"whatisthatsound" (whatisthatsound)
05/02/2020 at 15:15 • Filed to: Morgan 3 Wheeler, Morgan, morgan motor company
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"whatisthatsound" (whatisthatsound)
05/02/2020 at 15:15 • Filed to: Morgan 3 Wheeler, Morgan, morgan motor company | 11
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The night before I left for deployment the Morgan left us stranded as we headed to dinner, classic and expected really. I was pretty sure it was the fuel pump because they are a known weak spot and I’ve experienced this before. In the previous breakdown, the pump mysteriously came back to life. Disclaimer, the fuel gauge shows a numeric value not grounded in reality so both times I ran it out of gas which kills the pump.
This was the first breakdown, same idea except I now have a trailer with a winch so I am my own rescue crew. I’m basically living off the grid. I also had to buy a tow vehicle for these (GLE) hidden costs you know?
I was nervous since I had no time to prepare it for storage. The only good news was the engine was dry of fuel since it was fuel starved and I changed the oil the day before. I also had a battery tender.
Oh hey, while you’re deployed I’ll just sit here broken for 10 months. Shouldn’t bother anyone...
6 months into deployment we were being extended so my patient wife added fuel stabilizer and kept rolling the car around the garage, you know, for my piece of mind. Of course the tank was almost full as she added the gas and it went into the overfill charcoal filter and spilled out making a hard situation more frustrating. Most of the stabilizer got in though so I held my breath. All I could do was wait.
There were a few times on Skype I’d ask her to turn it over and the fuel pump was not playing along. I took it as a good sign and this could still be an easy fix.
Filter is removed and the charcoal overfill is hanging.
The Morgan forum is unbelievable. Imagine the jeep and lotus forum put together except every person has broken down at least once and no one lives near a place to service the cars, they exist I’m sure of it though.
I found a step by step pdf a member wrote that even the newest mechanic could follow because this repair is so common people carry the tools and parts to do it on the roadside.
In a side story the parts I ordered from the UK were 70.00$ but a mixup declared them 7,000$ which made me fill out paperwork to become an importer of goods. I received a VAT bill from FedEx for 3 times what I paid for the parts. It all got sorted eventually, just another random morgan ownership experience.
The parts and tools needed.
The cover for the pump was the hardest thing to takeoff.
The procedure is simple, disconnect the lines take out the pump and replace the filter while your in there, fit a pump that isn’t from a 1990s Landrover and get back on the road. The whole thing took me 2 hours.
The gas had not turned yet and the tank was pretty clean.
My first 2 drives were 5 to 10 minutes as a shakedown to see if anything else like the rear main seal or bevel box or oil container or transmission was going to leak or implode. I wanted to actually warm it up so yesterday I took it on an hour long jaunt to work because I’d rather get stranded where I know I can get a ride back to my trailer. Today I’m saying it is officially fixed and the check engine light is off without tape covering it! My guess is the light was from the exhaust O2 sensors reading old fuel. So it’s fixed! For now...
Housing with the old pump and lines.
I’ll wash it this week and get some photos. I did scratch a fender and the other one came scratched so they will need to be painted because there is always something=).
WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 12:13 |
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“ A man is never more attentive and acutely aware of sounds , sights, and smells , as he is after fixing something and testing it out for the first time .”
-Me 2020
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whatisthatsound
> WasGTIthenGTOthenNOVAnowbacktoGTI
05/02/2020 at 12:14 |
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especially with gasoline.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 13:11 |
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I’ve missed seeing this car on Oppo! Glad to hear you're doing Mog things and having Mog problems.
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whatisthatsound
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
05/02/2020 at 13:18 |
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I'm hoping to get a full summer before something catastrophic.
sn4cktimes
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 13:29 |
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I’d love to buy a build it yourself kit of this car with a fully made electrical harness. I hate electrical work.
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whatisthatsound
> sn4cktimes
05/02/2020 at 13:33 |
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You’d need a full woodshop compliment because as much as they use jigs a lot of it is the carpenters then making it work.
Napoli
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 14:26 |
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I’v e bee seriously considering getting a Morgan 3 Wheeler. Are you happy with your purchase?
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whatisthatsound
> Napoli
05/02/2020 at 15:08 |
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I love it and I've had an elise sc, s2000, viper, f type, golf r, racing karts and the like. This is the one I'm going to keep. You probably have been on the forums so you know about the problems. The biggest question you should ask is what is your initial reaction when stranded? If it is to laugh then get it. If it isn't then get a vanderhall or Polaris or atom.
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Napoli
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 16:38 |
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Is the ex haust ridiculously loud? The 4C is starting to kill my hearing.
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whatisthatsound
> Napoli
05/02/2020 at 16:41 |
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It will be louder but you’ll also wear ear protection and a helmet because taking a big or rock at 60 is not ideal. The whole experience will be much worse than your 4C. You'll love it.
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sn4cktimes
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 18:33 |
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A house I can frame. Fine carpentry is a little outside my wheel-house. It’d be a pipe dream unless I eventually own a house with land or a 5 car garage. The wife has put a cap on my 2 cars and a bike. My Eagle and the teardrop generally live in the garage while her Juke and my Rampage live outside. I doubt she’d be down with a Morgan unless I could wedge it behind the trailer. Ceiling height is too low for a stacking car lift scenario in the garage.
shop-teacher
> whatisthatsound
05/02/2020 at 23:50 |
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Glad it turned out ok!