Lotus 2004 ELISE Service Notes page 270

Lotus Service Notes
Fixing to sill
8. Support the tank before removing the two support cradles from the chassis. Each cradle uses two bolts
at the front end of the bracket, and a single bolt at the rear, all threading into Rivnuts in the chassis.
9. Carefully lower the tank from the chassis, feeding the vapour line through the chassis hole.
10. Before re-fitting the tank, ensure that all the clamping pads are in place:
- EPDM foam sponge block on upper and lower edges of both tank side faces;
- Expanded Polypropylene saddles on top face of tank;
- Neoprene isolating strip between tank and support cradles;
- EPDM rubber wedge between front bottom edge of tank and support cradles;
- Neoprene sponge foam between upper front of tank and chassis.
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Fixing to chassis
Fuel tank 'shear panel'
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