Random notes on the restauration of Morgans, MGBs and Minis
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 →
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 →
While I haven't done much on the Morgan for the last two weeks - I still have been quite busy. As mentioned in my last post, stress at work, frustration about the lockdown and chaos in the garage resulted in a bad mood. There is nothing I can do about work and Covid-19 - so... Continue Reading →
The backside of the panels for frame are currently being painted and I am still anxiously awaiting the new wiring harness from AutoSparks. The goal of having a rolling chassis has been completed - with one little thing to do: installing the new EZ Powersteering. While this in theory sounds like a straightforward job it... Continue Reading →
back in mid May this year when I removed the rear axle I remembered that my father often mentioned the "Rutherford" suspension upgrade back in the 90th when we did "Father&Son tours" with the Morgan. He always wanted it, but never invested money or effort to get it. After a search on the TalkMorgan forum... Continue Reading →
By now even native english speaker should have heard this word-for-word translation for the german saying "Auf dem Holzweg sein". And if you have read one of my d a previous entries who know that I still need to fix the wooden frame. After I took the frame from the chassis a couple of month... Continue Reading →
It is exactly 5 month ago that I unscrewed the first bolt on the Morgan. Today I switched from disassembly/cleaning/repair into "assembly mode". It took 7 weeks until the end of May to take everything apart. The chassis, bulkhead, crosshead and some other parts came back from sandblasting and painting exactly 3 month ago. A... Continue Reading →
One of the benefits of homeoffice work during these Covid19 times is that I was able to start working in the garage - or actually in front of it - in the late afternoon already on two days this week. Back in April I started taking the Morgan apart. After I found the rotted left-hand... Continue Reading →
Today I finally got around to remove the last panels from the frame which needs some fixing. The only parts that need to be replaced are the lefthand sillboard, door rocker and latchpost. Initially I thought about leaving all other panels on the frame - but I decided to do it properly. The best method... Continue Reading →
Fixing C6622 