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
Ed,
Your high tension cable is not fully seated in the coil.
It should have been ‘installed’ in a garage…?
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
Alex B
am I glad I emigrated to Australia… all the snow is just a memory
you are so lucky —I tried in the 70s and was refused ----pretty picky for a place founded by convicts - --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 : 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