It's finally rattle-free!
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Hi,
I thought I'd just drop a quick, happy, line to say that I appear to have cured all the Liz's rattles! A long time spent thoroughly cleaning out the innards liberated numerous coins and random metal fixings from underneath the seats and beneath the centre-console. A bit of tweaking with the window adjustment screws has FINALLY meant that the windows no longer rattle when down, and new gaffer tape on the door pins has stopped them banging and crashing as we hit the potholes on the crappy Shropshire roads! Finally, a few extra bits of sponge placed between the roll-bar and bar cover has eliminated any creaking.
Of course, I'm not expecting this rattle-free Elise to last for more than a week but I'm going to enjoy it whilst I can!
I thought I'd just drop a quick, happy, line to say that I appear to have cured all the Liz's rattles! A long time spent thoroughly cleaning out the innards liberated numerous coins and random metal fixings from underneath the seats and beneath the centre-console. A bit of tweaking with the window adjustment screws has FINALLY meant that the windows no longer rattle when down, and new gaffer tape on the door pins has stopped them banging and crashing as we hit the potholes on the crappy Shropshire roads! Finally, a few extra bits of sponge placed between the roll-bar and bar cover has eliminated any creaking.
Of course, I'm not expecting this rattle-free Elise to last for more than a week but I'm going to enjoy it whilst I can!
I'm currently trying to eliminate a couple of remaining rattles in mine (this is even after a full interior-out job under warranty) and I think I might have tracked them down to play in the engine cover hinges.
I'm going to test out the theory by wedging some foam in there to take up the slack - but if it works, is there a more permanent solution? The hinges appear to be bonded to the rear shell and therefore not easily replaced or adjusted.
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I'm going to test out the theory by wedging some foam in there to take up the slack - but if it works, is there a more permanent solution? The hinges appear to be bonded to the rear shell and therefore not easily replaced or adjusted.
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By the way the doorpin problem is well known. You can get some larger door pins from Eliseparts IIRC which fixes the problem without any gaffer tape or string on show. I think I read somewhere that the doorpin size was originally specified incorrect by Lotus which is why loads of early S2's have the problem.
"Finally, a few extra bits of sponge placed between the roll-bar and bar cover has eliminated any creaking."
Trickster, I've managed to eliminate most of the rattles and noises but this creaking is driving me nuts, especially with the roof on. I'm sure mines coming from the roll bar as well. How did you get in there and sort this out? Do you need to remove the weather seal? If so what did you reattach it with?
On the other hand I'm reluctant to sort out the last creak or rattle, because the bloody thing will blow up on me or just fall to bits in objection.
Trickster, I've managed to eliminate most of the rattles and noises but this creaking is driving me nuts, especially with the roof on. I'm sure mines coming from the roll bar as well. How did you get in there and sort this out? Do you need to remove the weather seal? If so what did you reattach it with?
On the other hand I'm reluctant to sort out the last creak or rattle, because the bloody thing will blow up on me or just fall to bits in objection.
Trixster said:
Hi drac - an Elise in Oz - nice one! Sorry I didn't explain properly. I mean the sponges go in the gap between the roll-bar itself and the plastic cover that the soft top slots into, directly above and just behind the top of the seats. I'll post a pic up later.
In OZ!?!?!?!? Drac's a kiwi mate... well, to all intents and purposes.... I may as well ask all you blokes how things are going over there in France 
Trixster said:
Oops, bloody hell, what a slip to make! Honestly, I do know the difference between a Kiwi and an Aussi! Anyway, photo as promissed:
Don't worry mate, was just ribbin' ya, it's a very common mistake too, after all we refer to Aussie as the "West Island of New Zealand", given that we already have a North Island and a South Island Gassing Station | Elise/Exige/Europa/340R | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff