Le Mans 62 Anniversary model of the Classic Morgan Sports Car Celebrating the 'Spirit of TOK 258 the Class Winner of Le Mans 1962'

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This page last updated 04 November 2008

Various sources of 'useful' information are around for the Morgan 4/4 and +8 that are of common interest to our group.
So here is a list of relevant 'Tips' and 'Information'.

Please feel free to forward any more that come to mind.

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Mounting a GPS: (Le Mans 62 4/4 and +8 variant specific) - Posted by Terry Gilmour 4th Nov '08
		You know how it is in a Morgan. You’re going on a long trip and want to use your Sat Nav. Well, you have two places for it; the first is in the glove box – However, you can’t hear the speaker or keep your travel sweets there either. You also need a separate aerial if you don’t want to keep losing satellite reception. How about on the transmission tunnel? A similar problem with losing reception and it’s also difficult to see. Faced with this problem, I asked an engineer friend of mine if he could come up with a solution and here it is. A stainless steel rod fixed to the roll bar with a changeable end fitting for various devices. Mine’s a Garmin Street Pilot and here it is in place. No aerial needed, easy to see and a free glove box. If anyone is interested in one, the contact is; Gra Campbell on 01202 872232.
Relay replacement: (Le Mans 62 4/4 variant specific) - Posted by Keith Hofgartner 10 Oct '08
		When I picked up my car from Allon White Garage the only advice that I was given regarding 'spares' was to carry spare relays for the Electronic Fuel Management system. There has been much debate on various Morgan Blog sites regarding the replacements of the Relays that power the Fuel Management System and the inherent reliability issues. To the left are photos of a relay that was purchased as a direct replacement for the original Bosch unit with part number 0332014112 (12v 30A).(In all photos the replacement for the Bosch unit is shown on the right). It was purchased from Europarts at a cost of £16.07 incl. VAT for two units. It appears to have the 'desirable' components of being sealed (silicon on the base) and rugged. The relays are slightly taller but this only means that the lid closes with a slight fall to the rear to allow water to run off if present. I cannot see how this effects the 'waterproofing' as the unit is open at the bottom anyhow! Car fires up OK...(Several long journeys and all seems fine - 4th Nov. 2008).
Hard Top Catches: (Le Mans 62 4/4 and +8 specific) - Posted by Keith Hofgartner 10 Oct '08
		As described in Bulletin 15 following the experiences of Peter Alt in his Le Mans 62 on a German Autobahn (Hard Top coming adrift at speed!) here is a useful and inexpensive modification to consider to your car. On investigation it is clear that the screws holding the catches on to the top of the body (rear of the door) appear to be insufficient for the job, considering the high forces that they can be subject to due to the ‘suction effect’ when travelling at ‘speed’. After recommendation from Peter Alt, I have replaced the factory fitted 20mm screws (shown) with longer ones (50mm) this was relatively easy with slight increase to the hole size in the mounting plate and slight deepening of the countersink. Another useful tip is to then place rubber (best) or plastic tubing (as in photo above) inside the moulding to force the top away from the catches for stronger ‘bite’ by catches.

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