Proud new Noble owner

[mattnoble]

Hi everyone. I became the very proud owner of my first Noble 2 weeks ago yesterday. Very very happy with it. Its an M12 GTO 3R 2003. Previous owner was on here so I'm sure some of you will know the car which BTW is how I found it on the PH classifieds. Lovely run back from Plymouth to Eastbourne only issue was the speedo stopping after 2 hours, lock in the petrol cap falling out and loosing a centre cap of a front wheel !!!!!! All sorted now though apart from a noise idler pulley which now won't stop squealing so thats next on the list.

[mattnoble]

[Tuscanny]

Welcome lovely looking noble.Only a few minor things as a new owner it will keep you busy.

[M.Ako]

Hi Matt,

Congratulations, look lovely

[mattnoble]

Thanks guys. Must admit 5 hour trip back was very impressed. Cant believe the difference between this and my previous Chimera and Cebera

[Tuscanny]

Hi Matt I have had a chim and a tuscan and the Noble is really a different league. The Noble gets so much attention . I think the noble is so much more refined in the handling, it's second to none.

[simonx50]

Welcome Matt, looks like it has had some decent mods done to it.

[Green3R]

A squirt of belt dressing on the idler pulley should remove the squeal. I replaced mine, and it still squeaks some days.

[mattnoble]

simonx50 said:

Welcome Matt, looks like it has had some decent mods done to it.

Yeah its had a few nice bits Speedlines, Tuxman splitter and wing end plates, BCS exhaust, air filters are at the front of the engine bay, uprated fuel pump and loom, indoor car cover and the previous owner is also sending down the original Noble luggage set. Also came with the original 3R wheels which to be honest I'm not sure whether to keep or not. Any thoughts and approx values would be appreciated

[verba1]

Welcome and congrats, i saw that on the ph classifieds a while back and looked very nice indeed with lots of upgrades .

[mattnoble]

Green3R said:

A squirt of belt dressing on the idler pulley should remove the squeal. I replaced mine, and it still squeaks some days.

Thanks for the advice I tried that and although it does go quiet it seems to have made it worse as it needs a squirt every time you start it up. Do they not last very long ? as I saw from a previous thread that he put a new one on only about 18 months ago.

[mattnoble]

verba1 said:

Welcome and congrats, i saw that on the ph classifieds a while back and looked very nice indeed with lots of upgrades .

Thank you I thought it had been sold but luckily it popped back up again

[johns355]

Hi Matt, welcome to nobility! I was going to sell mine a month or two ago, but both the kids said they'd disown me- I didn't take a lot of persuading, puts a smile on my face, guaranteed! Try to get to autosport in a few weeks time, quite a few of us will be going, enjoy, John

[macky17]

Looks really good. That's not your 7 as well is it?

[sjc]

mattnoble said:

Green3R said:

A squirt of belt dressing on the idler pulley should remove the squeal. I replaced mine, and it still squeaks some days.

Thanks for the advice I tried that and although it does go quiet it seems to have made it worse as it needs a squirt every time you start it up. Do they not last very long ? as I saw from a previous thread that he put a new one on only about 18 months ago.

Quote often it's not the belt at all, ( which is why a squirt of belt slip doesn't work)but a build up of surface rust on the pulleys. Hence quite often it's worse after it's got wet.

[mattnoble]

macky17 said:

Looks really good. That's not your 7 as well is it?

Thanks Its actually my friends Tiger 2.0 Pinto running Yamaha carbs. He's quite funny as since the Noble has been parked next to him he's not quite so impressed with his Tiger !!!!! I just keep consoling him with the fact that he could by nearly 7 of them for the price of the Noble

[mattnoble]

The squealing is def coming from the idler bearings as it stops as soon as a squirt lands on it.

[Quantum Steve]

Welcome and I'm sure you will love it!

[wessexrfc]

I've seen the car and met the old owner, lovely car, well done and welcome!!!
As one enters Devon another leaves!!!!

[mattnoble]

Thank you guys. Glad to hear that Devon has gained a replacement already.