Period Correct Engine Bay

[Bigbaldybloke]

My early plus 2 has a one bolt air intake housing, some have three bolts, no idea when the change occurred. Paint finish seemed to vary either Matt or satin type black finish. Must admit I?ve had mine sprayed the same dark blue as the rest of the body. As mentioned the wiper motor seems to have had several positions and orientations. Very early ones were on the blanking plate above the passenger footwell with later ones on the vertical section some with the drive tube at the top and some at the bottom. Air horn position seemed to vary quite a bit too.

[JimE]

The correct servo should of course be the Girling but mine had seized and Matty didn't want to send it away to be refurbed so he fitted the Lockheed. I haven't got round to refitting the Girling but the Lockheed works just as well. Alan - I'll leave you to tell Matty and all of the owners where he has fitted the Lockheed that he doesn't know what he is doing! Jim

[Grizzly]

O jim .... an after market braided clutch line and plastic clutch master cap i feel disappointed in you







On a serious note..... your car is art !! an example of how these cars should be maintained.

[JimE]

O jim .... an after market braided clutch line and plastic clutch master cap i feel disappointed in you

That's Matty for you. I was just glad to get the car home in one piece.





On a serious note..... your car is art !! an example of how these cars should be maintained.

Agree though that I need to sort out some detailing. But I can't find the correct/original brake master cylinder float as my original one doesn't seal anymore.

[alan.barker]

The correct servo should of course be the Girling but mine had seized and Matty didn't want to send it away to be refurbed so he fitted the Lockheed. I haven't got round to refitting the Girling but the Lockheed works just as well. Alan - I'll leave you to tell Matty and all of the owners where he has fitted the Lockheed that he doesn't know what he is doing! Jim

I'm only trying to help. If the Valve is at the wrong angle the Brakes can stay locked on. I suggest you look at past posts on the subject.
Alan

[Gordon Sauer]

Engine bay of federal plus 2S1 30 of the later vins (0306N) that had emissions accoutrements! and an air conditioning package fitted by Millerton New York distributorship. The same aftermarket air company was used by Lotus for the Europa and early Esprit and it did end up with the second Girling servo in the nose (like Taylors) and a Motorola alternator with external regulator mounted on top of the pedal box. Satin paint and Warning sticker on the Stromberg airbox of the ease at which the adapter plates are broken as they are mounted.Gordon Sauer

[JimE]

The correct servo should of course be the Girling but mine had seized and Matty didn't want to send it away to be refurbed so he fitted the Lockheed. I haven't got round to refitting the Girling but the Lockheed works just as well. Alan - I'll leave you to tell Matty and all of the owners where he has fitted the Lockheed that he doesn't know what he is doing! Jim

I'm only trying to help. If the Valve is at the wrong angle the Brakes can stay locked on. I suggest you look at past posts on the subject.
Alan

Alan - I've never read the fitting instructions on this. I did ask Morland Jones to put right the issues resulting from Paul Matty's handiwork and they were ok with the postioning of the servo which was good enough for me. While you have highlighted a potential problem, my brakes have been ok so far (5 years) but if they do lock up it will precipitate me refitting the Girling which gives a much nicer pedal feel. Jim

[alan.barker]

The replacement Servos are OK but there are instructions to fit 25? to 45? + 30? from vertical.
Sometimes you also need to fit an extra Spring under the Valve (this stops the delay in the Brakes releasing).
On my Elan Sprint it it had a Chassis change + lots of work including fitting a replacement Servo by Saint Miles and he had not fitted it at the correct angle. Result was sometimes the Brakes used to be slow to release
Saint Miles and Matty are only Human and can forget things. I still do things wrong also after 45 Years of working on Lotus.
Please have a look at past posts on "Servo angle" it makes good reading
Alan
ps. Rimmer Bros have info about this

[types26/36]

As Allan says it should be mounted at an angle, here is the Lockheed instruction.

[alan.barker]

Thanks Brian,
i'm not very good at attaching images
Alan

[Grizzly]

But I can't find the correct/original brake master cylinder float as my original one doesn't seal anymore.

I have the same problem, my Sovy died along time ago and i've been collecting bits to try to make a new one. In the mean time i bought a new Jag version (?25 from sngbarratt) then shortened it and tweaked it a bit (looks presentable) I think there is a thread on here showing how it's done, i'm not the first one to do it...... only thing that drives me mad is it's white not red... so i will try and make up an original one at some point.

[tedtaylor]

RD Enterprises (USA) sells those SOVY units for $61 bucks!

[JimE]

The replacement Servos are OK but there are instructions to fit 25? to 45? + 30? from vertical.
Sometimes you also need to fit an extra Spring under the Valve (this stops the delay in the Brakes releasing).
On my Elan Sprint it it had a Chassis change + lots of work including fitting a replacement Servo by Saint Miles and he had not fitted it at the correct angle. Result was sometimes the Brakes used to be slow to release
Saint Miles and Matty are only Human and can forget things. I still do things wrong also after 45 Years of working on Lotus.
Please have a look at past posts on "Servo angle" it makes good reading
Alan
ps. Rimmer Bros have info about this

I fitted the extra spring under the valve as a precaution. Servo works fine thus far. Jim

[JimE]

As Allan says it should be mounted at an angle, here is the Lockheed instruction.

Given the angle of the engine bay I don't how easy it would be to get the correct angle for the servo. I'll revisit and see although as I have already indicated my servo seems to be working ok. This could be the reason why Miles and Matty compromised on the fitting. Jim

[Bigbaldybloke]

Is there a reason quoted why the servo should be mounted at that specific angle?
I had read somewhere that it was to ensure that air was not trapped in the servo when filling and bleeding the system. The way it?s mounted in the above diagrams would ensure that.