mmmmmmmmm, Well I'll stick my neck out on this one and go for a tight tappet on the inlet of number four cylinder. The valve clearances for this engine should be Exhaust 0.010"--- 0.012" (0.25mm --- 0.30mm) and Inlet 0.005" --- 0.007" (0.13mm --- 0.18mm). These are a shimmed head!....... I hope :lol:

Is this screen still live for the Lotus? Or has it been resolved!

Kev

No Robski, I use to use UK Autotalk when it very first started, I posted a few topics to get things rolling and it just went from strength to strength! I don't know if it's still going, it was a very helpful site in the end. I think the names of the chaps who ran it were Peter Warman and John Wallis...

Hi Robski,
if your really from Yorkshire I doubt we've met before. Unless it's that weird thing when you've both been doing the same kind of work for years!!

I think I'ts important to understand that in practice you will find these 'standard type' of relays wired both ways,for example 'term 85' with positive polarity on it (Relay removed). I've encountered this on many occasions, the reason being that if the relay is being used for anything other than po...

Hi everybody, my name's Kev, I've been in the trade for just over forty years and done it with a passion. Since about 1980 I've concentrated on diagnostics which I've found really interesting. Having used a variety of different test gear over the years and being involved in the development of some o...