Welcome to my Lotus 7 Replica Blog

I intend to use this blog to show the various stages as I rebuild an old Lotus 7 replica from a bit of a mess to something respectable.


Along the way i'll detail the procedures required and hopefully inspire others to do similar.



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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

New Valve stem seals

Car started smoking a little too much, though i'd try the easy option and fit new valve stem seals.
This was the least invasive option and pretty easy to do although still took most of the day.
I had to make a few special tools to allow removal of the seals, also used rope down the spark plug holes to keep the valves up once you remove the collets.
Unfortunately after this it still smoked a lot.
Rings will be next!