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Will try that with great caution. Thanks Steve. Kind regards, Jacques

Wedges. Do you mean for example small wooden ones? Or another form of action? For the moment, I can only detect a difference in sound, meaning the one side have loosened a tiny bit. No visual confirmation or say a visible gap, hence the question. Kind regards, Jacques

Mnaaaa, nothing is for sale I am afraid. I need it all to make up my new supershifter/superbox. I've been collecting parts for the project through the last 4-5 years, albeit very slowly, but hey, such is life sometimes. One get held up by "funny" situations, such as loosing the garage and pit, breaking of the daily bicycle aluminium frame, building nice little parts in titanium for my Laverda SFC1000, building a new mountain bike, laying a new roof on a friends house, lots of gardening including my roses, building a new pc, but this time with the aid of an old Mac Pro case with all internals (fun) and looking into the mac wiring and make it all work with pc internals for mac buttons etc, rebuilding my Copland cd-player with a whole different Teac P-70 drive and servo board, measuring lots of tubes for my amplifier and breaking them in until I finally found the ones I need, photography jobs, renovating my Corrado G60, lots and lots of extra work, being on this forum and of course that darn covid crap, just to name a few. And of course, I am also married Erik: what do you need? Kind regards, Jacques

Right, so I began taking another gearbox apart to possibly make it a donor box with regards to the secondary main axle and some gears etc. for my supershift/superbox project. Or as they say: "New year - new box". I took the bellhousing off, the end cover off, the 5'th gear and assembly off, and sequentially loosened and removed all the bolts that hold together the gearbox halves. Now I am trying to split the box. In the manual it says that one may want to use a plastic hammer to tap on the 4 small flanges that is available; one front uo, one down, one rear up and one down. I did. A lot, like in may times. Many. So, I got to a point where I can hear from the sound that one side is slightly apart, but not really visible yet. The opposite side (let's say the underside) is stuck. I got to a point where my hammering arm got really tired and my quality plastic/rubber hammer is worn out. Any advice as to persuade it to split? Little Red Riding Hood is away from home and cannot see this happening, but I rest assured that she will like an improved box/shifter etc. for which I've been collecting parts for the last few years. Kind regards, Jacques

I may add, that I followed an advice from a member on here, local to me btw, and cut up the thread on the slave cylinder to suit the fitting already crimped on by SWLC where I bought a braided clutch hose kit. This way I did not need to add an extra adapter fitting. Direct as it should and less chance of a leak. Kind regards, Jacques

I have a brand new late type gearmaster, and I borrowed it to PNM for a period so they could draw it up and make replicas for production and sale. As I understand it, they want to create a complete set with gearmaser, brackets, cables and the endhousing as well. You may call them and ask how it's going on that project. Kind regards, Jacques

Okay, will do. Well, at least there's a clear positive development long term, it would seem. Kind regards, Jacques

Thanks! Kind regards, Jacques

All these jobs are amazing. So many Esprits ran around for years and years with little or no real attention and maintennance. And this very genuine intereest in maintaining and correcting all former errors and neglect, is most pleasing to see and read about. I am sure, that in this (perhaps) last decade of freely driving high octane sportscars, will see most if not all Lotus Esprits restored to their former glory and performance, some standard, some ever so oem+, but all to a high standard, including this particular car. Let's all then go drive and enjoy our sportscars while it's possible. Kind regards, Jacques

And some special tools ordered... Happy New Year! Cheers, Jacques

Agreed. Sure, in many many positions in society, it's mandatory to behave responsably and I wish the same could be said about many a government. Cheers, Jacques

Thanks gentlemen. Well, something is in the forge. Cheers, Jacques

Such a great picture, and it also makes it easy to spot the difference between an Esprit and a lorry (in the middle). Kind regards, Jacques

It would seem that that freedom you describe in the UK is not present in all other countries. I, for example, do not have to take a jab by force or law, but I may loose my job if I don't. So where's the choice? I think we are soon to reaching a point in the whole debacle, where it is obvious that there will be a widespread common immunity at most people, and that the newest form in omicron and it's 64 versions, are multiplying 70 times faster in the upper respiratory area, compared to all earlier versions. As it is not as bad as attacking mostly in the alveoli, there's a much higher survival rate and lesser symptoms, easier overcome etc. Apart from those who are weak because of other general problems, such as heavy smoking, drinking, excessive eating of unhealthy food, lack of exercise and of course, old age. Unless something far more serious pops up by mysterious coincidence, I think this will slowly die out by itself, and it's about time we look carefully at what is being forced or not in all countries and societies. Best wishes of best of luck. Kind regards.

Trying to find out, without taking things apart So, I'd like to ask if someone knows the specific weight of the standard flywheel on a Lotus Esprit Turbo SE? Kind regards, Jacques

Ups, sorry, should have been "not wobbling around". I think a little elf doing what they like Okay, so off to the garage to do some work on my gearbox project... Kind regards, Jacques

Well done jobs and also the fuel tube between the tanks. Kind regards, Jacques

Well, in the end it turned out to be pretty self-explanatory and easy to do, just lifting the gearbox a bit after having taken off one of the heat shield maze parts and loosened the engine mounts a bit. And the last of those nice titanium washers that I had on the shelf made by a nice gentleman some time ago, finally being used. Now, months later, I can attest that it certainly feels as if the box is more in position, now wobbling around using the polyurethane gearbox mounts I had for the occasion. Maybe those rubber suspensions were dead? Who knows, at least it feels tight and good now. Kind regards, Jacques

Mmmmmm...

Just for the sake of completion, the later developed Lotus Lotac bushings, specifically the big one each side for the front end of the Radius arm(-s), are meant for the slightly thicker bolt, not the standard thinner one. Using the thinner bolt in that bushing, would create some unwanted slack. So, in order to use the thick er bolts, I enlarged the holes in the short welded in tube(-s) on the two radius arms. Lubed everything up and it worked well. Just sauing. Kind regards, Jacques

While this may provide more air with all the effects that may bring, it may also loose in going freely under the blocades for say bridges, pay roads, parking lots etc. Merry Christmas. Kind regards, Jacques

- to all those fancy pancy porsche owners. Kind regards, Jacques

Well, it is a British car after all Kind regards, Jacques

Btw, an update to this: Yes, it keeps the box in place compared to old rubber parts. So compared to new original rubber ones, I cannot say. But it does keep the box in place, and one can feel it while pushing heavily on the gas pedal. Recommended. And they are easy to install. And to the Morgan approach: Well somehow, as it will be closed front fenders, not open as on say a +8, and the wooded frame I already have inside the cabin, just behind me, covered in a red carpet Kind regards, Jacques

Nope Good guess, but nope. Yeps! You got it, just not in cf, but a genuine sparepart in bag and sticker. It a very nice engine cover from an S4, that I will use as soon as a company somewhere around here, has reworked the terribly made carbonfiber tailgate I bought long ago from a UK spares dealer. It will come around, eventually. For now, we just had lots of snow and many roads, bus rutes and trains are closed down. Winter is here, and TLF is open, ho ho ho 🎅 Kind regards, Jacques