M3W Reliability
Discussion
are there any M3W owners who can guide me on reliability of these cars. It's difficult to find any posts on this subject more recent than 2013/2014. Since they were upgraded there seems little information posted for the later built cars. Are problems coming through about the S&S engine ? early posts suggested certain bits were underspecced (made of cheese). i have also read of belts/cam belts breaking/starting to shred ? are these cars rustproofed much or do you have to be careful when they get wet ? what about the durability of the bevel box and drive belt. Maybe the lack of posts is a positive sign, but could anyone care to comment of experience with one of these cars built in the last 1-3 years.
Hi,
I've clocked up over 27,000 miles in my 2013 M3W including multiple trips to Europe, and although there have been issues they are pretty well known and manageable.
3 cars are just back from a tour of New Zealand where they did a combined 10,000 miles in 3 weeks with only a broken tonneau zip between them.
Another has just been from Kent to North Cape - nearly 5,000 miles in 17 days https://mrtoadsmadride.blogspot.com/2019/06/24-jun...
The S&S is fine, there were some early cambelt and drive sprocket bolt issues but these are sorted.
The M3W is certainly fine in the rain, the bevel box is strong but can be a bit noisy (like straight cut gears) and the final drive belt lasts forever.
There is a wealth of information in the Three Wheeler forum on www.Talkmorgan.com however the website is currently down as a result of a hacker. It is being recovered and should be back up in a few days.
Please bear in mind the forum tends to focus on issues, however these cars get under your skin and really put a smile on your face.
I've clocked up over 27,000 miles in my 2013 M3W including multiple trips to Europe, and although there have been issues they are pretty well known and manageable.
3 cars are just back from a tour of New Zealand where they did a combined 10,000 miles in 3 weeks with only a broken tonneau zip between them.
Another has just been from Kent to North Cape - nearly 5,000 miles in 17 days https://mrtoadsmadride.blogspot.com/2019/06/24-jun...
The S&S is fine, there were some early cambelt and drive sprocket bolt issues but these are sorted.
The M3W is certainly fine in the rain, the bevel box is strong but can be a bit noisy (like straight cut gears) and the final drive belt lasts forever.
There is a wealth of information in the Three Wheeler forum on www.Talkmorgan.com however the website is currently down as a result of a hacker. It is being recovered and should be back up in a few days.
Please bear in mind the forum tends to focus on issues, however these cars get under your skin and really put a smile on your face.
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