The Lotus Grand Tourers

Hawaiis0 wrote: ↑

Sun May 21, 2023 18:44

Have you refitted the cam cover before you do the tower?

Mine didnt leak until i removed and painted the covers

No it’s clear where the leak is from

afternoon all
i have an 88 excel which has a significant leak from the upper cam bank which is leaking oil into the spark plug wells. I understand from some googling that’s it’s the cam tower So it’s belt off before removing. Is there a step by step guide anywhere! Any help appreciated! Rgds
rich

Is it OK to lift the car completely off the ground on the body alone.? Just thinking the chassis complete with the weight of the engine etc are hanging on the body fixings. It's a Lotus. So the body is solidly bolted to the chassis to add strenght and stiffness, not with a bunch of rubber doughnuts...

Please be carefull with a 50 year old scissor lift as my original scissor lift folded up and I was lucky no damage occured. It is nice to have but the scissor just was too old to handle a car now. shame; but I now use an EBAY scissor lift as at least it is new and strong cheers Neil Hi Neil it’s a ...

Evening all
I’ve read some of the threads re jacking points. I have a scissor lift in the garage and it looks like it would be ok to place the rubber blocks that came with the lift underneath the cills at each end to spread the load. Does this sound right?
Thanks

Evening all I’ve pulled the excel out this evening to take it for a run but the burning oil smell put me off ! The two plugs closest to the front have oil in the plug wells and there is oil leaking onto exhaust. The top rocker covers seem dry so assume it’s the cam tower to block gaskets which sound...

ive got a couple from these guys who do an excel one https://www.carscovers.co.uk/LOTUS-EXCEL-CAR-COVER-1982-1992.html they are very good survived all winter without blowing off and bone dry underneath without the sweating you get with some. no paint damage. wouldnt want to try and get it back in th...

i bought a pump bottle off amazon with a hooked end that slots into the filler hole. works a treat for £17.
Draper 23242 Multi-Purpose Engine Oil/Transmission/Brake Fluid

hi bash
sadly PPC is no more although it may get rescued by another publisher. read your stuff and it would have made a good feature!

Thanks everyone. Extending the check straps sounds like a must do mod. There’s a little bit of paint to rectify and some trim to sort it everything seems to work (famous last words!) Just read the text. So the rover v8 has found its way in then. Send me some words and a few pics and I’ll see about ...

Welcome to the fold. My car made it into PPC in march 2010, and yes, it is v8 powered now. Bash https://db3pap003files.storage.live.com/y4mP_j2wTKvpKvbhhL5RRx1AnU8M8Xrj495khM9ZsqX3XxW1BgcHv7r0IjvDF5OiXX0_9zTg2gBhlNw-DtzSjy0aZGfQrbfQCjUyKus-bNimSoLUOR0ZcsZ24JcuXgmwDxGwxKKZ84uGJChRwCfyuh-mMb6bUnKW5xW...

Thanks everyone. Extending the check straps sounds like a must do mod. There’s a little bit of paint to rectify and some trim to sort it everything seems to work (famous last words!)

I thought I’d share my impressions of our ‘88 excel after the first week together…..I’m sure you lot all know this already as you have one, but if anyone is thinking of taking the plunge then read on! We’ve had a few short journeys, the wife’s been to Tesco and proved that you can fit a weeks shop i...

Hi Rich, I was at the auction and watched it go, I thought the bidding was quite strong. I didn`t see the winning bidder tho. Happy spannering. What do you call the northwest, there are some out there. ian. hi Ian i think there were a few interested parties that pushed the price up. i would have ba...

Evening all My wife recently bought a red '88 excel at auction - its a lovely thing Red with cream leather/cloth, adjustable suspension, stainless exhaust. It drives really well - quite astonished at how well a big set of carbs works! I'm sure there will be some niggles that need rectifying in due c...