MOGWIRE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Here is a pick of some questions asked in the last few week.
We will post more of them as time allows.

ROADSTER OIL PAN The oil pan of my roadster 2 is cracked by a stone and now slightly leaking. Do You know if it is possible to use the oil pan of a Ford ST220, a Jaguar S? I would be very thankful for Your help and please excuse my poor english. Best regards RD (Germany)
ANSWER: You have sadly discovered a well-known problem with the Roadster. The lack of sump clearance is dangerous and should be dealt with the best you can. GoMoG has an article which will answer all your questions and more. If you have any trouble understanding it. We can help with that. Glück! THE MORGAN WIRE

 
WOOD SCREWS  Many of the wood screws on the car can no longer be tightened. Is there a method to get them to hold again? John (UK)
ANSWER Sure John. There are a variety of methods [some involving ritual chanting ;)]. But I use an old carpenter's trick. Keep a match box of toothpicks and wood splinters where you store your Morgan. When a wood screw will not tighten, remove the screw, and push in a bit of splinter or toothpick and break it off flush. Then try the screw again. Voila! Good luck. THE MORGAN WIRE

 
THREE WHEELER MX4 I have a 1935 Mx4 Super Sport barrel back and a friend of mine has a Mx4 Sport. We both live in Italy. Now this other owner ask me if the wooden parts of the Morgan needed a regular treatment, second if there is a blow up manual for the Mx4 as there are for other cars. This would make things easy when ordering parts. Any help? All the best Alessandro (Italy)
ANSWER: We offer this service for Classic Morgans..but we can certainly steer you in the right direction!  We would suggest he talks to one or two of the existing experts - that's where most of the knowledge is stored. 

The best book on the car was a paper covered spiral bound manual by Clarrie who was one of the complete experts until he died (while still an active M3W user) in the last 2 years. He was in his late 90s. Wouldn't use the phone, didn't use credit cards - really old fashioned type and his book is a fount
of expertise on these cars.

Copies can be picked up - they are all in English though.  People like Ewan Cameron of Cameron Engineering in Malvern Link represent the best of today's experts, and he's a young one (father still in M3Ws).  Then there's the expert collector/restorers such as Chris Booth in Rolvenden in Kent with his
M3W museum and all the cars he has restored.  If he can find a way to visit him, he'd learn a LOT! (Language translation permitting.) 

OR he can join the Morgan Three Wheeler Club and seek assistance. It offers several books including  Clarries. (It  the MTWC that prints  it.)  The club also has a library full of  drawings/reprints/wood   working/etc.  There is also a list of experts on call that one can contact for specific questions. Worth a  try I believe.  Buona fortuna!   THE MORGAN WIRE

 
HOTWIRE 3.9  Many thanks for this very interesting site. I'm owning a Range Rover Classic 3,9 EFI and I did found a lot of information on this engine on your site. Do you know of a similar site for Range Rovers? Can I nevertheless ask some tech questions to your community. 

My RR has run well for many years. However, in the last month, the revolutions the car are very high when I start . Sometimes, at a light, the engine will stop. Do you know what is wrong? G Perrier (France)
ANSWER:  Your stepper motor (also called the IACV for idle air control valve) needs cleaning or replacement. On your engine, you will find this component off the right rear off the plenum. To clean, disconnect your battery and then release the plastic clip that allows you to remove the plug from the component. Remove the component with a spanner and carefully clean with clear alcohol or spray carb cleaner.  Re-install. 

If this procedure changed the idle, but did not completely cure the problem, you need a new one. be careful..the prices vary wildly..correct price is about 70£. Or if you are in the USA occasionally, buy one there. They are a GM part. 

Bonne chance.

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HOOD FRAME Disassembled my 61 Plus 4 hood sticks to have them powder coated. Didn't
make a diagram of how they were assembled. Put them back in and now I am not sure if i got them right. The picture shows how they are. They are strapped for the one closest to the body to
go to the rear, the middle one to the front and the closest inside to the middle. Is this correct? 
Dale (USA)
The order of the hood stays/hoops and how they are laced did not change for many decades until only recent years. The only thing that was altered in that time was their shape. (In the newest cars, there are now only 2 hoops, a  cost saving.) 

The picture you sent shows them fit in the correct order. However, you did not show the all-important lacing. It is the fashion they are laced where most people make a mistake when attempting to replace them. 

The largest hoop, the one fit most outboard, is rearmost when the top is up. The middle sized hoop, placed between the other two when at rest, becomes the FRONT hoop when up. So it is at the very end of the each strap or lace. The third, inboard hoop at rest, is the smallest hoop and will be in the middle position when up.

So the order they are laced (from rear to front) is;

1. to the car at the end of the rear compartment

2. then the most outboard hoop (largest)

3. then the most inboard hoop (smallest)

4. then the middle hoop hoop.

Good luck! THE MORGAN WIRE