The car covered ~3000 miles in the previous 10 years, so the basic idea was to make it reliable, then worry about the cosmetics later.
I'd just like to say I couldn't have taken on half these jobs without the good people of LEC, the Wiki and Obiwan Toby's Videos.
Here's a list of what's been done so far......
Jan '17:
- Removed HKS Dump Valve and Everest Chip to give a performance baseline and remove chavvy sound
Fixed Driver's door lock (First encounter with Elan door internals!)
Re-attached Glove box lid to glove box and fitted new lock, the old lock internals were long gone
- Refitted original rear lights as Kia lights were allowing water into the boot - also wanted to re-instate the brighter 55w rear fog lights
Fitted clear repeater lenses
Fitted Metal Monkey Dial Faces - White on black with green illumination - much better in the daylight
- Fixed leak into passenger footwell - The foam heater intake shroud deteriorated + the wiring loom dropped and cut through it - new foam is wrapped in neoprene sheet to keep out water and give some strength.
Fitted BCN Gear Cables and Short Shift - Thank you BCN!
Steering column lower UJ changed
Rebuilt most of the cooling system as both rusty thermostat housing bolts sheared off
- Fitted O2 sensor and Closed Loop conversion with S2 ECM from the spares list
Fitted DAB radio and changed wiring so that the radio's memory isn't lost when ignition is turned off
Rebuilt N/S Headlight motor and fitted new Main beam reflectors
- Removed seats and carpets, inspected outriggers (all good!), painted outriggers and replaced underfelt with 12mm closed cell foam
Fitted new Bosch S4-075 Battery
Fitted new front springs and shock absorbers - old springs were sagging badly
Fitted "Raid" steering wheel
- Completed "A+B+C" service plus new Fuel Filter (Cam belt was done in 2016)
Rear brake calipers rebuilt - handbrake now works and adjusts
- Fitted a set of Jamie's one-piece Windscreen and A-pillar seals - Jamie the Seal my dry knees thank you!
S2 Alloys refurbished and new Dunlop SportMaxx RT tyres fitted
New NGK coils fitted, ignition module cleaned up and heat-sink-greased to ally backing plate - cured starting problems
- PNM extra silencer fitted and rear silencer replaced as there was no wadding left inside!
PNM Door waist seals fitted (Second encounter with Elan door internals!)
1000 mile trip through France with no problems
- Upgraded Everest chip to 1499 (S2) and put it into SE ECM - 200BHP AND closed loop!
Built and tested Matthias' ElanLogger
- Started work on ElanLogger display modification
Still to be done, in no particular order:-
- 1. Replace twisted N/S/R Wishbone with possible "Project Creep" to rebuild the brake proportioning valves - if I can source the O rings.
2. Fix tapping Hydraulic Valve Lifter - Wynns HVL Cleaner worked on all but 1 lifter - As the cam belt has to come off anyway I might just change the Head gasket while I'm in there as I'm pretty sure it's never been done and there's been a few reports of possible age-related HGF recently.
3. Fix cracks on fibreglass front bumper or possibly replace with a good ABS one?
4. De-rusting and refurbishing of the suspension and chassis
5. Fabricate mountings and fit Porsche seats
Cheers,
Ron