Lotus Europa Community

Yes there are 4 sheets in total for the shocks. I thought the rear springs looked a bit strange with the top part being a different coil style. Perhaps they are progressive in some way?

Hi Berni,
As BDA said, those thinner springs at the top are helper springs so that if you go on full droop the main spring stays under compression rather than flopping about. IIRC they are typically around 1-2lbs/inch and don't affect the overall spring rate in any noticeable way.

What I can't make out (and hence this post) is the top of the rear damper. It looks like a stud mount with those two flat rubber bushes whereas mine is a bolt/bush as per the lower mounting ? Is it just that the whole damper isn't in the photo ?

Brian

I have gotten another complaint about "Casmie". When I pull up his stats, he has not made any post and only been on the forum for about an hour since he joined. Has anyone been directly scammed by this user? that is to say, have you purchased anything or sent the guy money?

Soaked my heater core in a vinegar/salt solution for a couple of days and then flushed it both direction with a Harbor Freight hand operated transfer pump, then with a water/baking soda solution to neutralize it, then clean water. Quite a bit of dissolved scale can out (vinegar in the bucket was clear … ) and it passed a pressure test  And my programmable boost proportional water/methanol system showed up 

I have no idea what this sentence means: "I have been bothered by the left rocker's factory created side view swale"

Will +1 that my S1B belt mounts can only be accessed though the engine bay.

Hi BDA

Yes I unashamedly copied you!

Yes there are 4 sheets in total for the shocks. I thought the rear springs looked a bit strange with the top part being a different coil style. Perhaps they are progressive in some way?

All the best

Berni