boldy

My ex nieghbour has a Lotus Europa 25th aniversery model in lime green just sat in his garage doing bugger all , all original as well , such a shame :headvswal

IIRC these are called SPIRE CLIPS :confused:

Gutted to hear this bud , very individual car you,ve got :bow: Took a nice pic at JAE a couple of years ago RIP :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Mine did exactly the same , same phone with the same problem , installed software and it stopped my computer from going on the net as well !!!! A mate got the computer working again but as yet i still havn,t got the software working :smash: Bloody technoligy

I gather you,ve never met Steve !! :x: :x: :rofl: :rofl:

Try it on my computer , i put the kettle on while i,m waiting :smash: :smash:

Glad to hear that Steve :dance: :dance: , at least you can park with us at the meets , the Landrover looked a bit out of place :tongue: :D

The nissan sender unit for the guage is crap bud , they seem to work when they feel like it , if you,ve only swapped the battery and everything was fine before then there shouldn,t be a problem with your pressure , just needs a good warm up to get the oil thin , should start working again :dance: Time to fit an aftermarket sender and guage , very reliable :bow:

Must admit i was waiting for something to happen :smash: But a Merry Xmas to you all :dance: :dance:

Ah bugger ,a bit short notice Nick, got other plans , sorry bud.

Now that looks very tidy bud :dance: , but have to agree about the rear bumper

Took her out for the first run today , sweet as a nut :dance: :dance: Not bad considering I,VE replaced the connectors on the loom :tongue: AND NO MORE SMOKING ON TICKOVER :dance: :dance: :dance:

Ooh , speed holes anyone :x: :rofl: :rofl: I kept it well locked away bud :D :D

Had mine over 2 years now , apart from routine wear and tear items that would need replacing on any car and having just done the tubs , it has never missed a beat :dance: :dance: As already stated , get a good one and it,ll put a smile on your face everytime you drive it :bow: :bow:

Ooh BLING , I wish my missus would buy me sommat useful like that :dance: lucky bugger :cry: :cry: :cry:

Thanks for the comments guys , i,m really pleased how it,s turned out , there,s still some more bits i want to sort out , the balance bar looking scruffy and other little things but they,ll all get done in good time :dance: If anybody,s needs tio do a plenum bypass , the blue pipes are the new feed and return pipes , just to show the new direct connections to the heater matrix feed pipes . Anybody who,s suffered from water getting to your airfilter ( dripping between the bumper and nose panel ) this is how i cured mine , using some sheet plastic :D I know it looks like a pair of pants :tongue:

Well nearly , just the TPS to set up and a few bits to fit and i can finally take the old girl for a spin , a week without driving the zed IT,S KILLED ME but it,s been well worth it :dance: :dance: . A massive THANKS to my old mate Darren (mantav8 ) for his invaluable help and guidence the use of his garage and his family for keeping me supplied with tea :bow: Also thanks to Slick Pete for the use of his engine crane ( dinners on me bud at the next meet ) OUT AND OILY THE DRILLER KILLER,S IN TOWN ONE HORRER I FOUND , A COMPLETELY BLOCKED TURBO WATER FEED !!!! VVT SPRINGS HAD BEEN COMPRESSED !! (new one on the right) THE END RESULT WITH NEW TURBO,S, REAR MAIN SEAL , VVT SPRINGS , ROCKER COVER GASKETS , WATER , PETROL AND VAC LINES , POLISHED PLENUM AND REMOVEL OF A SHED LOAD OF CRAP :dance: ALL THE CRAP WE TOOK OFF , AIV,s, EGR , CARBON CANNISTER AND LOADS OF PIPES

: told you the dampers were shot !!! :

We got the plenum off , been sorting out wot pipes can be junked , did the VVT springs and yes mine had compressed with age so hopefully that,ll sort the occasional tickover rattle i get . The worst thing we,ve found was on the o/s turbo which has no shaft play at all just the oil seals buggered but when i stripped it off the oil lines were perfectly clear ( hence the smoking issue ) but the water feed was completely CLOGGED !!! god knows how long it,s had no cooling for the turbo but it doesn,t seemed to effect it at all , i,ll see wot i find on the n/s tomorrow :smash:

Thanks , ooh a lightweight zed on it,s way :D

With tha damage on yours bud i,d say drop engine gearbox and front suspension all in one go , with everything disconnected you just need to lift the front of the car high enough to clear it all and drag it out. HTH

Don,t see why not bud , the only problem might be clearance , we took mine out today and the engine can only move forward off the bell housing a certain amount before it has to be liftef to clear the cross member , with the T/C still on it might foul the bell housing . I,m sure someone will know a definate answer :confused:

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So does that mean,s as we,re removing all of these they can be capped off and not used ?

Nice one Dave , hope there,s a garage for the zed :dance: