →
fruit of the loom(work)
Today I finally got the proof that my initial calculation of 6 to 8 hours to put the wiring back into the car wasn’t far off. Well, that is if you have a correct and working wiring harness for your car. Anybody that has read my last posts or talked to me over the last... Continue Reading →
still down to the wire
The only positive aspect of working on the new loom for the Morgan is the fact that I can do this in my office instead of freezing cold garage. As mentioned before there are a number of issues, I need to fix to make the new AutoSparks loom fit my 1984 Morgan 4/4. The first... Continue Reading →
small steps are still steps forward
What on earth was I dreaming? On the Mini Cooper installing the wiring not even took two evenings. I expected the same with the new loom for the Morgan. And here I am, working on it for almost two weeks now with little else to do. But slowly the parts I need are being delivered.... Continue Reading →
in and out – first loom trial fit
After trying out Visio to document the loom I got from Autospark I quickly became frustrated about the time this takes. So instead I would used the 1988 wiring diagram from GoMog as template and Paint.Net to just draw the changes. By mostly using copy and past of elements and a few new lines that... Continue Reading →
Boring, long summary of loom details…
This is really more a note for myself. A post that includes details that nobody will be needing unless they have a Morgan 4/4 built between 1982 and 1988 and buy a new loom from AutoSparks in the next couple of month. 🙂 Today I finally got hold of a friendly technician from AutoSparks. He... Continue Reading →
all tangled up
Let's start with a "Happy New Year" to all readers. I hope you had a good start and a nice January 1st, 2021. A bit unexpectedly I did not spend any time in the garage. Instead, I cleaned up my office desk to work on the wiring loom at home. Turned out to be a... Continue Reading →