The Elise hasn’t had that much use as my Mini has been the thing I keep choosing to drive but the Elise did get out the garage a few times and here’s proof. The apprentice likes it. With the new daily. A 3.0 BiTDI A6 C7 Avant. Then a wash and seal for another winter […]
It was finally time to get the Elise out of hibernation once again and start with a quick check over and oil and filter change. Undertray off and hang on, not this again. Not water this time but hydraulic fluid. Didn’t take long to find the source. The clutch slave cylinder is up there. I […]
I was a little late in getting the Elise out of hibernation this summer but there was a Lotus meet at a dealer about an hour from me and a friend was going so it was time to get the Lotus out. But first some new oil and filter….. Got the undertray off and lifted […]
Time for some new brake pads on the front. I chose Carbone Lorraine RC5+ Sintered Metal Pads from eliseparts.com. This is about as simple as a car servicing jobs gets. Some pics of the job… I got the apprentice to do the other side. Yes it’s that simple even a 4 year old can do […]
One thing I could have added to the list when doing the full suspension refresh was the inner steering rack joints. I could feel no play in them at the time I did the suspension refresh though so just kept an eye on them as I do with the whole car. During my usual end […]
Having to remove the rear undertray everytime I want to get the Elise on the lift was getting pretty tedious and it was easily solved with some blocks that fit between the undertray and rear section of the chassis where the Elise must be supported from when being lifted. A guy sells them on the […]
Yes I’ve been here before but the fancy carbon ITG air box and filter I fitted really stifled the great sound I know a Rover K series is capable of. So it had to go for a redesign of the induction and ITG air filter setup. I started with some plastic gutter downpipe and some […]
We’ll I certainly haven’t done the mileage to require a new timing belt / cambelt but they should be replaced on a time interval too so it’s gotta be done. As with any transverse engine this was going to be a bit akward so I wasn’t looking forward to it but it was fairly easy […]
While replacing the brake master cylinder (see previous post) I replaced the original brake hoses too with some Goodridge stainless steel braided items. I don’t have the time I used to to go into too much detailed explination but I’ll stick a load of photos of the job here. The main thing I’d like to […]
Well driving the Elise one Sunday I applied the brakes to slow going down a hill and the pedal went to the floor. I’d had no warning of a long pedal or spongeyness in the pedal prior to this, I just applied the brake as I had done moments before but this time the pedal […]