vacation and making a mess on T-9

The plan is still to have a technical inspection for the Morgan next week. AutoColor Heinen in Solingen overhauled the engine last summer and will to the final setup. While there is some uncertainty if I can also renew the TÜV for the car at the same time we will give this a try. To get the car fully reassembled I took the next two weeks off.
My task list for today was to check the front hubs again. The wheels were hardly spinning, and I believe I tighten the center nut too much before. After this correction I greased the front suspension and track rods – a quick and easy job when the front wings are not on the car.

Next on my list was to refit a grommet for the rear brake line where it enters the chassis. While in theory an easy task – I had a hard time with this. I started searching for a smaller grommet and ended up cleaning and sorting all remaining parts that need to be installed. After more than two hours I now hopefully have a final list for my next order at Mogparts.net and only 3 storage crates left with parts that need to go back on. An old smaller grommet was found, and all fuel line screws double checked.

A couple month back I bought a Gunson One-man brake bleeding kit. I successfully used in on the MGB. It comes with a reservoir bottle that you fill with new fluid and attach to the master brake cylinder. The MGB has the same small cap as the Mini Cooper – the Girling brake cylinder on the Morgan requires a larger cap. What I didn’t notice is that the cap has a slightly different threading. I seemed tight – but when I attached a spare tire to add the necessary pressure – the cap popped open and most of the new brake fluid spilled on the floor. Thankfully almost no fluid got on the chassis. I cleaned up the mess on the floor and tried to bleed the air from the system – but it just wouldn’t work out.

Frustrated about this I decided to take a seat. At this point I noticed the odd position of the steering wheel again. Now I wrote about this before back in November. Now with the seat in the final position it really bothers me. Building the new dashboard is on the task list for this week and if I want to center the steering wheel, I had to do it right away. The downside of this change are two unnecessary, ugly holes in the bulkhead. I really hoped that now further welding would be necessary…

Before putting the driver door back on the car, I replaced the anti-roll bar screws. The roll-bar kit came with 50mm long screws which normally works out fine. But because I created the “heatshield” for the exhaust I ordered 45mm ones to give the tiny bit of more clearance that is needed to this.
Getting the door back on was much easier compared to the passenger side. Since the hinge post, the wood on the door and the catch post have been replaced last summer, the repeated test fits paid off. I am happy with the door gap and alignment.