Hello out there,
I may be purchasing a Morgan 382 in the coming weeks. There's been some discrepancy between surveyors regarding the engine mounts. This Morgan has a Perkins 108 50hp. From what I understand the mounts were made from plywood with a good amount of fiberglass around them. I have been told that the plywood has now rotted out but the fiberglass mounts are solid. One surveyor said the engine needs to be pulled to repair with an estimate cost of 5-6k CDN. Another said the following "The plywood underneath the engine mounts were just there to give her a shape so that they could put about 50 pounds of fiberglass material creating the mount, plywood can dissolve and rot away, and it will in no way impede the structural integrity of those engine mounts"
Does anyone have experience with this? Is the first or second surveyor correct?
Thanks for your help,
Jay
I may be purchasing a Morgan 382 in the coming weeks. There's been some discrepancy between surveyors regarding the engine mounts. This Morgan has a Perkins 108 50hp. From what I understand the mounts were made from plywood with a good amount of fiberglass around them. I have been told that the plywood has now rotted out but the fiberglass mounts are solid. One surveyor said the engine needs to be pulled to repair with an estimate cost of 5-6k CDN. Another said the following "The plywood underneath the engine mounts were just there to give her a shape so that they could put about 50 pounds of fiberglass material creating the mount, plywood can dissolve and rot away, and it will in no way impede the structural integrity of those engine mounts"
Does anyone have experience with this? Is the first or second surveyor correct?
Thanks for your help,
Jay