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Garage / Re: Renault Engine: size of bolt on cam pulley?
« Last post by 314159td on Today at 08:19:20 PM »
I highly recommend getting a set of these thread checkers when working on any of cars with weird mixed standards. It's a little cumbersome, but you can screw them in vs the board type that's stuck to the wall. Lots of unusual pitch threads, which is why you need the larger set sometimes.
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Garage / Re: SOT: Look What Followed Me Home!
« Last post by FourLoti on Today at 07:13:54 PM »
Hi everyone - thanks for the kind words of encouragement (and sympathy/concern:))

Those TVR "factory" photos are crazy, and such a cool glimpse into the past. I got to tour the Lotus factory in Hethel circa 1998/89 and it was much better, but not orders of magnitude. That reminds me that on the final assembly line there was a yellow over blue Esprit Turbo. Yellow and blue as in the Camel cigarette livery and it was the presentation car for Nelson Piquet. Wish I'd gotten a photo. But, wait, that would have actually meant carrying a camera!!

Anyway, sorry for initiating this drift away from our favorite early British sports cars - those with the engine in the proper location!

I'll follow up in the OT section.

OH, in answer to the question, it has the OE 2.5L straight six sourced from the TR6. But in my case it's still in many pieces and tubs...

Ron
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Garage / Re: SOT: Look What Followed Me Home!
« Last post by TurboFource on Today at 06:13:40 PM »
Check out the headers on this Peter Wheeler 5000M race car!
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Garage / Re: Renault Engine: size of bolt on cam pulley?
« Last post by dakazman on Today at 05:56:00 PM »
  Here is your reference number location. Maybe a call to rd enterprise will have the size on hand , I can remove one tomorrow and report back .  It’s about 1” long, fine thread, yes metric.
https://www.lotuseuropa.org/images/WorkshopManual/PARTS%20MANUALrev.pdf

  page 142/143 item 10

Dakazman
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Garage / Re: SOT: Look What Followed Me Home!
« Last post by dakazman on Today at 05:45:01 PM »
  Four Loti
   Congregation on your new baby!😍😍
Dakazman
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Garage / Re: SOT: Look What Followed Me Home!
« Last post by jbcollier on Today at 05:26:56 PM »
Chap in Canada imported a few 2500Ms without engines and trannies.  He “dropped” in a Ford 302 with a four seed and called it a 5000M.  My former boss has one.
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Garage / Re: SOT: Look What Followed Me Home!
« Last post by Pfreen on Today at 05:21:30 PM »
Ron,

 What engine does it have?
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by TurboFource on Today at 04:26:22 PM »
I didn’t have to worry about removing the pedals …. The mounting plate dissolved from water  :-\
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Garage / Re: SOT: Look What Followed Me Home!
« Last post by BDA on Today at 04:18:21 PM »
Man, that is a pretty archaic assembly/factory facility! It's amazing what they were able to accomplish there!
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Garage / Re: It's not easy being green - 1971 TC
« Last post by Cheguava on Today at 02:12:04 PM »
It is much easier to lift the shell off the metal chassis with the pedal box fully out. It is not difficult.

I'll do that then!  I do appreciate the help from those who have done this (several times in some cases!) before - I would have struggled more so far without wiser counsel.
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