Ross,
Believe it or not, Connolly Hide Food is not particularly good for
Connolly hides. Try <http://www.leatherique.com> Krysti can
match the dye for you too if required.
Willie
NAS 4.0 Plus 8 (R-11953)
At 07:48 PM 07/06/2001 -0400, Ross Jones wrote:
>Thanks for all the advice from list members on repairing the tail
>pipe/resonator that fell off my 1987 4/4 last month. I finally fixed it
>tonight by sawing off the broken edge and adding a 24 inch 2 7/8 in. O.D.
>galvanized pipe with a standard muffler clamp (had to saw three inches off
>the end of the new pipe). Added a 6 in. chrome tip, it looks great, and cost
>was under 10 bucks. Tossed the resonator out!
>
>Also learned how to fix the hand brake myself, which never worked properly.
>Had a heck of a time getting the cotter pins out of the two rods, and then
>figuring out which way to turn the darn nuts. Had to cut the original pins
>to get them out, then figured the proper direction to turn the nuts
>(naturally I turned them the wrong way first time). The result I now have
>a solid parking brake that stops at two clicks tight, where previously it
>took five clicks and did not hold for crap. I can finally take the little
>steel wheel chocks I have been carrying around for two years out of my
>toolbox!
>
>Just turned 14,000 miles today, and get the car inspected this Monday. One
>thing I have discovered since owning a Morgan - fix as much as you can
>yourself its more fun, and you learn something along the way. The hand
>brake deal looks a lot like the clutch cable, something that will probably
>need adjusted frequently. My last clutch cable adjustment has lasted for two
>months.
>
>Now the only thing left to do is work on the interior leather. Color is
>light tan, and the sun is fading this terribly. I am using Connelly Hide
>Food to treat the leather, but feel certain areas may require re-dying. The
>upper left and right portions of the drivers seat are also losing their
>shape, and look like there are dents in them from my body. Under the drivers
>seat cushion, a strange type of webbing material also broke. I replaced it
>with a piece of wood, which works fine. The original material looks like
>strips from an old tire inner tube.
>
>Thanks again for this list, I would be lost without it!
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