My gubbed car, not drivable faction ....

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 8:24 pm

Went for my MOT yesterday and am no planning on getting the car recovered on the basis of the brakes being dangerous, do you think it will be covered by the AA P&L?

OSF Brake pipe leaking at caliper
OS dipped beam not working
OS main beam (ns comes on with dip)
No front side lights (see above)
NSF shock /coil spring loose
OS rear brake calliper (handbrake seized) lever
Clean OSR brake pipe
Wiper rubber no clearing screen

Mechanic also suspected HGF but will wait to claim this on the AA

Leak looks like it is a the 90ish degree bend and has rubbed on the caliper.

Corrosion on wheel from leaking fluid

With Dan off to Donny it will be 24th ish before I can pick her up after getting her recovered down there on the 19th.

Gutted again, even went round to MMC to have a look at what they have in.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:05 pm

Are you sure the pipe has gone through? Get someone to stand on the pedal and watch for leaks (Not too close though!) The pipe is the link btwn the pistons and is rigid, it's only about 4" long so no real chace of chaffing. Could be a rock or someone clonked it while the wheel was off? Try nipping up the joint above it. It could also be a leak form the caliper itself. I don't know if there are spares available or the calipers though. deffo not from Lotus but perhaps something else like.

Failing that and assuming that you didn't know about it, clean it all up tighten everything and see if it comes back. French chalk dust is good for mopping up brake fluid BTW.

OS dipped beam not working
OS main beam (ns comes on with dip)
No front side lights (see above)

Electric stuff. Prolly all related to one problem, ask Robin!

NSF shock /coil spring loose

Time for s2 suspension? What exactly was the problem?

OS rear brake calliper (handbrake seized) lever

Clonk with hammer?

Clean OSR brake pipe

Eh? Why?

Wiper rubber no clearing screen

New wiper

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Sun Mar 11, 2007 9:58 pm

Are you sure the pipe has gone through? Get someone to stand on the pedal and watch for leaks (Not too close though!) The pipe is the link btwn the pistons and is rigid, it's only about 4" long so no real chace of chaffing. Could be a rock or someone clonked it while the wheel was off? Try nipping up the joint above it. It could also be a leak form the caliper itself. I don't know if there are spares available or the calipers though. deffo not from Lotus but perhaps something else like.

Failing that and assuming that you didn't know about it, clean it all up tighten everything and see if it comes back. French chalk dust is good for mopping up brake fluid BTW.

Will try cleaning it up and have a better look

OS dipped beam not working
OS main beam (ns comes on with dip)
No front side lights (see above)

Electric stuff. Prolly all related to one problem, ask Robin!

I guess, played with it all early Jan and it all came back to norm after I changed one of the bulbs, doubt it is the buld again but you never know.

NSF shock /coil spring loose

Time for s2 suspension? What exactly was the problem?

It is S2! Had the car jacked last week and when my mate lowered it it came down quickly and made a twang noise, thought nothing off it. When it was on th ramps today the actual spring can move up and down a good few inches.

OS rear brake calliper (handbrake seized) lever

Clonk with hammer?

Mech reckons working it with some WD should clear it.

Clean OSR brake pipe

Eh? Why?
Cause there is some rusting on it and he was concerned left it could eat through.

Wiper rubber no clearing screen

New wiper

Yeah and the mod where you drill the springs new holes to make them tighter.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:23 am

Sanjoy wrote: NSF shock /coil spring loose

Time for s2 suspension? What exactly was the problem?

It is S2! Had the car jacked last week and when my mate lowered it it came down quickly and made a twang noise, thought nothing off it. When it was on th ramps today the actual spring can move up and down a good few inches.

any pics of this? Could be the circlip has jumped out of it's recess. Compare them left to right. If it has then remove the offending shock and refit the circlip, might be terminal though....

Clean OSR brake pipe

Eh? Why?
Cause there is some rusting on it and he was concerned left it could eat through.

Clean it and keep him happy. If it's rusty now then cleaning the old rust off will make feck all difference to how long it takes to rust through...

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 9:58 am

RHS Caliper on e-bay

LHS Caliper on e-bay

Both at £9.99 with 2 days to go...

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:17 am

Sanjoy,

On the assumption that the S2 suspension doesn't have adjustable platforms ...

The spring being loose is worrying - it means that the spring must have either broken or come off whatever normally locates it at the top or the bottom of the damper platform. Thus it's no longer under tension properly and your ride height will for sure have dropped on whichever corner it's loose at.

It's probable that you need to be thinking about replacing at least that one corner as whatever is broken, I cannot see it being repairable. In reality you would probably want to replace at least that pair.

The electrics are a bad earth, 99% sure.

Cheers,
Robin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:23 am

S2 Bilstens are circlip located at the bottom. Could have jumped out but unlikely if it has it may have damaged the circlip groove.

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:39 am

Ah, well chances are the circlip and/or groove are now well and truly gubbed - unless the circlip had a fracture of some sort to start with.

Assuming Tom hasn't fitted them to his car already, I have some spare front dampers which you could borrow if you need to get the car moving again (or he may have the old ones off his car if he has fitted them).

TOM? ARE YOU THERE TOM?

Cheers,
Robin

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:44 am

Slight correction, the circlips are at the top, but located in a groove and held in place with the top spring platform. What could have happened is that while the car was up the spring platform became loose and unseated, when the car came down again the circlip broke or slipped. We need pics!

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 4:09 pm

robin wrote:Ah, well chances are the circlip and/or groove are now well and truly gubbed - unless the circlip had a fracture of some sort to start with.

Assuming Tom hasn't fitted them to his car already, I have some spare front dampers which you could borrow if you need to get the car moving again (or he may have the old ones off his car if he has fitted them).

TOM? ARE YOU THERE TOM?

Cheers,
Robin

i am here

fronts not fitted yet. available if needed.

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:17 pm

Home early today so will get jacking and snapping

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:20 pm

Well when you've finished doing that get outside and take some photos of the damper!

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 6:50 pm

Just tried to use the BMW wheel iron and it no fit, chuds. About to go down with the socket set after I have some cheese.

robin · Post by **robin** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:11 pm

Cheese, WTF? Are you really going to nosh some cheese or is this some slang that has passed me by

Robin

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:45 pm

No slang, wee bit of stilton. Hank marvin.

Cannot get enough leverageg with the socket set and feels like it could slip. Will borrow a tyre iron off somone at work tomorrow.