Hello again,
My fascination with my M3W continues, I am really enjoying driving it & take every opportunity to get out in the fresh air and use it. I know its crazy - potentially a path littered with pitfalls and danger, but I just cant stop smiling. It really does bring back the spirit and enjoyment of 'raw' driving, something that has been engineered out of pretty much everything else out there.
Anyway, enough of my ramblings - back to the point.
There are a couple of maintenance issues I would like to address/investigate
1. The Bevel Box is original (top breather) and is noisy. I read from various posts that the situation can be improved with a correct drive belt tension.
I have checked the tension and it is very tight - I can barely twist it beyond say 20deg of movement. I think it should turn through about 90deg when twisted halfway along the bottom run? Is there a simple procedure for slackening and will this cause the belt to run off the pulley (original pulley with no flange to retain the belt)? Currently the belt runs just to the edge of the pulley.
Also, I would like to send a drive pulley to Super Max for coating, does anyone have a spare worn alum pulley that I can buy - or perhaps swap for mine after fitting the refurb Super Max one?
Finally - for the moment anyway, I've been looking at my oil tank, there isn't a dip stick or any way of measuring the volume of oil in the header tank. Is this correct? What procedure should I use?
Any pointers or guidance is greatly appreciated, from your previous suggestions I have already, sealed the back end and fitted a trailer mudguard, remounted the rectifier (no bobbins, just rubber spacers and a through bolt), changed to a longer VDO fuel sender, fitted a Willie & Max take along bag, steering wheel spacer & block of wood to raise the seat cushion. Still trying to find the money for the G56 stage 1.
Thanks again
Andrew
