ELAN WONT START

HiGuys CANT FIGURE WHY THE ELAN WONT START —ANY IDEAS >>??? ED


Twincamman,

Wrong forum, this is lotus elan not chairs…

Tonyw

Soap suds in the cooling system?

Faulty fire extinguisher?

The air con unit you fitted set a bit high.

Cliveyboy

Move

Mine started right up yesterday, 75 degrees and sunny :wink:

Ed,

Your high tension cable is not fully seated in the coil.

It should have been ‘installed’ in a garage…?

:arrow_right: Matthew

Not many miles to the southeast we got nothing but rain. My +2 would not start either. Blast, that’s right, forgot to put the engine and gearbox back in.

mine in gloriously springlike Vancouver is running great

Hi guys,
I am surprised that you have all missed the fact that the belt has come off the oil poorie. It can be quite clearly seen in pic 1

:laughing: :laughing:

Alex B

am I glad I emigrated to Australia… all the snow is just a memory :smiley:

you are so lucky —I tried in the 70s and was refused ----pretty picky for a place founded by convicts - :laughing: --ed

…and you were refused because???

wellll thats a matter between the Chief Magistrate and I --had to do with whip cream and shape craft industries – Salvation Army girls in fishnet stockings - some drunken midgets that juggled --then the angry mimes and a group of touring Morris dancers got involved ----nasty business :blush: : ed

My stepson and his wife and child lived in Sydney for a while. We took some fine vacations there in our winter - walking along the cliffs, lounging on Coogee Beach - planning future trips, even wondering if we might retire there… maybe pick up a nice Elan?

Then the so-and-so moved to Shanghai!

welll I found the door to the garage- so in a week or two I can get in the place and finish pulling the motor – rebuilding the block and then get to sort the thing out---- [ after the initial run in period ]—ed