The Lotus Grand Tourers

The nags head, HU17 9SH, on the 2nd sat lunchtime (12 oclock) of each month. Very friendly bunch that usually have a meal together too. A great range of cars turn up, most of which I didn't capture cos I was slightly distracted. Very impressive bunch of much loved Excels. Bash Bunch of much loved a...

There are 4 of us just north of the bridge, 2 are red could have been one of those. There is a meet this Saturday (second Saturday of each month) at the Nags head in Routh from 12:00. Not too far for you if you need some pointers.

For those who have no illumination the switches come apart easily, I have soldered these in as replacements
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The green colour is just a rubber cap that fits over the lamp and can be removed from the blown one and refitted on these.

I think there are two issues here. Having replaced my gauge with another I have noticed a difference. Issue 1 fuel gauge spikes around (something's not right) Issue 2 fuel gauge drift (normal) With my original gauge the needle would noticeably jump around when cornering, if I shook the car while sta...

Yes it does. I removed mine as it was causing a slight current draw leaving the LEDs glowing dimly at all times. Now the lights switch off instantly when the switch is depressed.

Remove the delay relay (long yellow one under steering column) then you can tell instantly if what you are doing is working. Without it fitted the lights work in the same way.

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I changed the door lights too as was concerned with battery drain when working on it / faffing and leaving a door open.

Just curious but have you noticed a dull glow from the interior lights when the doors are shut? So dull you can only see when dark.

When I changed mine to LEDs I had this, caused by the time delay relay and wondered if I had a dodgy relay or they all do it.

Or loctite 518, worked fine on my aux housing amongst others.

Not had a leaking matrix in the Excel but did have one in a 480 20 odd years ago. You should be able to tell if it is coming from the water jacket as the water will smell sweet as opposed to odourless/stale if it is rain water.

Just messaged him and called him out. Can't see advert now.

Judging by the amount of rust on mine they weren't galvanized.

"That silver air intake hose isn't factory. There should be a duct that normally takes air in from in front of the radiator, but has a flap valve (operated by vacuum and controlled by a device that measures the coolant temperature in the intake manifold) that redirects to a hose that sucks air from ...

Presume you mean Allisport?