The Lotus Grand Tourers

Just a thought a while ago I had a problem with lost coolant at speed it turned out to be a tiny hole in the pipe between the thermostat and the inlet manifold difficult to find because it was at the bottom. found it by pressurising the system with air.

Gary

That would have been me. I was working on a stand in hall 3

Gary

Thanks you have come to the rescue again

Gary

Thanks but thats the stud type not the fork type its a different part number

Gary

Hi does anyone know a source of brushes for the above starter motor? The ones I have seen on the internet show the bolt type fitting as the Land Rover fitting and I can't see any of the fork type fitting that my starter has can anyone help?

Gary

Hi Mike This is the one I bought http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XXR-TOOLS-10PC-BALL-JOINT-SERVICE-REPAIR-REMOVAL-INSTALL-4X4-PRESS-ADAPTER-SET-/301583713594?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4637ca453a The circular press tool that fitted had to be ground flat on each side so that it fitted between the botto...

Hi Mike When I did mine I bought a ball joint press off of ebay ( like a giant G Clamp) It came with a selection of press tools of various sizes I had to modify the correct size with a grinder so that it fitted snugly in the wishbone, but it shifted without too much trouble with a 2ft growler bar. H...

Thanks Angus

After checking the pedal box earthing point found OK it turned out to be a loose bolt on the engine mount eathing strap on how it affected the instruments but not starting. Tightened up instruments now OK

Gary

Hi I remember Angus saying he had to attend to the earth on the pedal box, I am having odd readings on the instruments when electrical thing are turned on eg lights on temp reading increases by 20C I think it could be an earth fault, Angus was this the issue you were having and where is the earth po...

Hi Its much easier to do off the car, I have a press which looks like a big G clamp used with some tube type mandrills I had to grind the edges of the tube so that it avoided the bracing which ajoins the ball joint. It needs plenty of persuassion to get the ball joint out.

Gary

Aghhh! Don't ask my first Lotus was an elite and the wheel box stripped I started unbolting bits and was stumped, it was mid winter snow on the ground so I thought I would let lotus sort it when I called they said parts £5.00 labour £700.00 and this was 1982 they said it was the most expensive job o...

When I first got my car it immediately stripped the belt and bent some valves and I just removed the head by jacking on one side it was a bit of a fiddle getting it past the AC pipe but not difficult remember don't rotate the engine with the head off unless you fit liner retainers

Gary

This has happened to me twice first time offending fan seized and wouldn't be freed so bought one from lotus bits. second time same fan position again seized this time managed to get it apart magnet had come unstuck from body of fan cleaned up restuck refitted all good so far. The fans live in a har...

Hi Mark When I replaced mine the wishbones were on the car so I bought a tool from ebay rather like a large heavy duty g clamp with many different sized rings, If the wishbone is off the car and you have use of a press you need to find a spacer ring of a diameter larger than the ball joint to allow ...

Hi Mark

The lower ball joints are a push fit in the lower wishbone a tool is required for removal and fitting if they are both good leave them as they are

Gary