77LotusEclat

Yes, it's good. Only the 2nd "M" section document is corrupt from page 32-49. Have a 3 line blue icon. Guess this indicates that there's something wrong with the document.

Will most likely change the whole harness and try to use similar color coded wires. Maybe just get hold of a wreck and use the wire from it to rebuild the one in the Eclat. Have also contacted several harness manufacturers asking if they can make a new harness using similar colors as the original. Maybe just getting a wreck and use the harness from it and modify to modern fuses and relays.

Hi Mark Could you make a section that shows the original part number in this sheet? Would be very much easier to find the right parts if possible. I have made a EXCELL sheet before I joined the Lotus forum. I have all original part numbers in that list from the parts catalogue. Also whoever put in a new part, add the part number on the part box/bag. Thanks.

That is my initial plan, have already contacted companies that make auto harnesses in order ot get a new modern one. Only thing now is to find out if it's a non-federal, domestic or European wire harness in the car. I guess there are a few minor differences. This is a LHD from USA, with minor shortcuts in the harness and removed AC and radio and some crazy instrument customizing in the dash and center console. The first thing I have noticed is the crazy wire web on the back of the center console to all the switches and gauges. Then I found they had changed the color of the (brown wire, if it's even going to be there on this car) from the positive terminal to the rear fuse box, but I don't think that electric chart is correct for my Eclat since the chart is for late series 1. Then there's 3 for the Elite, 2 non-Fed. and 2 Fed. and 3 Elite late series 1, electric diagrams/charts. The question is which one do I use? The 3 remaining is for RHD cars. Been thinking of splitting up all the different end with their own fuse so it's easy to find the broken link whenever that happens, since there's basically only 7 fuses to all the different components. Anyone have wire diagram for Eclat 1976-77-78 models? Think the easiest will be to rewire the whole cars electrical system.

I see in the picture it's connected to the positive pole. Planning on changing all the wires due to the mix of different reds in the system and missing EC components. Sourcing the internet for reasonable harness wires. If anyone have a picture of the wire connections on the coil I would be very greatful. There's 1 wire I just don't remember where it was connected.

Is #1 going to be connected to #2, or may it be to the switch that isn't in it's hole? Were loose when I opened the console.

I see the same problem in my Eclat....red wires everywhere on the instruments on the dash....I suspected that the red wires were put there by the previous owner who moved all the gauges in the instrument section to the center console. red upon red all over the place! Been thinking to replacing all with corresponding with original wires, but after reading this I see it will become an even bigger nightmare! The funniest part in this is that the previous owner didn't have the keys to the car, but when I dismantled the center console I saw this keychain light between the wires and thought "this can come in handy", and when I pulled it up....there were the keys too. Had set my mind on getting new keys before I found them and had even contacted Lotus about it. As you see in the pictures, there's a crazy wire web behind the center console. Guess I have to reline every wire o1 by 1 to all gauges to ensure it is all correctly fitted. 20220913_154812_07.mp4

I bought a 1977 Eclat back in September. When I got it home we managed to start it up with a new coil installed. One of the carbs were dry (Zenith Stromberg), the engine started with no effort. Then I filled the dry one and topped up the oil. Then for some odd reason the following week it didn't want to start and it cranked very slow. It got spark, fuel (smells it in the cylinders and sparkplugs are wet), rotor is good, spark housing is good. When I tried to start it would not fire. Starter is ok. Also it fried the green wire for the negative pole on the battery, and I mean FRIED it, so I turned off the ignition and cut battery power. When I later tried again it blew the 1st fuse (top) in the fuse box 3 times, replaced 1 by 1 and blew all of them. Any idea what caused this? I assume there's a short along the green wire from the battery somewhere, and have to locate it, but I don't understand why it didn't start the 2nd time we tried. The new coil were there on both attempts (need new spark plug wires due to mice destroying the silicon layer on some of them). Have read a bit about the Lotus engine in other forums and many seem to have problems with these engines (907). Also this car have been imported from the USA and they have done a crazy wire tangle in the center console by putting all the gauges in there and it's a bunch of red wires going to and fro all of the gauges....an American custom nightmare failure! Not sure if it's a Federal or domestic edition. Anyone know the difference, because I don't.