Well, tomorrow we leave for the Le Mans 24 Hour race. Which will be great fun, I'm sure. However the edge is taken off of the occasion by an unfortunate problem with the Lotus.
I was so looking forward to taking that car down across France, but it seems with rotten timing (or perhaps good timing, since it didn't happen in the middle of France!) the fuel pump appears to have given up the ghost.
I can't quite see exactly where it's coming from, but petrol is pouring all over the tarmac as soon as you start the engine, and it looks like the fuel pump is the offending item...
This is particularly irritating, as the car has just had a £430 look-over by a mechanic who has cleaned the carbs and supposedly fully checked the fuel system, since I already had a leak I asked him to look in to.
Oh well. Suffice it to say, I'm gutted and the Lotus isn't going anywhere.
Classic cars are painful for the wallet, but incredibly good for the soul. The pitfalls and pains, as well as the joys and exhilerations of running classic cars. Read about the ups and downs of running a Fiat 500 Berlina F (and probably something else soon enough, since the Lotus has parted).
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