Gents;
If you wish to have an insight into how various U.K. owners view the
controversial subject of front suspension lubrication, look up:
http://www.itmc.co.uk/morgan/grease.htm
Perhaps this advice would apply less to the owners of older cars
whose life-blood is 20W50, but I can't think why.
Willie
NAS 4.0 Plus 8, trying patiently to await the build of the car in (NOW)
Jan.-Feb. when all the North American specs are finalized. (Originally
build was to have begun in July-August).
At 01:54 AM 12/1/97 +0000, you wrote:
>The '58 Plus Four I'm restoring is missing all it's self oiling system pipes.
> My first Mog, an early '58 bustle back Plus Four, (purchased as a wreck
>when I was a young lad of 18 in 1964) was also missing it's self-oiling pipes
> In their place, a couple of zerk fittings were located to allow the sliding
>pillars to be greased. I later found a set of pipes on a Morgan in a junk
>yard (Mogs were actually junked in those days), which I installed on my Mog.
> My recollection is they made rather a mess, with gobs of oil all over the
>front suspension. What's the collective wisdom regarding self-oiling
>systems? Should I purchase the pipes and reinstall the system, or is there a
>better way to oil the sliding pillars? What's your experience, Mog owners?
>
>Bill Wilkman
>Wildbil923@aol.com
>
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