S1 Type 49 Elise Refresh

[Badger02]

Rear calipers cleaned up and given a lick of paint 

[Badger02]

Let's see if this cleans up after soaking in a bucket of boiling water and degreaser

[MG4Lotus]

Miltons? Used for cleaning babies bottles. Might be worth a try.

[Badger02]

I'm happy with that, and saves me £72 for a new one from EP

I did bend a spoon, then wrapped some tissue around the end and wiped the interior once the degreaser and boiling water had softened up the residual oil.

[Badger02]

One new transmission oil seal done, one to go.

[Badger02]

Getting the new one in was the easy bit.

Thought just a flat head screwdriver would do the job of getting the old one out but it wouldn't budge, so bought one of these

[Badger02]

Driveshafts and hubs cleaned up with a bit of silver and gold (of course) paint.

[Badger02]

New heat tape applied to the underside of the boot foam pad. The before and after 

[Badger02]

Next job is to replace the broken flexi exhaust pipe. On the left is the 2nd hand one I got for £40. Not looking forward to getting the old one out as access is not great and all 4 nuts that join it to the manifold are completely rusted.

[Dave-hp]

Looks good. How do you add the pictures to the post, as opposed to Drag or Attach? 

[Badger02]

In the box where you write your text, at the bottom there is a link called Add Files which enables you to add photos

[Badger02]

Old end of life flexi exhaust pipe on the right is out. 2nd hand one is on the left. Getting the old one out was a challenge, the 4 stud bolt nuts that connect to the manifold flange were completely rusted and seized, and I didn't want to be using my blow torch so close to the plastic bulkhead. Borrowed some nut extractors from my mate which bite into nuts and slowly but surely they came of without a single broken stud 😊 I'll clean up the new pipe before installing it

[Badger02]

Also derusted and a bit of hammerite on the passenger side rear lower wishbone front mount

[Badger02]

Think it's fair to say the manifold heatshield has seen better days. Bought some Nimbus heatshield to make a new one

[MrWill]

4 minutes ago, Badger02 said:

Think it's fair to say the manifold heatshield has seen better days. Bought some Nimbus heatshield to make a new one

Great progress pal, keep it coming 👍 

Ps. Watch yourself on the edges of the nimbus.  if its the single skin stuff it needs to be treated like it's an A3 razor blade that wants to hurt you...all the time 😮