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Engine Bay |
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Initial Work |
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| When originally purchasing the car you can see what state the engine bay started off in, not a pretty sight! I first started T-Cutting the suspension turrets to remove the wax & reveal the original paintwork underneath. | |||||||||||
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Engine out |
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| Once the engine was removed it was then a case of removing the majority of the dirt with engine de-greaser & once dried to clean each component individually. In addition I continued to bring back the paintwork by removing the wax from pretty much all parts. | |||||||||||
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Start to Clean |
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| These give you an idea of the pipework that makes up the Lotus Carlton. These are for the engine cooling, air conditioning & power steering with the inclusion of some minor electrical wiring. | |||||||||||
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Almost Finished |
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| These show the finished result, everything nice & clean & ready for the engine to be re-fitted. Note the new heatshields & tidying of wiring. Also all air conditioning pipes polished to give a chrome effect finish to match the other chromed parts. | |||||||||||
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Under Bonnet & Completed Engine |
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| The only parts of the car not to be re-painted at the bodyshop were the underside of the bonnet and the engine bay itself as this was in good condition following my cleaning work mentioned above. Bonnet lining re-furbished & re-fitted once underside of bonnet was given a good coat of polish. Fully rebuilt engine ready to be lifted in. | |||||||||||
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Engine Fitting |
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| Engine gently lowered into the engine bay. Note lots of rags & sheets so as not to damage or scratch any of the paint etc. Engine eventually all sitting back where it belongs & ancillaries could then start to be connected. Last two pictures show the finished article. | |||||||||||