Scottish Elises

Unsurpisingly I have a few issues to iron out with the old Esprit that I want to rectify before S'stone in August.

Anyone near enough the Larbert area to do homers to help with some wiring, relays etc etc

Also on the look out for any good (yet cheap) engine builders with a flair for Lotus.

I'm Edinburgh based and am handy with a wiring diagram - what's the scale of the problem? Is it stuff not working or more like total loom replacement? I know nothing about Esprits except they leak when driven underwater ...

Robin

robin wrote:I'm Edinburgh based and am handy with a wiring diagram - what's the scale of the problem? Is it stuff not working or more like total loom replacement? I know nothing about Esprits except they leak when driven underwater ... Robin

Hi Robin,
That's great

For now it's basically making sure existing connections are right - properly earthed etc - makign sure sensors doing their thing.. we're getting unstable voltage from battery to ecu so really it's a case of testing from battery back if you fancy a weekend poking about an old Esprit..

From there it would be to gradually tidy up what is there - replace anything suspect and make things like relays and fuses much easier to identify and replace - i.e. build a proper relay box etc. but that's down the line after this season.

I have full wiring diagrams but have no confidence with such stuff.. I'm more your typical spanner grunt.. If you were intersted then I guess a quick trip off to sunny Larbert and a look through the witing diagrams and see the car may be an idea.

PM if you're interested and we can talk turkey - most auto sparkies will either a) not want to touch it, b) not want to do homers or c) charge neuro-surgeon consultancy rates..

Blurry - just make sure that you don't get offended when he calls it a facking mess

Well, I'm sure that's how he describes my work of ar(se)t.....




Nah - with Robin on the team, you'll have it purring in no time

Shug wrote:Blurry - just make sure that you don't get offended when he calls it a facking mess

Well, I'm sure that's how he describes my work of ar(se)t.....



Nah - with Robin on the team, you'll have it purring in no time

No problem - it's not my work so he can call it my mothers a*se for all I care - be great to have someone who knows their way around electrical diagrams on the case.. even if it's just a few hrs it'll help.

OK - I'm game but I need to work out exactly when I can help.

I am off to Spa/Ring middle of next week so would probably need to be during the week this week - cannot make Mon/Tue/Wed as already booked for other stuff, so am thinking it would need to be Thu/Fri pm - is the car in a lit garage with electricity? Can be hard to work outdoors, esp., at nights ...

I can probably get away early on Thursday so that's going to work better for me - could be in sunny Larbert before 7pm I would think ... take a couple of hours to go over what you have and what is/isn't working and then try and work out what needs doing ...

Cheers,
Robin

Nice one Rob,
Hae PM'd you - can't do this week but well sort sth out.

Cheers
Jon