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I got a nice note from a fellow EliseTalk'er.

The following Technical Service Bulletins are available as of December 2005:

Technical Service Bulletins - Elise

2004/11 Throttle setting procedure for Elise 111R/'04 Exige
To specify throttle body stop screw adjustment for correct idle control.

2004/18 Lift Tube
Rectification of sticking gear lever lift tube. (On some cars, out of tolerance components may result in the lift tube sticking in the raised position and in possible baulking on hurried 3rd to 2nd downchanges if the lever is pushed too far to the left.) (Lift tube is otherwise known as the reverse lock out ring.)

2004/21 Cooler Union
Hose connection checks on North American Elise with front mounted oil coolers.

2004/27 Visor Seal
Rectification of water ingress via sunvisor brackets.

2005/01 AC Probe
Optimum position of a.c. temperature probe.

2005/03 Scan 3 (software installation notes)
A compact disc (CD) containing the latest Lotus Scn 3 programming software is being issued to all USA dealers.

2005/04 Lightweight
New features of 'Performance Pack' and 'Lightweight' options. (This includes no air conditioning, steel seat belt mounting frame and roll hoop, and chassis rear brace kit.)

2005/05 Oil Cooler fitment change (how to add the second oil cooler for those built after February)

2005/10 Security of Insulated Top Lining
An insulated lining for the soft top roof was introduced as an option. If the lining should become detached from the cant rails, it should be re-fixed using mechanical clamping for improved security.

2005/11 Toe-Link Locknut Check
Toe-link locknut check. (Michael: I will post a summary of this on my website in the maintenance section.)

2005/14 Introduction of New Transmission Options for USA Elise:
1. Lotus electronic traction control
2. Limited slip differential in conjunctino with Lotus traction control


Any misspellings are my own, as we always used to say...

Michael