Fan belt +

As it was dry today I wheeled the Midas out of the garage so I could adjust the fan belt after finding it had stretched a little as it bedded in. I removed the bonnet as it is far easier to do anything with it out of the way. With the help of a neighbour to put a bit of tension on the alternator whilst I nipped the bolts up it is now fine.

As I wheeled it out of the garage I noticed something hanging down on the front offside and looked underneath and found it was the front under-tray. When I looked closely it was only held on by 2 self tappers on the nearside with one of those being loose the third one on the nearside and all three on the offside had dropped out. I don’t have any ramps and I can’t currently get at my trolley jack so there was just enough room for me to get one arm and a ratchet stubby screwdriver to put the missing screws back in place. So this will be another winter job to replace the self tappers with rivnuts and bolts to hold it in place.

If the weather is good tomorrow I am going to my local car clubs breakfast meeting near Boston.