The Lotus Grand Tourers

Can I remove the door hinge pin without taking the door off the beam? it looks like the curve at the top and bottom of the door will stop the pin coming out. the reason I ask is the door has dropped at both ends and equally, so was going to move some of the shims/washers around to raise it up.

what should I gap my champion eon spark plugs to? the ignition system is all standard..

do you use the choke when its cold?

i need 2 excel headlight bezel surrounds as mine are missing.

nice tidy interior, and auto. bet rear end of chassis does need work tho.

my Motorola alternator reads fine at 13-14v at start up, but after 10 mins drops to 11 ish. is there a direct replacement lucas type or do I need Motorola?

Rojo wrote:Hi Chris,
Good to have you back in the fold. All the best from your REAL home town!

Regards

Roger

cheers Roger. "real home town" ...one day..

CID wrote:Yes it's a breather hole, must be left open + no filter needed.

Ah, so it doesn't suck any air in, just vents out. cheers

that's probably why my passenger door is harder to get out of than drivers door as the door beam is new on the drivers door.

Hawaiis0 wrote:SJSports have new ones listed, else try LB for seconds

Got one from SJ for £9 inc delivery. Not bad really. cheers for the help

is the hole above the trumpet on the left side of each carb a breather? if so do they need a filter over them or can you leave them venting to air? the reason I ask is ive made a plate between the carbs to keep then rigid cos ive fitted foam filters over the trumpets and removed the air box.

Cheers for the emails etc. turns out the switch packed up as when I bypassed the switch they came on, so hunt the switch time!

ah, ok cheers I took mine to bits and sprayed contact cleaner on the relay which helped......but only 1 day!

my old 87 excel had a square flat module with a blue pektron sticker on it, my "new" 86 excel has a more boxy shape module with lotus sticker. is it still a pektron? as my intermittent has packed up.

the rubber outer casings on my excel are faded and cracking. Do narrow body door mirrors fit through the glass like the later ones on mine? cos I know where I can get a pair new. ta