My Plus 2 : TYG862F
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:34 pm
Well, I ?ll try to tell you about my +2.
I bought it in june 2010 on ebay UK without seeing it before ? Yes, I like poker !
The price was reasonably low and this car had been put on the road 2 days before me ? this +2 was for me !
It?s an early one, which probably had a complicated life with a lot of modifications like : a S front end with spot lamps, positive earth, generator and so on .. nevermind that only proves the car is alive !
After a while and a few road tests, I was aware that some works will be needed. Especially the dashboard, the heater case and the wiring loom which had been heavily modified.
Then I have decided in September 2011 to SORN the car. As the dashboard needed to be changed, I have chosen to convert to LHD. It was a big challenge for me as I?m a ?bricoleur du dimanche? (I.E not a great mechanics!)
First, I have found a Triumph Herald rack on the famous french website ?Leboncoin? for a few bucks. The two racks were dismantled, cleaned and painted. The LHD was re-assembled with the inner-limiter.
After that, the dashboard has been pulled out ?
and a new one was bought from Margareth Cuthbert who did a very good job
I ?ve discovered how the sandblasting and powder coating is helpful and provides a gain of time? perfect for the pedal box
before :
and after
The heater box :
before
and after :
and many other small parts
Lotuselan.net was very helpful too, fellow members gave me good advices and I met there Robert, a Canadian member which now is a good friend. We made parts exchange as he was converting his S4 to RHD !
The most complicated was the wiring, it was hardly modified, I opened the loom and I have checked each wire. The RB106 regulator has been take out and the loom adapted. It was also necessary to rewire the wiper motor on the right side of the car.
I was thinking this wiper motor had just to be fitted on the plate on the other side ? No ! on the right side, it is bolted to the inner wing ? the loom was made one more time !
All the instruments were cleaned and fitted on the new dash (very pleasant to do) and the wiring too.
I added a small plate for two extra switches for the spot lamps and the electrics radiator fans (both of them operate via added relays)
The 3 looms (main, dash and rear) were connected and it was time to check if it works ! Nothing ! just the ?clonk? from the cigar lighter ! The big NU wire was disconnected
A few trials, and all the electrics were working ! My friends say : exceptional in a Lotus !
I gave up with the heater cable connectors, I should have to connect them before to put the dash back, I spent ages lying on the floor trying to screw the small retaining bolt ? I will know how to do for the next time !
Right now, I?m trying to pull out the sill members, as the plates were rotten; I?ve found new galvanized ones sold by Spydercars on ebay for a good price last year.
But there is another topic about them
I bought it in june 2010 on ebay UK without seeing it before ? Yes, I like poker !
The price was reasonably low and this car had been put on the road 2 days before me ? this +2 was for me !
It?s an early one, which probably had a complicated life with a lot of modifications like : a S front end with spot lamps, positive earth, generator and so on .. nevermind that only proves the car is alive !
After a while and a few road tests, I was aware that some works will be needed. Especially the dashboard, the heater case and the wiring loom which had been heavily modified.
Then I have decided in September 2011 to SORN the car. As the dashboard needed to be changed, I have chosen to convert to LHD. It was a big challenge for me as I?m a ?bricoleur du dimanche? (I.E not a great mechanics!)
First, I have found a Triumph Herald rack on the famous french website ?Leboncoin? for a few bucks. The two racks were dismantled, cleaned and painted. The LHD was re-assembled with the inner-limiter.
After that, the dashboard has been pulled out ?
and a new one was bought from Margareth Cuthbert who did a very good job
I ?ve discovered how the sandblasting and powder coating is helpful and provides a gain of time? perfect for the pedal box
before :
and after
The heater box :
before
and after :
and many other small parts
Lotuselan.net was very helpful too, fellow members gave me good advices and I met there Robert, a Canadian member which now is a good friend. We made parts exchange as he was converting his S4 to RHD !
The most complicated was the wiring, it was hardly modified, I opened the loom and I have checked each wire. The RB106 regulator has been take out and the loom adapted. It was also necessary to rewire the wiper motor on the right side of the car.
I was thinking this wiper motor had just to be fitted on the plate on the other side ? No ! on the right side, it is bolted to the inner wing ? the loom was made one more time !
All the instruments were cleaned and fitted on the new dash (very pleasant to do) and the wiring too.
I added a small plate for two extra switches for the spot lamps and the electrics radiator fans (both of them operate via added relays)
The 3 looms (main, dash and rear) were connected and it was time to check if it works ! Nothing ! just the ?clonk? from the cigar lighter ! The big NU wire was disconnected
A few trials, and all the electrics were working ! My friends say : exceptional in a Lotus !
I gave up with the heater cable connectors, I should have to connect them before to put the dash back, I spent ages lying on the floor trying to screw the small retaining bolt ? I will know how to do for the next time !
Right now, I?m trying to pull out the sill members, as the plates were rotten; I?ve found new galvanized ones sold by Spydercars on ebay for a good price last year.
But there is another topic about them