16:00. My first car was a '64 TR-4. The caps on the master cylinders said, "Use Girling Fluid Only". I ignored what I thought was nothing but an advertisement for Girling and put in everyday brake fluid that most cars used. Boy, was I wrong. 6-months later, all the rubber bits had turned into chewing gum. The original rubber parts were made of pure rubber and most brake fluid will attack pure rubber. Modern brake parts are made of Neoprene. Off the shelf brake fluid has no effect on Neoprene. If you buy your rebuild kits from a reputable dealer, he or she will sell Neoprene parts but if they have some really old stock laying around, it's pure rubber. To avoid taking any chances, use Castrol brake fluid. It won't attack anything regardless if it's DOT 3 or DOT 4. DOT 4 is only useful if you're going to really heat up the brakes like in a road race. One more thing. As you know, the exhaust pipes wrap around the slave. They do a pretty good job of cooking it. See if you can fabricate a shield to protect the slave. Best of luck!

I go to Llandow a couple of times a week with my motorbike chums. It's always good to see the classic cars go round too. Lotus being my favourites :)

Yours is to Wheeier Dealers etc what Readers Wives is to Penthouse..Love the realism..! Don't lose heart ...

Another great video - well done Oliver!

A great series of video's, always try and watch them. One thing I would say is the release bearing you fitted looks like one of the "Indian" made ones. They are shocking quality and really dont last very long. As for the seal issue, I would soak the new ones in the same DOT fluid you used initially. To me the fluid has perished them. Again, its a question of quality control. I rebiult my Elan master cylinder but the seal was a tab too big and it was sticking, once again crap quality. Cheers Mark

Next time we have a sunny day I’ll come up again and help,you tidy your garage matey! 🤣

I just noticed two things. First your radiator overflow pipe to expansion tank has been flattened by contact with top tank. Second you don’t seem to have the usual temperature control valve in the thermostat housing. I realise you are using this as a track day car but surely this means a constant hot car. Or do you have another temperature control elsewhere?

c'est la vie !!! I feel your pain, well I hopefully won't leave this with mine which I just bought.

I was just about to ask if the engine leaked...

just sell it and get an mx5, and 99.9999 percent less breakdowns

I’m hoping that ended in success? Was worried it might be the end end?

PS If you want to do more track time why not buy a Formula race car like a Historic FF2000. Their cheaper that Elans and much easier to work on.