Bob:
I know that having the hydraulic clutch is an attempt at being modern on
the 4/4, but with as much vibration as there is in a Morgan, I would prefer
the +4 arrangement. There is nothing like trying to get the little piston
back in the cylinder during rush hour on the side of 610 in Houston just as
it is getting dark. Then bleeding the system so you can drive the rest of
the way home. I love the smell of brake fluid in the evening.
I now have a lock nut on both sides of the adjustment on the piston rod. I
have also become familiar with the noise the little rod makes vibrating in
the arm coming out of the transmission. This is the signal to pull over an
tighten it down before something bad happens; the piston pops out and pedal
goes to floor. Or something worse happens; the piston jams at an angle
scores the cylinder and you get to put a new one in.
Even with this in mind its still a great car.
Steve Bauserman
67 Morgan 4/4
83 Mercedes 300SD
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From: Bob Nogueira <nogera@prodigy.net>
To: aMORGANS@autox.team.net <Morgans@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 5:28 AM
Subject: Re: Driving Position follow-up
>-- [ From: Bob Nogueira * EMC.Ver #3.1a ] --
>
>
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>> Date: Tuesday, 06-May-97 07:42 PM
>>
>> From: John T. Blair \ Internet: (jblair@exis.net)
>
>> >....It's this new wrinkle of avoiding leaning my knee on the shift
>extender
>> >that has me twisting into new positions. My pedals are attached to
the
>> >floor, so I don't fully understand the concept of getting a foot
"under"
>> >them.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Joe D
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>> The 4/4's have a single metal tube with an AL. cap at each end. The
AL
>cap is very crude, simply a "D" shaped of AL, the hole in the "D" is
where
>the pipe goes, the flat part of the "D" has 2 studs in it that go
through
>the front horixzontal stringer. 2 nuts on the outside of the firewall
>hold the assembly in place. The peddles have a larger dia. tube welded
to
>them and they slide over the single rod. There is one spacer that goes
>between the brake and the clutch so they don't interfeer with each other.
>>
>> It is amaising how different the +4 and the 4/4s are and yet how
similar
>they
>> are.
>>
>> John
>>
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>
>I don't want to lead you 4/4 guys astray so...... the Plus 4 has
basically
>the same petal arrangement as the 4/4 except the clutch has a manual
linkage
>. The clutch petal is welded to the tube so it turns when the petal is
>depressed ( the aly blocks are the bushings for the tube,). The tube
extends
>into the transmission tunnel and has a lever on the end which connects t
the
>clutch linkage.
> My petals arms are 4 inches apart and the brake petal sits 6 inches off
the
>firewall while the clutch petal sits 7 1/2 inches off the firewall. This
>offset provides just enough room for me to thread my foot between the two
>petals.
>On a related petal note, I once had a problem in the middle of nowhere
with
>the brakes refusing to disengage. Had the brakes half torn down on the
side
>of the road when I found the problem to be a pebble had lodge between the
>brake petal zerk fitting and the floor, preventing the petal from fully
>returning . This same problem occurred later and my fix was to place a
small
>piece of foam under the zerk fitting to keep the area clear.
>
>Bob Nogueira
>
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