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Garage / Re: Another S2 adventure, 742R, Carnival red and "Running".
« Last post by Richard48Y on Friday,May 10, 2024, 01:10:45 PM »Took some digging to find, but max drum diameter for turning appears to be 8.050".
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Garage / Re: Another S2 adventure, 742R, Carnival red and "Running".
« Last post by TurboFource on Friday,May 10, 2024, 12:06:56 PM »Got it
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by Cheguava on Friday,May 10, 2024, 11:16:59 AM »I also noticed a minor detail that affected my motors' speed. At the end of the swing arm that raises/lowers the window is a small plastic wheel. The bearing of mine was absolutely caked with dried grease. It took a while to flush out the 50 year old grease. But, re-greased, it now it rolls easily and provides just that little bit less friction in the window mechanism.
Thanks - I'll check that out too. Every little helps!
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by Cheguava on Friday,May 10, 2024, 11:13:46 AM »That's another very good shout, and pre-empted a question that was already forming in my mind. I was testing the winding mechanism using a 6A battery charger I had, and the current being drawn was in excess of 6A, reinforced by the charger cutting out after half a dozen cycles (oops). So I was wondering just how much current was being drawn, albeit for "only" 10-20 seconds - probably a bit much more than the wiring enjoys. Was already going to add relays to the headlights, looks like another good candidate.
Ok, I know you're a fair way away from putting the motors back into the doors but when you do, consider fitting relays with a heavy gauge feed to operate the motors. I did that, two small relays (up/down) and it made a phenomenal difference to the speed they operate. Heck, they're like a normal car now ! The bonus is that you're also taking the motor current away from the switches so in theory they should last forever now.
Brian
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Garage / Re: Trying to contact John Needham (sticker request)
« Last post by Grumblebuns on Friday,May 10, 2024, 10:07:32 AM »Ken, check the "sticky" at the top of the Garage sub-forum, fourth one down.
Thanks Brian, got a bit surprised with the Paypal message with no prior message from John Needham.
Thanks Brian, got a bit surprised with the Paypal message with no prior message from John Needham.
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Garage / Re: S2 upper ball joint boots or new BJ's.
« Last post by jbcollier on Friday,May 10, 2024, 10:05:37 AM »The joints are very cheap to buy.
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by BDA on Friday,May 10, 2024, 10:04:33 AM »EuropaTC’s relay idea is great (and one day I’ll get around to implementing it on my car!) and combining that with a more modern window lift motor might be even better! (https://www.lotuseuropa.org/LotusForum/index.php?topic=971.msg7591#msg7591)
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Garage / Re: Trying to contact John Needham (sticker request)
« Last post by Kendo on Friday,May 10, 2024, 10:04:20 AM »So, out of curiosity, what are these sticker you're distributing?
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Garage / Re: Another S2 adventure, 742R, Carnival red and "Running".
« Last post by jbcollier on Friday,May 10, 2024, 10:03:35 AM »Yup shocks to the outer hole and link to the inner:
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by Kendo on Friday,May 10, 2024, 10:03:23 AM »I also noticed a minor detail that affected my motors' speed. At the end of the swing arm that raises/lowers the window is a small plastic wheel. The bearing of mine was absolutely caked with dried grease. It took a while to flush out the 50 year old grease. But, re-greased, it now it rolls easily and provides just that little bit less friction in the window mechanism.