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costlydakota · 07-03-2009, 06:41 AM

Well, 2 months into ownership, and I get hit with the dreaded AC Resistor replacement. Unfortunately, the local dealership wants 10 hours of labor to fix it, so I will be having to perform this surgery myself. If anyone is interested in joining this party in south-east aurora, feel free to PM me. We will have the grill going in the afternoon. I have printed out all the instructions I can find, but if anyone has any other words of advice, I will take all I can get. Luckily I have saturday and sunday off, which should hopefully give me enough time to get this figured out.

lotusforsale · 07-03-2009, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by costlydakota

Well, 2 months into ownership, and I get hit with the dreaded AC Resistor replacement. Unfortunately, the local dealership wants 10 hours of labor to fix it, so I will be having to perform this surgery myself. If anyone is interested in joining this party in south-east aurora, feel free to PM me. We will have the grill going in the afternoon. I have printed out all the instructions I can find, but if anyone has any other words of advice, I will take all I can get. Luckily I have saturday and sunday off, which should hopefully give me enough time to get this figured out.

Assuming you're taking off the front clam...upgrade your horns while you have it off.

costlydakota · 07-03-2009, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by lotusforsale

Assuming you're taking off the front clam...upgrade your horns while you have it off.

Yes, I have to remove the front clam. I will look into the horn upgrade while I am at it. Thanks!

ZAMMY1 · 07-03-2009, 08:32 AM

and put the driving lights on, if you don't already have them.
they're great.
sam

costlydakota · 07-03-2009, 08:29 PM

Well, I got out of work a little early today, so I was able to get started. I have the car lifted up to make it a little easier to work on. I just about have the clam ready for removal. Just have the front bolts in the headlights. So far, so good. Will try to post some pics tomorrow.

montereyrob · 07-03-2009, 09:58 PM

costlydakota · 07-06-2009, 05:15 AM

Success! I spent about 13 hours this weekend working on it, although if I had to do it again, I could probably do it in half the time. I tried to take my time, paying attention to how things went together before I took them apart, taking some photos along the way. While reassembling, I was able to improve on the panel gaps slightly also. Took the time to change the oil while I was at it. Now she should be good for a while.
Thanks to those that PMd me to offer help.

Confidential · 07-06-2009, 10:37 PM

Good to hear you got that worked out, Rich. I'm curious to see the pictures when you get a chance.

07-03-2009, 06:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
costlydakota Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 29	Maintenance weekend Well, 2 months into ownership, and I get hit with the dreaded AC Resistor replacement. Unfortunately, the local dealership wants 10 hours of labor to fix it, so I will be having to perform this surgery myself. If anyone is interested in joining this party in south-east aurora, feel free to PM me. We will have the grill going in the afternoon. I have printed out all the instructions I can find, but if anyone has any other words of advice, I will take all I can get. Luckily I have saturday and sunday off, which should hopefully give me enough time to get this figured out. __________________ 2005 Lotus Elise 2006 Ducati 749

07-03-2009, 08:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
costlydakota Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 29	Well, I got out of work a little early today, so I was able to get started. I have the car lifted up to make it a little easier to work on. I just about have the clam ready for removal. Just have the front bolts in the headlights. So far, so good. Will try to post some pics tomorrow. __________________ 2005 Lotus Elise 2006 Ducati 749

07-06-2009, 05:15 AM	#7 (permalink)
costlydakota Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Aurora, IL Posts: 29	Success! I spent about 13 hours this weekend working on it, although if I had to do it again, I could probably do it in half the time. I tried to take my time, paying attention to how things went together before I took them apart, taking some photos along the way. While reassembling, I was able to improve on the panel gaps slightly also. Took the time to change the oil while I was at it. Now she should be good for a while. Thanks to those that PMd me to offer help. __________________ 2005 Lotus Elise 2006 Ducati 749

07-06-2009, 10:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Confidential Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 105	Good to hear you got that worked out, Rich. I'm curious to see the pictures when you get a chance. __________________ 2005 Graphite Grey Elise - 1893 lbs Setup by Ralph @ V2 Motorsports Nitron DA, Lotus Sport Swaybar, Braille B2015, S111 RTVBrace, V2arms, V2linx, V2mounts, Panel Delete w/ Larini 8"

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07-03-2009, 08:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
ZAMMY1 ZAMMY Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: washington, pa, (near PGH.) Posts: 1,557	and put the driving lights on, if you don't already have them. they're great. sam

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