Early Winter Diy

[steve-n]

Nice one Martin

 

The Blue Bomber is back!

[Ladders]

Martin, how do you know if there's an airlock? Have you fitted the new rad yet?

[Matt C]

Fantastic!! Well done Martin... good work!

[PeterField]

Great to see the Blue Bomber coming back together mate, hope you're back on the road soon!

[Martin R]

Martin, how do you know if there's an airlock? Have you fitted the new rad yet?

 

Dave, if you feel the rad outlet pipe either as it exits the rad ( by bleed screw ) or as it exits the sill at the rear ( both passenger side ) and its cold when the engine is warm you have an airlock. I repressurized it using the ezzi bleed and also bled again with the engine running at the front bleed screw and it shifted it.

[GCCK]

Well done Martin - a big job there. Much respect to one of the few "proper" engineers on MLOC.

[JonS]

Nice work Martyn. I'll have to pop over with your helmets and have a good look

 

Much more work needed to get it back on the road?

[Ladders]

Martin, you do realise that next time I fiddle about with the top end on mine I'll be on the phone to you every five minutes!

[Martin R]

Just an update as im bored waiting Ive ordered a PRRT from PTP as DVA recomends this one. They are waiting for the silicone hoses to arrive. I will be back on this when i get it.

[Martin R]

Continuation of sixth post.

 

Ive now fitted the PTP prrt. Here it is.

 

 

I choose this for a number of reasons. Its the one DVA recommends.

Its the kit with the least messing about to fit. Its not cheap but it does fit a treat.

Its a pretty straight forward job with the rear clam off.

 

It must be a right bugger to do with it on though.

You have to pull the water rail back a fair bit to remove the old thermostat and the bolts would be hard work to get at.

 

These are the bits you remove with the PTP kit as well as the old thermostat of course.

 

 

There is no point on me explaining how to do it as there is a cracking guide on the PTP website.

 

http://www.ptp-ltd.co.uk/shop/285_239/lotu...mostat__kit.htm

 

The temp now appears to be rock steady at 82 / 83 degrees. There also appears to be no leaks as well I had a bit of trouble with a airlock in the rad again but after bleeding it a couple of times all appears well.

 

Ive put the exhaust heat shields back on and hopefully its time to put the clam back on.

Whilst having a final look around and check before putting the clam back on i noticed this

 

 

A bit rusty and grubby for an earth point. A wash and brush up and a couple of new nuts later

 

 

Before i put the clam back on i also tapped out all the fixings. to make things easier. The fixings are either 6mm or 8mm coarse metric thread. These did the job nicely

 

 

Heres the car just before the clam went back on. Before anyone pipes up i did replace the jack with another axle stand. I also had to drop the exhaust back off as you can see in the pic.

 

 

Finally its finished. The 2 bolts on the side by where the speakers go was the only fiddly bit to putting the clam back on. A couple of pics.

 

 

 

 

Time to get the MOT done and give it a whirl. I cant wait to be honest.

[AnthT]

not just a pretty face are you top job

[kimbo]

not just a pretty face are you top job

 

 

Call this a pretty face?????

 

[Martin R]

Lived in is the words you are looking for. It comes from spending too much time crawling about under old Lotus cars. Im waiting for your pic from one of the usual suspects

[Matt C]

Martin - I'm dissappointed. I can see dust..... tut tut

[Martin R]

Martin - I'm dissappointed. I can see dust..... tut tut

 

Funny enough that was the first thing i though when i saw the pic. I will be back out with the rag tomorrow