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The Service Manual for the Federal Elise is available on the Lotus Cars USA website. You must pay a membership fee of $25 for one day, $300 for a month, or a huge amount for a year to gain access to the site. Once on the site you can download individual chapters from the Service Manual.
I purchased a one day access for $25 and proceeded to download all the sections that were available. I have not checked to see if they are as complete or are the same as the paper manual I purchased several months ago. First glance suggests all the chapters are there.
The Toyota manuals are separate and can be purchased at your local Lotus dealership. The site does include a listing of what these manuals include and the price.
Terms of Agreement prevent the uploading of the material and only license you to have one copy. Please do not ask me for a copy of my material. $25 is inexpensive.
I just logged in to leech the service manual, and it looks like several chapters were updated 7/7/06 and includes details on the '07 model:
"Differences between '07 Elise/Exige and '06 include: Elise 111R renamed Elise R; New sealed headlamp units; raised LOTUS lettering on rear transom; additional screen pillar seal; Alpine audio; improved HVAC ducting . New model Elise S uses 1ZZ-FE engine producing 100 kW, with variable inlet timing but fixed valve lift, plastic inlet manifold, revised intake snorkel, revised exhaust manifold and downpipe, smaller tailpipes within standard trims. Elise S also uses new C56 5-speed transmission and 6-spoke roadwheels sharing styling of standard '01 model wheels."
Someone here already got a late 06 with "raised letters on the transom", so some of it applies to US models. See here. Sealed headlamps means (I think) they comply with US regs?
I don't see that anywhere. :shrug: Looked everywhere too. Just re-logged in from scratch and clicked all the possible links. Looks like the 7/7/06 updates are not necessarily important since the Esprit has a lot of files updated 7/6/06.
By the way, anyone doing this should get Firefox with the DownThemAll plugin. I just grabbed the Esprit manuals for kicks in about 5 minutes with one click. :coolnana:
I subscribed to the LotuscarsUSA.com technical service site (24 hour access) to DL or view the service manual for my '06 Elise. All I seem to have visibilty of is the Lotus Emissions Information Portal. I don't see any reference to service manuals or Tech Bulletins (other than emissions tech bulletins and some recall stuff).
I stumbled on to a page that is for admin login to the technical information portal - that is where is suspect the info I am looking for is but there does not seem to be any way for a paid subscriber to access that area of the site.
Can anyone provide any help with this? I feel like I just sent $25 down the drain!
Any help would be appreciated. My 24 hours ends 7/16 at 11:50 PM PDT.
thanks,
greg
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