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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: Bryan Boyle on Monday,August 08, 2022, 11:04:18 AM
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Well...made a pilgrimage to my connection (Ray @ RD). Picked up some bits to keep moving the project along...bit the bullet and bought a pair of engine mounts...trunnion rebuild kit, new lower bushings for my set of Spax for the front (a buddy is pushing out the old bushings and pressing in new ones and resetting the spring heights to where I like them; they're the shorter springs, so the boat nose will go away.
Have a new set of ball joints for the front, and steering rack rod ends. That should take care of the suspension in the front for now.
But followed suggestion to pick up both engine mounts; if one is bad after 50 years, the other may be not far behind...and they're nicely built and powder coated, so pretty sure they'll last longer than I'll have the car. With the left side of the engine stripped down (after I get the exhaust manifold off to drop the exhaust so I can attend to the leaky oil pan and cork seals at front and rear), will chop off the frame-mounted clutch cable mount and put on the block-mounted clutch cable fitting, new engine mount(s), oil pan reseal, and new exhaust system.
That's the plan, anyway. Now, if the temps in the garage would just moderate...
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It's always fun to get new toys! :BEER3:
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Now, if the temps in the garage would just moderate...
How hot is it where you are?
Very dry summer where I am in Norfolk. I don't mow the grass, I mow the weeds.
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Now, if the temps in the garage would just moderate...
How hot is it where you are?
Very dry summer where I am in Norfolk. I don't mow the grass, I mow the weeds.
Been in the high 80s/mid 90s (32 C about) with oppressive humidity near Philadelphia for the last couple weeks, a little cooler in Massachusetts where the car is, but not much. Thinking of putting a portable air conditioner in the wall of the garage, if I'm honest.
My lawn people haven't even bothered to come by; the grass in Pennsylvania is pretty brown right now (and we're asked to not water...) up north, no grass, only decorative stones covering the planting strips. Supposedly going to break by Thursday, but, we'll see. Pretty awful to be sweating under the car, even with floor fans trying their best to move the air.
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It's always fun to get new toys! :BEER3:
It's only money, right? Pretty soon, there won't be anything left to fix...(he said, :FUNNY:) LOL.
Keep reminding myself, it's a journey, not a destination. Keeps me from hitting the bars for loose women...;) (the Lotus is cheaper...!!!)
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I think you have the right attitude! The fun never stops (the definition of "fun" oscillates between "working on it" and "driving it")! :)