Bye Bye Morphy me old mucker!

[Lee_D]

:sobsob:

Bye bye Morph!

Those who have graced the For sale section recently will have seen Morph up for sale... Well tomorrow I've got to drop him off up North

 :sobsob:

He's found a new home and I'll be taking on a 1990 G reg 110 CSW as part of a trade in on Morph.

Tis a sad day! :sobsob:

[Colin 009]

Good Luck to the both of you. :D

[JD LWB]

do we know the new master of Morph? :D

[Lee_D]

Big Nige as he's known in the AFL forum (newsgroup really but hey!).

I've a feeling he has lurked this way, and I've pointed him in the Direction of Chris's Bar grips.

Suppose I best change me avitar now..... h'mmmm

Lee D

[tomarse]

why would he want more bar slicks?

[Lee_D]

When I looked at the ones on Morph compared to the spares then there was room for improvement if any serious off road entertainment was going to occur which I understand is Nige's idea for Morph.

Personnally I've found Bar grips to be fine for my purposes, the weight of an Ambi has certainly never left me wanting for grip on road.

Lee D

[sleeplessparadise]

So we could be seeing morph really soon then under the heading for sale in AFL and also near us as Nige isnt far from us.

[Lee_D]

I reckon three months max  :lol:  just Nige being Nige mind, nowt to do with Morph.

[sleeplessparadise]

Oh no as you say just Nige being Nige :lol: I am sure three months is being generous he has to be the luckiest man alive or the biggest bull"!%^£$^ cos I dont know anyone else who gets people knocking on their door asking to buy things for lots more than he paid as regular as him :(biglaugh):

You never know though......... Morph could be "THE ONE"  

[scottydj2]

In the early hours of this morning, Morph made it to his new home in Scotland. :D  :D

I think there was possibly 1 petrol station we managed to go past without stopping in for a fill-up  :shock:  :roll:

The story will continue.

Scott

[tomarse]

sweet!. keep us up to date on how he goes on!. Lees gonna be chuffed that someone on here has him now!

Lee bought Morph around the same time i bought my 101.

What are your plans for him? finish off the camperising and then give him some use?

[Lee_D]

Well if ever you feel like forwarding any piccys I'd be glad to bung them up on the web site in his section.

Few tips that Nige may not have mentioned. When you open the Battery box the rear most battery does the auxilaries - If this is not charged the Ebershapacher heater won't kick in. When it's switched on the fan will blow cool for up to a min and you will hear the spark plug and pump ticking. When the heater ignites the fan will double it's speed and will be well toasty in no time. When you switch it off the fan continues till the hot plate in the heater is cool enough not to blow up Morph  :shock:

As you stand in the back of Morph looking forwards - the wooden pannel fitted vertically to the bulkhead on the left if removed has the Eberspachers thermostat tucked inside it.... I never got to relocate it somewhere suitable.
Also in the centre of the bunlhead below where you walk through again if you remove the verticle wooden trim there is a +12 wire which may be handy if you want to fit a ciggy lighter socket in the back.

The roof hatch handle on the left as you look at it facing forwards with your back to the rear doors is iffy... as in if you turn it too far past the marked lines (drymarker) the latch pins need to be relocated with a screwdriver to get it back in position. I was going to fit some rubber door stops to prevent the handle being turned too far.

At the rear end there are some spare wires taped up by the near side mudflap along with the wires to the reversing light. The spares were intended for a reversing camera and the other end comes out at the dashboard.. though you could use them for pretty much anything you like of course... the wire could benifit from some P clips to fasten it up along the rear near side arch.. another job on my to do list. CB mount on the roof has a quick release on it.. dunno if Nige gave you the twig I gave him, if there is no CB in then the bracket I made above the drivers head is for a York JCB 861, they go on ebay for around £8 upwards.

All the spare wheel mount will unbolt if you desire... I also have detailed plans of the frame work on each side so I knew where the structure was if ever I came to scre anything to the sides internally.

If the rear lights don't come on (inside) it'll be a bad connectionon the rear of the master switch on the passender side of the dashboard, a wiggle of the wires usuall saw it right again.

I think that's most of his quirks though I'll let you know if I think of owt else.

