Lovely car progressing to fully fixed one day. Come on the calipers! 😊

Hi Ben I love your channel I am a 62 year old trained mechanic retired now but wow watching you do all these classics takes me back and gives me wonderful memories of back in the day you are a great guy ❤

Hi Ben, just wanted to say thank you, love your channel. Am going through a very tough period with family bereavement and illness but you still manage to bring a smile to my face - looking forward to the next vid ☺

left hand reverse light bulb out ben

The universal joints on the steering column are fairly universal they use them on things like machines as well.
It's the number of splines and diameter and swivel pin diameter. I remember a friend getting a standard machine one for his classic car but that was a long time ago.

Made in England oil filter must be old 😂
Whenever I change an oil filter I always take the rubber gasket out of the filter and put oil behind it. It's just how my dad taught me to do it.

Good to see a fire extinguisher in the Lotus. If you know anything about this era of Lotus, there's a good chance you'll need it.

A reliable Lotus ...

Ill give you a little tip. 4:40. I did that & caught the door on another car. I see that & just nearly cried

Better than watching the football for sure!!!!

This was enjoyable I love that car

I've loved watching your Eclat vids. As a 1970's Lotus wedge nutter. I've always wanted one of my own, but don't have enough knowledge to keep it running. Having watched your brilliant vids, I now feel confident enough to go for it. So thank you 🙏

The item with the play in it is a steering universal joint,its worn and will need replacing to remove the play in the steering.Easy enough job if you can get one,hopefully quicker than the brake calipers! 😂

Ah, the good old ‘point of no return’ hammer and screwdriver filter removal method 😅 There’s always the “what if this doesn’t work” thought which makes you think twice.

Sunny and Matt are such good additions to the workshop. Still loving the lotus content too, keep it coming!

Fibreglass cars! Every electrical component not mounted directly to the main chassis needs an Earth lead connected to it, or to the engine or battery negative. Double the opportunity for a failure. Generally, when light clusters or groups of lights come on unexpectedly like that, it’s because they’re not grounded and the current from one is finding a way back through the others. Make a temporary Earth lead with croc clips on it. Use it to test for such faults by adding a supplementary Earth connection at one of the misbehaving lights.

Hi Ben the part you need for the steering shaft is called a knuckle joint. It's a movable joint with a spline either end which connects the steering shaft to the rack and pinion.
Cheers Ben great video.

Hi Ben, firstly the shims, you may even find they are different thickness's too. I would put them all back until you've sorted the joint, it could now be overtight and it'll wear the rack. Sort the joint out and if there's still play, reduce the thickness as slow as you can and still leave a tiny bit so you know it isn't binding.
I stall say the carbs aren't balanced. Engine shouldn't be idling dugger dugger dugger, should be Brrrrrrrrrrrrr. Also you need an air filter, it'll be running lean which won't help cold running although balancing will make a big difference.

You’ve got Alice and Sonny, they’re special 😊😊

Funny how things grow on you, this would not have been on my radar of cars to aim for, but the more i see it and the work going into it the more desirable it becomes, you're going to love throwing it round the ring and im here for that.