highlandsflyer":2ud9eg2a said:
Full on week of spannering for me so far. Just got done for today with Transit. Ball joints, cv boots, brakes all round and bled, couple of track rod ends, full set of winter tyres on and balanced, tracking redone and tomorrow will be rewiring most of the back end and then spraying old oil all over her bottom! The joy! Winter is on its way, so the time is now to rock and roll!
Nice
, does the oil spraying work ?, thought about doing it myself on the Disco, maybe over the top of the Waxoyl.
Bullpup":2ud9eg2a said:
Nice Lotus!!
I have always liked the idea of an Elite
How big is the boot? will it take a labrador or 2? Does the rear seat fold?
Ha, no chance, as the shape is kind of estate like it can be deceptive but the rear seat is fixed and the boot is tiny.
In fact the bucket rear seats are really only suitable for someone 5'7" or under.
Boot area, large black thing is the fuel tank which is right behind the seats, above that there is a fixed glass screen to seal the boot/tank area from the cabin.
If you are looking for a practical classic for dogs etc a Scimitar or Capri would be better IMHO.
To try and sort the running problem i fitted a ballast resistor, this is to replace the probably rotten Lotus ballast wire, car started and ran fine, right up till hot and the fans cut in but coil is still reading 10.2 volts and is still getting warm but no where near as bad as it was(ideally should be 9V) so going to fit a second ballast and run two in series to see if that helps.
Managed to score these leather Mazda MX5 seats to replace the originals, this was a good find as the originals are beyond economic repair and these shouldn't look out of place.
Other news i got the Disco back together and it seems to be running fine, with new pistons, big end shells, head gasket, valve stem seals, injectors, Turbo, glow plugs and £1200 spent on parts alone this year i should blody think so.
After doing all this work it's definitely a keeper.