Lee

[scottydj2]

What are your plans for him? finish off the camperising and then give him some use?

Hi tomarse.

Yes, I intend to further the camperising and take him out to play as well  :D

Still getting used to the greater width and lack of rear view mirror  :shock:

Haven't actually seen him in daylight yet . . .



Thanks for the info Lee. I've still not had a good poke around him yet - but i do know where the fuel filler is now  :roll:

Doesn't seem to like inclined roads much . . . . everyone was overtaking on the motorway home  :(  

I'll get some pics as work progresses.
 
Cheers

Scott

[Lee_D]

I Nige says he has had the dizzy worked on, When I sold Morph the Dizzy had a rattle on it.

The timing may need a tweak. We could tow the Caravan happily on the motorway at 50-55. Solo he would cruise at 55-60 slowing for long gradients but never below 45. May be worth checking the tyre pressures too.

The carbs have been proffesionally refurbed but balanced by ear by me. The mixture is set on the weak side for the MOT emissions. If you know a tuning guru then it may be worth a visit.

The heads have been off and valves reworked and replaced as appropriate. The Cam appeared visually fine but may well be origional. Water pump is also new as is Fan belt.

Brake adjusters turn clockwise to tighten and anti-clockwise to slacken if you ever need to clean mud out of the hubs  :). Lots spent getting the brakes right when I got him.

I'd defo reckomend some bigger mirrors like Tomarses.

Lee

[scottydj2]

Sounds like he may just need a tweak then.

I believe Nige said he had replaced the distributor. Was that cruising at 55-60 km/h or mp/h  :o

I quite liked the mirrors as compared to the ones on my Series 3, although rear camera I think is the way to go  :twisted:

I'd also quite like an autobox - what's the usual option here (if any)?

Scott

[tomarse]

I clocked Morph at 60mph while following in my 2A last year!

A few have done an autobox conversion. I fancy it in mine too (along with a bigger v8!). The 101 gearbox is just the same as the LT95 from the rangerrover with a different bell housing and a slightly differet ratio so a RR auto should be fairly easy.

Join the yahoo groups 101 mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/101/) and do a search on there and on the alt.fan.landrover history in google.

You should also join the club (http://www.101club.org/) if you havent already! We can get you a lot of the parts you may need for the truck and cannot get elsewhere. (new this week centre covers for steering wheels and very nice 101 tax disk holders! ;) ) Your truck has been featured on the cover of the club mag a few times!

[Lee_D]

Re the Autobox, I'd be tempted to go the route of the Auto with a Viscous coupling in the centre rather then a centre diff lock.

This is purely due to the fact the linkage to get a normal diff lock leaver to the cockpit would be problematic though not unsolveable. Martyn Bailey has exactly this issue on Grumble so presently (to my knowledge he is unable to use the CDL).

The existing bowden cable for Hi/Lo range can be placed on to the new autobox with minimal tinkering.

I too would have gone the auto route had I kept him (I've done this on my IIa) but a Camper and a Caravan is a but on the greedy side.  

[scottydj2]

I clocked Morph at 60mph while following in my 2A last year!

Down hill with a trailing wind?  :twisted:

Join the yahoo groups 101 mailing list (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/101/)

Still waiting for a reply from the list owner . . .  :(

Re the Autobox, I'd be tempted to go the route of the Auto with a Viscous coupling in the centre rather then a centre diff lock.

Hmmm. Now I have the Rangie sitting there with a 3.9 EFI engine and autobox (which I think is the viscous coupling type) . . . . I wonder . .   :twisted:  :idea:  :twisted:

I'm glad you bought that caravan though.

Cheers

Scott

[Lee_D]

Right, best bet is to contact Martyn Bailey and speak with him, he's done it but on a centre Diff lock version box.

I seem to recall they relocated some of the mounts slightly. If Martyn didn't others have to reduce the prop shaft angles.. speaking of which the front prop UJ's were all replaced around August last year when I did the Diff pinion bearing.  I'm sure you've already found Martyns site but if not it's at http://www.101fc.net/ he may not reply as last I heard he had some health issues.

It will of course mean new custom props but you can get these made up no problem.