Did I mention my BB verture?
After driving my MW3 for a few thousend miles the Bevel Box noise got so loud you couldnt hear youself speak, let alone the engine or even the exhaust. So after trying all sorts of oils and remedys I found here in the forum, even having taken it apart and renewing the bearings I decided to simply buy a new one. I did´nt P-ex my old one but kept it just in case, besides shipping from Germany to GB costs half as much as Morgan would have refunded:-/
The "new" BB I recieved did´nt really look new, sort of used, as if it had been run for a while. I called Morgen on this and they assured me all the internals were new and the box had been tested. So off I went, big smile on my face, brand spanking new and very expensive BB and what can I say? NO NOISE:-) What a pleasuse, no funny lookes from scared pedestrians and onlookers, I could actually hear the engine again. The loudest noise on the car came at speed from the Blockleys I have on the front. Up until about 300 Kilometer when a fimiliar wine from the rear set in:-) OK an oil change is reccomended at 500K´s so I did that at 300k´s tryed different oils, even imported Climbing Oil from america but to no effect. After abot 600K´s the new box was just as loud as my old one. Morgan agreed to look into the matter but at the same time made all kind of suggestions as to what I could have done wrong with the box
So back it went and the old BB was reinstalled. Months passed and finally I recieved a call from Morgen stateing that they planned to install my Box in a chassis and go for a trial run. OK I thought, see what they come up with, Months passed again and a big heavy parcel arrived from Morgan, big smiles all round, that should be my new BB
But what a surprise!
In Germany they say "ich bin aus allen Wolken gefallen" which translated means "I fell out of the clouds, Clouds of illusion in this case the illusion of a quiet BB.
What Morgan has sent me is a very used and dirty BB with a rusted and worn belt wheel, corroded bolts and casing.
Can you imagine how I feel? What would you do in my situation?
TBC, Spannermann, still smiling, still having something up his sleeve. Happy new year all.
