Got sidetracked
After removing the wiring harness from the Morgan a while back I thought that fixing it will be a quick job. Removing the entire PVC tape wrap took an entire evening. A shortage caused by the white (ignition) cable slipping of the Weber Idle solenoid, caused more damage than I initially saw. It was pure... Continue Reading →
Morgan Engine Install …
Is it the third or fourth time I am rewriting this post? With all the iterations I went through mentally - I cannot even recall.... The weekend started with a visit at Stefan's garage. He had some old 195/65R15 tires I could trial fit on the new Dunlop D-style wheels I bought for the MGB.... Continue Reading →
T-30: LeJog 2023 – Navigation training
In exactly one month I will be in Land's End and the LeJog 2023 is about to start. Ever since I heard about the event 7 years ago, I hoped to have the opportunity to attend one day. And now it is happening. How did this go about? On almost all classic car rallye's I... Continue Reading →
Morgan Engine removal
It was already dark when I got to the garage tonight. All I wanted to do is a bit of clean up and head home early. But after twenty minutes, all tools and parts found their right place and my workbench had the second wipe. I decided to do a test drive with the Morgan... Continue Reading →
Service Saturday
During a business trip last week, I caught a cold and due to this I did not really do anything besides dropping off the spare engine earlier this week. It was the first day in two weeks that I could spent some hours in the garage. And there was no shortage of tasks. First off... Continue Reading →
Hubs, Wheels & Spare engine
Due to a business trip to Dublin last week and plenty of tasks - there is no big update. Just a bunch of smaller jobs. One of the MGB rear axles found its way into storage - the other still needed the hubs for the bolt-on wheels and finishing-touch of the brake drums. I used... Continue Reading →
MGB rear axle overhaul – Part 2 – reassembly
Why did it take so long to finish this job? The MGB rear axle overhaul – Part 1 – disassembly is one off the most viewed articles I wrote with a couple hundred views. Maybe this is reason why I had the axles back on my bench a couple times but there was always something that... Continue Reading →