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    Mark Wainwright
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    1977 Eclat, 1984 esprit
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    oil slick + rear fogger
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    London - UK

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  1. Good to know, Could you let me know the brand and part number if you have it? I thanks, Mark
  2. Hi all, I need to replace the upper ball joints on my 1984 S3, ive bought two sets of new ones. The first were QH ones for triumph spitfire,gt6 etc, and the second set was a different brand, greasable set for the same cars. I understood that these were the correct ones for my car, however, the mounting holes in the new joints are ever so slightly further apart than in the ones on my car. Enough that the second bolt will not go through. The difference is only a mm or so, but it is impossible to get the second bolt through. Both sets of new joints have the same issue. The old ones on there fit easily. Has anyone else experienced this? Or bought ball joints recently that fit with no problems? cheers, Mark
  3. Yeah, from what I can find the exterior is slightly different on the land rover one you posted about? but yes, I suspect probably the same guts and mountings. I`m crossing my fingers that the push rod is workable out of the box since it has a long fork, but we will see!.. this is purely due to time constraints on my part as I need to move the car this week as my lock up is going. Do you know if the pushrod is removable without opening the unit? or does it all have to come apart if you wanted to go that route to swap the push rod over (assuming it is the same internally as the lotus one) Cheers, Mark
  4. Hi Steve, Sure thing, the wide part is 66cm around, that`s exactly the same as the original one.
  5. ok, I`m back with news. The brake servo seems to be ford Cortina MkV , and possibly ford Taunus. I bought one new for 100quid (half the price of PNM .. possibly half the quality.. i dont know!! ). It is identical, the M/C fits and the moutning studs are the same distance apart. the only difference is the push rod, this one has a long fork.. which may actually work out of the box, I`m not sure til I try it. it just won`t be adjustable. what is particularly interesting is that it seems to be this part, based on the part number on the one I got - https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/OTTOSUN-Auto-Parts-76BB2C005EC-BS4215-76BB2C005BA_60865938479.html and they appear, at least, to be readily available. .. even if it is Alibaba 😅
  6. Hi there, Could anyone tell me what thread/type are the brake pipe unions for the girling master cylinder? also, are they the same for the female part of the brake pipe adapter that goes into the caliper? and what is that adapter called? and can you get them anywhere? many thanks! Mark
  7. actually, I thinik it could be this, with some modifications to the push rod - britpart STC1816 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372684439285?hash=item56c5b93ef5:g:HvcAAOSwnahc9-Vz&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0PY6vJw8JLXnNfo9DuvLPbRJ4aP0kIv1ap%2F1%2B7ebjrnvqzLmtE545KVBIjO8yxg5417W9K1m%2F2mVlOm2AzkvVZRTh6Y0M%2F1r3Os6uZUO5Bjp7rxYCUL59c5js2RzTgtsB9YKtrJJOXY1c24QmJHT3GvTyD%2BbgVJg8sPn6U%2Frx4%2BXCUTUYqvF74dL5E98jJmJ9MVt7%2By5nl2WNFYL45HMHTdehQ%2BhfMghtIdjqqRiRCuFKaLLWVBKK7A39hgw4RftUuc4GifDDNrNF%2FGaJvD7Sp0%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR7r3mbD1Yg I opened up my cross reference spreadsheet and found that I had an entry for it based on a lotusforums thread on the excel cylinder. not sure exactly what years of esprit and excel have matching servos though.
  8. I just went to have another look at it. and there are bits rattling around inside.. I think I well and truly stuffed it I was wondering if tehre is a cross reference part. looks like PNM have found something modern that fits. but I wonder what it is... https://www.pnmparts.co.uk/lotus-servo-6080
  9. Hi there, I managed to forget I had disconnected the push rod from my pedal (the car hasn`t been worked on in 4 years).. and I pumped the brake pedal and it bent the threaded rod in the brake servo. I tried to straighten it to get it out and it snapped (as expected). have I ruined my servo? or is this part replaceable and sourceable? cheers, Mark
  10. oh gosh.. you are right! my fault for typing without my brain on. thanks very much for pointing that out! it does indeed have the 4 speed. title is now corrected.
  11. I think so! I`ll have to check.. it may even be the same hose as the eclat/elite. not 100% sure on that though,
  12. Hey Pete, Thanks for that, do you know the standard fitting sizes/threads for the non caliper ends by any chance? that`s really all i`m looking for, then I can shop around/get something made up. So far not even the usual retailers can / will give me the fitting specs. I don`t get a chance to go to the lock up very often so it would be super helpful if someone already has the spec for that union. @EXCEL V8 many thanks! Mark
  13. I did mail them a week or so ago and they`ve not got back to me yet. will wait and see if they do.
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