Very successful weekend working on my Lotus. Received the shipment from Paul Matty on Friday...
Removed the fuel pump and rebuilt it using the rebuild kit from Paul Matty
Rebuilding it requires removing the one-way valves in the center of the unit. They are held in place via small metal tabs created with a die or stamping process. Had to take a dremel to remove them.
Put new valves in and took a punch and created new tabs to hold them in place. Here is it reinstalled.
Got the new brake and clutch master cylinders installed and cleaned and reinstalled the carbs with new spacers and o-rings (thanks Michael!)
Bought a new battery, cleaned the starter connections, plug wires, fuse block, voltage regulator, new oil and filter and flushed the cooling system.
After a turning it over a few times and giving it a good dousing with carb cleaner I got it running!! Let it warm up and it idled and ran very smoothly. Quite surprised at how well it ran in fact. Especially since car has been sitting for over 22 years. Tried posting a short vid clip of it running but the forum site says .mov are not allowed.
Up next are brakes and clutch... :fingerscrossed