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I have toyed with the idea of fitting a remote reservoir on my Europa simply to raise the reservoir and provide improved head pressure for maintenance, bleeding, etc. As it is now, the height of the OEM reservoir can't be much higher then the bleeders on the front calipers. I will eventually tackle a complete brake service project (all new lines, other mods, etc) and considering the remote reservoir for that reason alone.

It is a strange one, the remote reservoir was standard on the UK single circuit brakes and honestly there's no great effort to fit a remote to a tandem m/cyl. I can only think that when Lotus moved to dual  circuits for the Federal cars they decided it was cheaper to leave the tandem cylinder as it came and save on the production line costs for a remote + pipework.

Having said that, the single circuit m/cyl is much easier to fit a remote to, the reservoir connection is threaded so it's easy to fit a feed pipe. 

When I was researching braking systems I found several references to the advantage of having a head of fluid above the tops of the calipers/drums. So yep, if you're refreshing the whole system I'd say it's a good idea, plus of course it's much easier to fill and monitor.

Brian

Congratulations on getting your baby back on the road, Kid!! 

  I had my S/S ones shipped without getting cut . Remember to order the tubing seals / gaskets for the frame and put them in before tubes. Ask me how I know…🥱😵‍💫
Dakazman

Finally have a delivery date for my new transfer tubes.
Still uncertain if they will be one-piece each or two.
I offered that they could be cut to reduce shipping cost as one weld would not bother me as several would.
I will have my answer on Monday.

Starting with the restoration of my currently derelict, originally Pistachio / Lime Green TC, now the last but 1 owner, who had it from 1980-2004 had visited to see it and offer advice. Also spoke to the owner from 2004-2024, who bought it, then bought an American TCS and left this one under a sheet for 20 years, which explains why mine how has Federal rear light units at least.

Fair to say the first bits of stripping down have had more down than upsides. I'll either need complete UK light units or UK lenses and modify the units to suit them.  Side repeaters are knacked and won't come out (Dr Dremel is going to visit them) and the alternator is seized, which is understandable, but I can't see a reference to it online - Delco DN460? **EDIT** Have now found the DN460, also fitted to TR6 and some Spitfires, at £300+ will work on freeing mine first.

There was good news though. The football sized wasp nest in the rear corner had been abandoned by its occupants. Yay!  Off for a few days while I plan the campaign to strip and separate the body from the chassis, using the fine guide on this site.  Will post progress, forwards and backwards, on this thread.

Does anyone know what type of ignition key would be required for a 71 TC? There's a number inside the lock but I'm unsure of the key type, it's a Waso lock but I can't narrow it down further.