S1 Type 49 Elise Refresh

[Badger02]

New aftermarket bolt on enamel badge. £50 instead of the £174 elise parts wanted

[Guido]

1 hour ago, Badger02 said:

New aftermarket bolt on enamel badge. £50 instead of the £174 elise parts wanted

Can this be fitted without removing the clam?  Mine is looking a little tired and could do with a refresh!

[Badger02]

4 hours ago, Guido said:

Can this be fitted without removing the clam?  Mine is looking a little tired and could do with a refresh!

If you want a bolt on one, it's a front clam of job

[Badger02]

And so 4.5 hrs after arriving, the k series mobile mechanic left after fitting a head gasket, spark plugs, coolant, camshaft seal and cambelt (all new). 

[Badger02]

Exhaust is reassembled with new bolts, gaskets and copper nuts 

[Badger02]

And 4 off poly bushes replaced, the reduction in play of the gearstick is very noticeable 

[Badger02]

And to round things of for today, after putting new coolant in and running the engine, all seemed fine. Went for a late lunch. Started engine up again to get the oil nice and hot to do a filter and oil change, when I spotted all this coolant on the floor. Battery bay was full of coolant and numpty here had forgotten to tighten up the jubilee clips of the heater hoses. At least I hope its only that as an easy fix, and not the new heater rad that's leaking as that's a bugger to get to. Time to order some new coolant, bleed it and test again 

Edited April 8 by Badger02

[Badger02]

Every day in my garage is just a joyful one. Decided to bleed my brakes with my Ezi bleed kit. Never done it before, but can't be that difficult can it ? Oh. Bled the brakes in the correct order (osr, nsr, osf, nsf). Got in the drivers seat, pressed the brake pedal and nothing. Got out. Swore. Did the whole process again (the amount of brake fluid I got through has surely boosted Halfords profits). Back in the seat, I pumped and thought to myself "why isn't it getting stiff". Not something I thought I'd be asking myself anytime soon ! And then I pressed the clutch pedal, and then I f×××&&g remembered that the master  reservoir also feeds the clutch, and that the clutch needs bleeding too. And now I have a clutch pedal that seems to be ok and a semi stiff brake pedal (so probably another bleed required). I'm done in for today and need a beer 😢

[Dave-hp]

1 hour ago, Badger02 said:

Every day in my garage is just a joyful one. Decided to bleed my brakes with my Ezi bleed kit. Never done it before, but can't be that difficult can it ? Oh. Bled the brakes in the correct order (osr, nsr, osf, nsf). Got in the drivers seat, pressed the brake pedal and nothing. Got out. Swore. Did the whole process again (the amount of brake fluid I got through has surely boosted Halfords profits). Back in the seat, I pumped and thought to myself "why isn't it getting stiff". Not something I thought I'd be asking myself anytime soon ! And then I pressed the clutch pedal, and then I f×××&&g remembered that the master  reservoir also feeds the clutch, and that the clutch needs bleeding too. And now I have a clutch pedal that seems to be ok and a semi stiff brake pedal (so probably another bleed required). I'm done in for today and need a beer 😢

How was the Ezi bleed kit to use? I had a cheep hand pump vacuum one that worked for a while, but then stopped, so got money back off Amazon. I like the vacuum type, as it saves the open/close of the bleed nipple in between pedal pumps.

[Badger02]

The ezi is ok but the reservoir is quite small so you can't do one fill of the system without refilling it and I'm topping up the pressure in the tyre in between bleeding each corner so it's a bit of a faff disconnecting/connecting the ezi and tyre compressor each corner.

Dave Barthorpe has this kit and swears by it.

[Badger02]

BTW, the order of bleeding brakes on seloc wiki seems to be wrong.

Following advice I trust : rear calipers 1st (doesn't matter the order) then nsf then osf then clutch.

[Dave-hp]

15 hours ago, Badger02 said:

The ezi is ok but the reservoir is quite small so you can't do one fill of the system without refilling it and I'm topping up the pressure in the tyre in between bleeding each corner so it's a bit of a faff disconnecting/connecting the ezi and tyre compressor each corner.

Dave Barthorpe has this kit and swears by it.

Thanks for the tip off. The £20 one I got was cheap and didn't last, so I reckon its worth the extra cost to get a good one.....

[Badger02]

Not sure it's actually required but as I had a spare roll, covered the underside of the boot with heat reflector tape

[Badger02]

And finally managed to stop the coolant leak. The jubilee clips on the heater hose pipes need to be screwed up very tight. 

[MrWill]

2 hours ago, Badger02 said:

And finally managed to stop the coolant leak. The jubilee clips on the heater hose pipes need to be screwed up very tight. 

Hey Badger You could try some stainless  mikalor hose clamps. Much better than standard.  If you're interested and know what size you need I could always have a look and post a couple out to you if I have any. PM me if that's of any use 👍