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New roof, and a sloppy fan belt!

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I found a curious issue with the fan belt. I was getting the odd ignition light under load and couldn't get the fan belt to the tension I wanted. The Dynamo was right up against the stops.  On inspection I found that the 'stop' had two settings. It was set to the shortest, I moved the bolt of the stop and got another few inches travel on the Dynamo and was able to get the fan belt nice and tight! She is running sweet as a nut. I also replaced all the grease in the 36 grease nipples under the body. This had a dramatic effect on the steering.  Then I set about replacing the roof, it was starting to let go and was leaking if caught in a rain shower. I took off the old vinyl which was hessian backed and had gone extremely  brittle and was receding from every joint. The wood was solid, no rot thankfully. I managed to get hold of a roll of old hessian backed flooring from a carpet fitter who had used it in a hospital in the 80's and it was a light green. He recommended  a par