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Lotus Europa Forums => Garage => Topic started by: 4380r on Saturday,December 21, 2013, 05:14:05 AM
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What tools came in the OEM tool kit for the TCS? A pic of an original tool kit would really be helpful.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
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http://www.lotus-europa.com/manuals/tcparts/t/index.htm
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This?
The open end wrenches AF (across face) are in fractions not Metic or Whitworth. The are titled superslim. Bent wire screw driver. Deep socket with dummy bar and "King Dick?" adjustable wrench.
There is/was a guy making the original bags but it didn't have the jut backing. As for the jack...........tough to find and the bag it comes in is like a plastic burlap looking thing. Also tough to find.
Corrections invited if I am off base.
mike
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Thanks, I was able to get my hands on a tool kit.
Looking for the correct scissor jack. Standard jacks that can work are pretty easy to find, easy enough to paint, but would nice to be have a correct one. Were there other cars of the same era that used the same jack?
Sad thing...sold my last Europa about 15 years ago...kept the jack for some reason. Sat in the bottom of a box for several years until we sold our last house in 2007. For some idiotic reason I put it on the table at the pre moving yard sale, and it found a new home.
99% sure the buyer was just in his mind buying a cheap scissor jack.
Dang.
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I do idiotic things all the time. I will be interested in finding out if anyone responds about the "other" cars using the same jack.
mike
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My car (bought in August of this year) did come with a jack, but not a scissor jack. A little research looking at TCS and S2 owners' manuals shows that the jack I have was used on the S2's (and possibly earlier). Not a traditional scissor jack.
So I have an original Lotus jack, just not the proper one for the Special.