First jack up and support back tires of car. Crawl underneath and remove the 14 bolts to drop diffuser tray. Look up and not finding an oil pan, realize that you have taken off the wrong panel. Remove 8 more
Important New/Old Product for British Cars
Has the smoke escaped out of the wires on your classic British car? This then, is the solution to your problem. Now available is the Lucas Replacement Wiring Harness Smoke kit, P/N 530433, along with the very rare Churchill Tool
Historic Race Car
The British Car Swap Meet has proven itself to be a valuable event for those looking to find that missing bit for their car, or the elusive part for their restoration project. But it has also provided the opportunity fol those
A Case For the Spare #2
On Memorial Day weekend, I finally had the 13 year old, hard as a rock Yokohama AVS tires replaced on my Europa Special. The dearth of choices available for 13 inch rims these days pretty much meant settling on the Sumitomo
Something I Didn’t Know… Maybe you did
At our Fall Tune-Up Clinic, it was discovered that the donuts (i.e. Rotoflex couplings) on my 1974 Elan had deteriorated to the point that one had broken in two. History is replete with disaster stories about what has happened when a
A Reliable Headlight Mechanism for the Early Elan
By Dennis Stahl After owning a 1970 Elan Series 4 for 28 years (18 of which the car was in storage), my wife Nancy and I decided to drag it out of the neglected comer and either bring it back to
Timing Belt Tales
Having owned my 1984 Turbo Esprit for 13 years, I thought it best to change the timing belt (you know, the belt that is recommended be changed every 2 years?). Not having done this before, and knowing the dire consequences
Elise Progress Report
Here is a follow up report on my salvaged Elise project, started some months ago with a long drive to California to rescue a supposedly totaled Elise. The Burgundy 2005 Elise was on display at FVMC during our Fall Tune-Up Clinic, sans front
Droopy Headlights
By Don Zeunert 1991 Elan and 1988-2002 Esprits If your headlights fail to rise and the motors keep spinning, the following rebuild kit will solve your problem. Fail to rise could mean they don’t lift at all, lift partially, or fall
Rebuilding a Seven Front End
by Phil Zamlnski I started out by saying, “I can rebuild the Seven front end”. Everyone, including myself, who has owned a Seven for several years, looks at a Lotus Seven and is taken aback by how simple it is. And, in principle,