Classic car technician Jon has been working on our 1980 Talbot Lotus Sunbeam which has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. Jon’s main focus was to replace the starter. To do this, he started by stripping the wires
Our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop. After spending some time earlier this year with our team of technicians, it has come back to us so we can investigate why it isn’t starting
Classic car technician Steve has fitted a new sender unit and boss to our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. With the investigation and work still ongoing with this classic car, Steve and the rest of the workshop team will continue working
Our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus has been with classic car technician John as he began his investigation into why it won’t turn over and why it overheated recently. John started by checking all levels which were fine. He checked the
Another new arrival to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop is our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. It has come to us as it is currently not running. Now that it is here, it will be inspected by our team of classic
Classic car technician Jon has been working on our 1980 Talbot Lotus Sunbeam which has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
Jon’s main focus was to replace the starter. To do this, he started by stripping the wires from the main terminal of the starter and labelled them. There were 5 connections here, plus a start connection from the solenoid to the starter – this was not required for the new starter. Jon removed the starter and installed the new one.
Once the new starter was in the car, only 2 of the 5 wires reached the connection. Jon made a short connector wire to run the power connections that were on the old starter. He used a small bolt to secure the connections together and then taped this up to cover. The loom was then fixed securely back into place.
Our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus has recently returned to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop.
After spending some time earlier this year with our team of technicians, it has come back to us so we can investigate why it isn’t starting as it should and to find the reason behind a coolant leak.
Now that it is back in the workshop, work will begin to resolve these issues and get the car back to its owner very soon.
Classic car technician Steve has fitted a new sender unit and boss to our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus.
With the investigation and work still ongoing with this classic car, Steve and the rest of the workshop team will continue working on it until it is driving as it should and is ready to go back to its owner.
Our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus has been with classic car technician John as he began his investigation into why it won’t turn over and why it overheated recently.
John started by checking all levels which were fine. He checked the timing which was also fine before turning the car over by hand. The spark plugs were removed and John noticed that the starter was hardly turning over. There was also a puddle of petrol on the floor under the near side front of the vehicle. However, the fuel to the engine goes to the offside of the vehicle.
The only reason that John could think of for this to happen was stuck valves causing petrol to go down the exhaust and leak. Once the car was turned over a few times, it seemed to be a bit better.
John carried out a compression test of all cylinders which were all fine so he refitted the spark plugs and tried to start the car. It started on this attempt so it looks like John has resolved the issue.
While our Sunbeam Lotus was with John, he also removed the radiator as a fan switch was weeping in the bottom of it. The coolant was drained and the grill was also removed. It was during this process that John noted that there were areas of slight damage to the grill on both sides before he removed the radiator.
To make sure the paintwork was safe during the radiator removal, John masked up the area near the radiator to avoid causing any damage or scratches.
Another new arrival to the Bridge Classic Cars workshop is our 1980 Talbot Sunbeam Lotus.
It has come to us as it is currently not running. Now that it is here, it will be inspected by our team of classic car technicians in preparation to get it up and running and back on the road again.
