It's Here!! My new Elan S3 :D
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 11:33 am
My car arrived at the depot in Melbourne today and I've just returned from the slightly stressfull drive home. I say slightly because of all the first drive homes I've done this has by far been the most hassle free. I wont tell you about the Toyota Corona that I left in Historic Chilton.
First thing that happened was quite a wait for them to bring the car out at the depot. Eventually a guy came out and gave me a high vis vest and told me i'd have to come and "work your magic" to start it. He didn't realise that I did not know the trick! I'd never started it before! It turned out the battery was dead so we used a jumper and blammo it ran.
I then had to figure out how to adjust the seat! It took a while and of course I was flustered but I got there.
drove out of the depot and found that the indicators were VERY...............SLOW...............
My stars aligned perfectly to land me in peak our traffic!
after some slow going I realised the tank was looking very close to empty, and, I didn't even know if the gauge was accurate, so I was watching the temp go up and the fuel go down and moving millimetres at a time. Eventually the stress got too much so I pulled into a car park to let the engine cool down while my lovely girlfriend took her car to grab some fuel and some jumper leads from a servo. I knew the battery was useless so the jumpers would be needed.
The sun was going down, and i hadn't figured out how to get the lights on. I could make them come up, but not very well, but more importantly i hadn't found the switch for the beams.
we got the car started again and rushed off to beat the sunset.
It took me half the rest of the trip home to figure out the lights and even then only one came on. My girlfriend commented that a cyclist that i passed had brighter lights than the Elan.
at the very last set of stop lights near my house, I would usually do a hand brake start. I realised this was impossible in the Elan, so i thought oh well i'll gun it.
THEN IT STARTED MISS FIRING! arghgh. and i was thinking, if i stall it in the middle of this intersection i wont be able to start it, in the dark, with no lights, its not fun.
but i made it and the missfire cured itself as i drove.
anyway, home safe and sound now. I think I have some battery charging issues and general electrical failures to sort, but that's my idea of fun.
now can I ask,
does anyone have a link to a schematic for the S3 FHC (67)?
does anyone know if the starter motor is the same as a triumph spitfire starter motor?
who is your go to place for parts? I'm building up a list of things to order but Im new to all of these Elan parts suppliers.
I need things like the centre console, dash surround bits, a rear view mirror and perhaps some carpets. and maybe a wiring loom would be nice, get some fresh wire and connections in there.
also, I LOOOOVE this car! It's so much fun to drive! It's just the best.
here's a picture
First thing that happened was quite a wait for them to bring the car out at the depot. Eventually a guy came out and gave me a high vis vest and told me i'd have to come and "work your magic" to start it. He didn't realise that I did not know the trick! I'd never started it before! It turned out the battery was dead so we used a jumper and blammo it ran.
I then had to figure out how to adjust the seat! It took a while and of course I was flustered but I got there.
drove out of the depot and found that the indicators were VERY...............SLOW...............
My stars aligned perfectly to land me in peak our traffic!
after some slow going I realised the tank was looking very close to empty, and, I didn't even know if the gauge was accurate, so I was watching the temp go up and the fuel go down and moving millimetres at a time. Eventually the stress got too much so I pulled into a car park to let the engine cool down while my lovely girlfriend took her car to grab some fuel and some jumper leads from a servo. I knew the battery was useless so the jumpers would be needed.
The sun was going down, and i hadn't figured out how to get the lights on. I could make them come up, but not very well, but more importantly i hadn't found the switch for the beams.
we got the car started again and rushed off to beat the sunset.
It took me half the rest of the trip home to figure out the lights and even then only one came on. My girlfriend commented that a cyclist that i passed had brighter lights than the Elan.
at the very last set of stop lights near my house, I would usually do a hand brake start. I realised this was impossible in the Elan, so i thought oh well i'll gun it.
THEN IT STARTED MISS FIRING! arghgh. and i was thinking, if i stall it in the middle of this intersection i wont be able to start it, in the dark, with no lights, its not fun.
but i made it and the missfire cured itself as i drove.
anyway, home safe and sound now. I think I have some battery charging issues and general electrical failures to sort, but that's my idea of fun.
now can I ask,
does anyone have a link to a schematic for the S3 FHC (67)?
does anyone know if the starter motor is the same as a triumph spitfire starter motor?
who is your go to place for parts? I'm building up a list of things to order but Im new to all of these Elan parts suppliers.
I need things like the centre console, dash surround bits, a rear view mirror and perhaps some carpets. and maybe a wiring loom would be nice, get some fresh wire and connections in there.
also, I LOOOOVE this car! It's so much fun to drive! It's just the best.
here's a picture