The Lotus Grand Tourers

Just watched it on BBC iPlayer, link here : https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001yt40/the-repair-shop-series-13-episode-3?seriesId=unsliced&page=1 Need to register with email address and create a password if not already registered Lotus featured at 1.14, 13.14, 23.20 and 30.20 where Mike K make...

Click on link to see image /rocedure from workshop manual:

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I’ve just trialled fitting LEDs to a spare Heater Control box, shown below. My 1st attempt replacing the original 3 filament bulbs with LED bulbs improved the amount of light but it was not even across all the graphics. After finding and repainting a spare panel I looked at using LEDs on a roll whic...

Yellow Eclat S1 on eBay, v cheap, £2000 ono, stalled resto, good body, wheels and tyres, steering wheel https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266522871318?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=87c83701db8044da86e8c3cad4991bf6&bu=43203919680&ut=RU&osub=-1~1&crd=20231122034555&segname=11021

Hi,

I'm looking for an Excel wiper motor, pref working, but non working considered. Just the motor, don't need the tube and drive cable.

Thanks, Graham

Elite, Eclat, Excel, Esprit air box for sale on eBay, starting price £20 +£8 p+p

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This is the visor frame underneath showing wiring and light. The electric supply and return is through the fixing brackets. The inner roof brackets have a metal clip inside which makes the circuit. I used layers of floor laminate foam underlay bonded with contact adhesive to build up the visor body....

Pete,

I thought they were original.

Just checking the wiring diagram for the Eclat series 2.2 and it shows wiring to a sun visor light so must be.

Not sure why pic wouldn't show, followed the instructions someone posted , glad the link at least worked.

Graham

Here's my Eclat 2.2 sunvisor after recovering. Impressed the light worked straight away.



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I overhauled my 1981 Eclat’s Motorola alternator last year as bearings failed. I bought new SKF bearings off eBay from ‘4bearings’, and a replacement slip ring. Got the sizes after dismantling. Found this info from then: Alternator parts, Valeo (SE) type unit Front Bearing 6203-2RS from Hayley Rear ...

Has anyone with the Getrag gearbox ever changed the bushes at the bottom of the gearstick. My gearstick seems very indirect. Is it an easy job out the top of the tunnel or does the gearbox need to come out ? Any pictures or diagrams of this area would be useful. Also can anyone recommend a gearbox o...

Thanks for the replies. Sprayed on some etch primer today and noticed lots of micro / pin prick size holes where the paint had blistered.

The paint is also very brittle and easily chipped.

Put on some stopper, rubbed down, reprimed and it was looking better.

Can anyone tell me what the cause of the paint problem I have. When I bought it 2 years ago it had only a couple of paint blemishes that I took to be ‘Fisheye’. The front and rear are now completely covered in 1-2 mm spots where the edges are lifting away from the surface. In places the paint has fl...

I’m looking at getting some copies of the original badges fitted on the centre console just below the clock for the Eclat 2.2 and Elite 2.2. These would be in the original overlapping Lotus outline typeface. I think the cost should be in the region of £15 each. Please let me know if interested Graham

£30,000 Lotus EXCEL 2.2 1989 WHITE, 57,415 Miles

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