The story so far . . .
I'm strapped for time at the moment, so I decided to ask my friendly local auto engineer to do the refit. We now have the car in the air on his lift, awaiting a new aluminium oil cooler from CoolExperts, and new pipework (due tomorrow). While it was up on the lift, he invited me to have a good look underneath.
I've not looked underneath an Elan before, but I've seen worse on other cars. Would the resident expert jury like to take a look at the pictureas and tell me what you think. Is it:
- 1. Not bad at all
2. Needing work but salvageable
3. Only fit to break for the parts.
By way of background, the car is an S2 no 512 with 63,000 miles up. Very little changed from standard, except for a stainless back box. I have full documentation going back to the original bill of sale, and a more or less continuous set of MoTs, except for one period about five years ago when the car was SORN.
To Start With:
So, first off, here's the OSF hub assembly:
Question: The arrowed joint seems very loose and wobbly to me. Should we be replacing it (and its friend on the other side) while we have everything stripped down, or is loose normal?
The Pictures
More to follow as the story progresses, but, for the moment, I'd be grateful for your thoughts on the corrosion.
By the way, Artaban, the horn bracket is in amazingly good condition, with most of the original passivated finish still there. A bit of tidying up and some POR15 at the lower end, and I think it will be fine.
Thanks in advance for all the advice which I hope will come flooding in.