Hello from a new Europa S2 owner

[aboezaard]

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Glad to see another S2.

Thanks, but you cut my racecar off the E30 I build also from scratch.

[SilverBeast]

I would recommend that you replace cooling pipes with stainless steel. The old won't get any better. I'll be doing mine when/if I have engine out. Don't forget to do heater hard lines at the same time.
 
I have flushed mine, and radiator, for now. A lot of rust flakes had stuck to inside of rubber hoses to. When I squeezed them when they were off they would crunch and drop flakes out of them!

[Bainford]

I agree 100%. Best get rid of the thin, steel originals. There are both stainless and aluminum solutions available, or get a local shop to make up a set. When my engine comes out for any reason, I'll be tackling that job myself.

[aboezaard]

The shipping and tax cost are huge for new cooling lines so I decided to create them myself.
I asked a local shop to bend some alu tubes, they want a drawing of the lines. Is there a drawing available somewhere of these cooling lines?

[Clifton]

You can use aluminum straight tube on both if you don't mind drilling a few more holes. I did one aluminum straight and pieced together a stainless one from an MR2 for the bent one. To do again, I would run two straight through.

[dakazman]

I have all the parts, the car is complete for what I can see. I bought it in boxes, so it is a big puzzle.
The only thing I am missing Is a left hand door quarter glass. This one broke unfortunately in transport. Do you have any idea where to find this?
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  This might be a longshot  , Ill PM you
  Dakazmzn

[Footer]

Welcome to the sight and good luck with your Europa.  I too would recommend that you replace the old steel lines with aluminum or stainless.  I made the mistake of not doing that and very shortly after I put the motor back, pressure in the line found the spot where rust had weakened the line and I had coolant all over the motor and road.  Now that you have access it would be a fairly simple job.  Keep looking for replacement pipes, they will show up.  Unfortunately they will be expensive

[Richard48Y]

Funny this should come up, I've decided to buy dies for my bender and make my own as shipping is just silly now.
I have the old set to copy, not certain they are original as they are three pieces.
UK price was pretty good at £220, but £550 shipping is impossible. 

[RobbartK]

Arie,

Welcome! I am new here as well. The people on this forum are the best. If you check eBay US, there is a quarter glass for sale on there. I purchased some products from that seller (Watches). Neil is a great guy; full of knowledge. Here's the link to the listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175432581188?fits=Model%3AEuropa%7CMake%3ALotus&hash=item28d898c044:g:yWEAAOSw0d1jNjgT&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4H2UcBjFNff71sB1w7v%2FHNPqzTanqxRv9dPKCixzRIWq8qqn5ovbX3litNLDLG3KRhMbcGhbv06owpqzO9qs6em6RUEcriAtS3ke7t3XkBas1DNy%2BSiONInk%2FqZLgCAHDz4sZOAyRmW3k04RC3YFzNLdNCw%2FVvWzzH5k8rIggr8V41IXJjaB8o4WlZUWA%2Fh4QTyGFXvOd73Dt61ouOKxA5VVwMaef5%2FKo0hRM4tUroCG5z73uvsEVorWAhWa736YgZTcedyLhSX6twRnPfUlD4mnhvi9Ws%2Bv9LUAzVJWjqmS%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_CZu8fPYg

Robbart and Woodstock

[aboezaard]

Thanks, I will have a look.