Lotus Elite / Eclat / Excel

Be a bit careful about the installation of anything but a proper purge pump! Replacing the actual motor is OK, but the actual pump consists of a thick plastic pump housing where the small electric motor is carefully isolated from the fumes. the shaft from the motor runs through a small seal into the...

Yes. It's me again! The offer is open to anyone else, over the last 40 years, I've had a policy of collecting EVERYTHING, and not throwing much away. This policy means that I have a lot of stuff, in my garage that I will never use, and it's this fact that keeps my son-in-law, awake at night, because...

I've got a boxfull of Seat belt bolts they are std UNF, What length/fittings do you need.

Where are you?

I'll send them.

Terry

No, It's fairly clear behind, in the normal "Lotus- very small hands idiom". but make sure you keep clear of the heater sliders.

TB

Fret not, I wouldn't dream of paying that, it just happens that two of these had been sitting around in the stores of our Office seating suppliers, so I negotiated the £10 deal. For replacement, it depends on your expertise, so it's difficult to comment, but the most awkward bit is probably taking t...

Good news and bad news. I've found, (by accident), a replacement for the bag/tube/and bulb of the pump-up lumbar support. It's supplied by Orangebox, (part no. 64 HBLS) for Office seating, but guess what, the're spares prices are streets ahead of even Lotus. It's priced at £104 GBP !!!! no, this doe...

Gearbox mount above the box, ?

I was going to suggest you look at the two rubber diff mounts, that are set in the square metal fabrication above the diff.

These rubber mountings already have a few holes in them to soften the effect, bit they could be perished.

Terry

Oran, I've got a heated windscreen button, and a few window switches, BUT, (there's always a but). these will not work in an Excel, because although they LOOK identical, they are from a Morris Marina, and they are wired differently. If you want to pull them apart, you can probably use the bulbs etc....

THe reason I still have lots of bits around was that my first Excel, had been badly repaired, at the front end, and then this was hidden up, I found another one, lying in a field, and scrapped the first one.Theres still a list somewhere in "for sale"section. I've sold most of the big stuff, but I'm ...

Seems a bit like deju vous (the best album ever).
But I've got a spare one if you need it.

Terry

This has been said before, but these fans have been fitted to practically every single FORD for the last 20 years, there are loads in breaker's yards. If you use a later one the connectors are much better, (waterproof), just make sure that you chop the wire with sufficient length to connect with you...

Just when I thought that there was nothing about Lotus Cars (CC's preferred plural) that I couldn't sort. For ages now, I could not figure out why two of my cylinders are constantly blackening plugs and obviously running rich. Check the tuning, jets, float levels, then realised that on the very rare...

I've an ice warning indicator light unit if you want one, I used the switch hole for my manual override switch on the cooling fans.
PM me.

Terry

I realise this is a strange request, but when you guys pull your choke cable, (no euphemism intended), how far does it come out?

What angle is the link on the top of the carbs, before and after.

Mine only pulls out about 3/8"??????

Terry

This thread has just reminded me, a few weeks ago I had a "weed" through my car books, I found two, (three, if you include a 70's, one called restoing the Lotus Elan). That I don't want. Anyway the other two were collections of magazine articles, one from UK mags and one solely from the US, "Road an...