Jeff, pick up the Fred Sisson book "The Morgan Bedside Reader" ASAP, as
he's almost out of them. Morgan Spares's catalogue and Melvyn Rutter's both
have excellent blow up drawings of the cars, which probably show the grease
nipples. Make sure you get the one reached through the top front of the
transmission tunnel!
The jack is a screw jack that mounts a pintle into the hole in the frame
crossbar just between your legs. That's what the removable plate in the
floor is for. Looks sort of like an old VW bus jack with a crank at the
top. Wonderfully simple and effective, it lifts one side of the car at a
time completely off the ground. It gives you a good idea of the fore & aft
balance of the car. If you have steel disk wheels, get a 4 way wheel wrench
and find a place to permanently stow it in the car, maybe in the unused
battery floor pan behind the driver's seat. Or, get a 1/2" drive very long
breaker bar, a short extension and the appropriate socket to fit the lug
nuts. This rig will easily stow in the scuttle toolbox. If you have wire
wheels, get a copper or lead headed knock-off hammer.
Jerry Murphy
'67 +4 6676
At 06:47 PM 4/6/99 -0400, Jeff Webster wrote:
>Hi there,
>First off, Linda at Morgan Spares felt it necessary that I tell you that she
>did in fact, send me the correct hand brake cable for my car - as there is
>only one. I have yet to put it on, but I am trying.
>Does anyone know how many grease nipples there are on a '58 Plus 4? I'm just
>not sure if I have found them all yet!
>Also, I mentioned gearbox oil the other day, and a fellow lister told me not
>to use Hypoid 90 in my Moss box - but rather 30 w. Did he mean just regular
>30w engine oil? If I were to drain and refill, how many quarts should I buy?
>(I know, gota get a manual!)
>Lastly, (for now) what tools were supplied by the factory back in '57-58?
>Did they have some kind of a hydaulic bottle jack - and what about a tire
>iron?
>I have nothing in my car - hell, I don't even know where the recommended
>jacking point are!
>Can anyone help?
>
>Regards,
>
>Jeff
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