Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The new wiring loom finally arrived. As mentioned before AutoSparks did not send it to the updated address and Billy Bellinger was so kind to forward it. The new long (and freshly cleaned up) workbench was helpful for this task. After I unpacked the box, I decided to revisit the old loom again. The rear... Continue Reading →
As it was super windy and loud outside today I figured that nobody will care about me making some noise in the garage. The left front wing can now be screwed on from beneath the car as I used drive-in nuts. Unfortunately I need to replace the ones I am using now again as the... Continue Reading →
My December task list wasn't necessarily the longest. But taking a few evenings "off" from the garage and building a new workbench last weekend have thrown me back a little. Time to catch up. I started off by removing the scuttle panel, steering wheel, dashboard and steering column again. As I am currently not planning... Continue Reading →
With nothing else to do today I decided to complete my Morgan budget calucation spreadsheet for this year. The file was created on the day the Morgan made its way into my garage back in April. It started of as a link collection for various spare parts. Everyime a new item was added to the... Continue Reading →
