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MetBlue
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Model: Elite 74 & Excel 92 (SEish))
Colour: Metalic Blue
Year: 1974
Location: Northampton

Re: New member, new excel owner

Post by MetBlue »

It did 832 miles last year. I’m trying to keep it under 100,000 which is right hard when at last MOT showed 99,960.
From what I read, all you need is a VDO speedo. - although at the moment, mines behaving itself.

Tony
What goes together.... Must come apart.

igg-hiss
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Re: New member, new excel owner

Post by igg-hiss »

MetBlue wrote:
Sun Jul 12, 2020 18:13
It did 832 miles last year. I’m trying to keep it under 100,000 which is right hard when at last MOT showed 99,960.
From what I read, all you need is a VDO speedo. - although at the moment, mines behaving itself.

Tony
Tony I'm a Rouge not a rake or is it the other way around. :wink:
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andyrowland_86
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Re: New member, new excel owner

Post by andyrowland_86 »

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

I've been missing her this week, I dropped her off to Esprit Engineering in Wiltshire to have the carbs rebuilt and setup. They had a little look at the oil leak, they think its from the head gasket. Apparently on some head gaskets available in the 90s (non genuine ones) there is a copper crush washer as part of the head gasket instead of an o ring. (The oil pools in a well just under the distributor). Need to have another look when I get her back.


Pick her up today, I have ordered some bits from lotusbits. Oil filter, oil pressure gauge and sender (it had the incorrect one fitted), so hopefully do an oil change over the next week.

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