Marcos Maniacs

Hi Steve, Welcome to the club. I m sure you ll have lots of fun once you get the kinks sorted. The shaking is more likely to be the tyres (tires in NA) than

Thanks for the info.

The brakes just feel real heavy and lacking in bite - though they do
the job if you lean on them heavy. Maybe I have got so used to servo
power that I am getting soft in my old age ! At least they are
progressive and it pulls up straight.

I have had it 4 days now, not enough time to give it a real going
over. In many respects I still don't know quite what I have got - it
has clearly be modified in many ways (like rose-jointed suspension,
modified anti-roll bars, etc). Finding out is part of the fun.

I like this car more and more - though if anyone has a sexy
alternative to the Mantula rear lights, then I am keen to hear. For me
that is the one part of the looks I would really like to change.

Steve


--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Dransfield"
<pauldransfield@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve, Welcome to the club. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun once you
> get the kinks sorted. The shaking is more likely to be the tyres (tires
> in NA) than anything else. My car had a similar problem until I changed
> wheels and tyres, after which it was comparatively like driving on glass
> at any speed. It could also be a seized prop shaft U/J, though I would
> have expected you to have shaking at lower speeds as well. The brakes on
> my car stop me in the shortest distance of any other car I've ever owned
> so I'd have yours checked out pronto. You may have the wrong type of
pads
> installed. They should definitely work better than those on a Land
Rover.

> Good luck, Paul Dransfield3 litre Volvo 
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "steve191127"
>   To: MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
>   Subject: [MarcosManiacs] New Marcos owner with a few questions
>   Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 22:51:27 -0000
> 
>   Hi Guys (and gals)
> 
>   Just yesterday bought a 1995 modified Mantula and drove it 200 mile
>   home, but being new to this I have a few questions. Its has a 4.5
>   litre John Eales V8, BW T45 box and IRS - it really moves - fastest
>   car I have ever had - ex Paul Morris - maybe you know of it/him.
> 
>   I got a few questions - like it vibrates like hell above 70mph - I am
>   thinking prop shaft or diff or diff mountings (it has 60,000 on the
>   clock) - Is this a known problem or one that could be down to the
>   unusual beastie I have (its got a galvanised chassis, so I hope no
>   rot
>   and breakage). Some of the old recipts I have suggest this has been a
>   problem on and off in the past. I'll be under it soon to check.
> 
>   The brakes are crap - could be blocks of wood in there. Are they
>   always like this ? Makes my Land Rover feel like a race car.
> 
>   And which club to join, or not bother and use this group.
> 
>   I am based in the NW UK - I am open to advice on all fronts,
>   especially to meet fellow Marcos owners. but I think I am smitten.
>   This is a fun car, and sounds so good I haven't even checked out the
>   stereo yet.
> 
>   Steve
> 
>   
> 
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