Petol flap cable & hood stowage lid cable

[Paul.P]

Has anyone any experience of removing the handle & cable from the body on either of these ?

[Specky]

Yes... what do require..

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[Paul.P]

Just tell me how you get them off Specky please ?

[Specky]

Ok it may take a while cos there's a few syles and types...

I'll start with the petrol cap early style

open the roof and rear deck

Hold them open with the battery bay cover

First remove the rear inner pannel, it sercured by Scrivets, you may break a few...


Situated towards the rear of the petrol flap assembly is the mounting point for the the wire

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Open the access door and it will release one end of the cable

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Open the passenger door you should see a nut,

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Crack and undo this nut, you shouldn't have to hold the other side

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remove the nut totally,pull the T-bar handle to it's fullest extent, this should give enough room to manipulate the whole wire through..

That's the first style out...

Off to find some old photos

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[Specky]

Early hood release

open the roof and rear deck

Hold them open with the battery bay cover

First remove the rear inner pannel, it's sercured by Scrivets, you may break a few...

The latches are situated on the left and right of the hood apperture

The easiest way is to remove the two bolts and rivets that hold each latch in place

Then crack the T-handle nut and manipulate inward, this is Quite hard thou...

The proper way is to;-

Start on the left hand latch...

Undo the lock nut

remove the R-clip

This should release the first cable

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on the same latch

release the cable grip

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Then release the cirlip and then remove lock nut

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This releases one end of the second cable...

Now move to the other latch

Remove the circlip and pop the barrel out

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Now move to the T- handle crack and undo the lock nut and manipulate the cable assy forward

And that's the early style...

Must go and do some chores, I'll be back


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[Specky]

Later releases

open the roof and rear deck

Hold them open with the battery bay cover

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First remove the rear inner pannel, it's sercured by Scrivets, you may break a few...

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The latches are situated in the middle

The cables are retained by a nut on the back of the T-bar handle

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The petrol cap is released as the earlier model, undo the nut and slide the whole assy out

The hood locks are the same principle

I can't find these photos... sorry

Hope all that helped...


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[Paul.P]

Specky, thats been of great help, thanks for the effort !

[Gary]

Wow ! You can't ask for a more comprehensive answer than that !

Well done Specky - time to get your hands dirty Mr P

[Specky]

But what's Mr P doing

Paul is in Rutland, which is near Essex, Essex has a connection with Lotus, Now if Paul had any blue bits of an M100...

why let the truth get in the way of a good rumour

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[Paul.P]

It has been given some thought Dave ?

Can't you tell Gary's got nowt to do

[Gary]

He aint' got many blue bits left...