cheshire_carper

Slight update.

New rad in, just need to get coolant in and bled now. Job for tomorrow.

It's a long job to swap a rad in an exige. About 16 hours for me atm but a bit of a novice. I expect 23 hours when complete. I think lotus do it in 10.


You might find this interesting



And

http://youtu.be/zBNH1k7RjKc

Nottm_S2

You could have sorted that with radseal

cheshire_carper

Funk. What is this juice of magic?

arsie

I doubt that, look at the youtube vid, the radiator was properly split.

Ultra_Nexus

Pritstick and a bit of used Wrigley's extra - sorted

gaddafi

All will be well as long as repairs don't become a regular occurrence. Having a car off the road for repairs as often as it's on will wear anyone down and fear of breakdowns is soul destroying. My slight worry would be that this is just one of many cheapo components waiting to fail but I guess the forums should have highlighted those by now. The 'lack of use' thing is a bit more of a lottery.

mikey k

Turn it in to a garden water feature

cheshire_carper

It's done. What a job from hell. 22 hrs to do it. I know the front end of the car intimately.



But at least the wheel arches sparkle now

unclefester

Plus you knoiw there's no loose Lotus factory bits floating around.

Usually good stuff to be found here - http://wiki.seloc.org/a/SELOC_TechWiki

cheshire_carper

Yes I use that quite a lot. This is a job I would hate a firm to do for me. It's so involved and a typical worker doing it was not give the sort of shit I did when disassembling and reassembling. I've took loads of care and know it's been done correctly. No spares anywhere