Wintering / jacking up a Lotus Elan Sprint
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 10:07 pm
Evening!
I hope everyone's keeping well!
I'm about to start putting my 1971 DHC Lotus Elan Sprint to bed for another winter. It has been unofficially off the road for about 18 months and I'd say it'll be another 12 months before actually I'll get it going again (general life and a global pandemic have got in the way of building the forever home garage for it, as well as ongoing mechanical glitches). Looking at jacking it up / preserving the tyres, I appreciate that this has to be sensibly done and that wheels shouldn't be left hanging, wishbones should watched like a hawk, etc. I've just seen a great video on Youtube by Paul H - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4YUz55ELEw - and have printed off the pdf he provided (thank you, Paul!). I have all the original workshop manuals, etc. but it seems this is an area where opinions vs. original manuals can conflict and great damage can be done relatively easily to such a precious car. Any / all tips / pointers to avoid disaster very welcome!
Thank you in advance!
Sophie
I hope everyone's keeping well!
I'm about to start putting my 1971 DHC Lotus Elan Sprint to bed for another winter. It has been unofficially off the road for about 18 months and I'd say it'll be another 12 months before actually I'll get it going again (general life and a global pandemic have got in the way of building the forever home garage for it, as well as ongoing mechanical glitches). Looking at jacking it up / preserving the tyres, I appreciate that this has to be sensibly done and that wheels shouldn't be left hanging, wishbones should watched like a hawk, etc. I've just seen a great video on Youtube by Paul H - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4YUz55ELEw - and have printed off the pdf he provided (thank you, Paul!). I have all the original workshop manuals, etc. but it seems this is an area where opinions vs. original manuals can conflict and great damage can be done relatively easily to such a precious car. Any / all tips / pointers to avoid disaster very welcome!
Thank you in advance!
Sophie