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Hello,
The restoration of my Esprit S1 is coming to an end (almost literally ).
I installed a Pertronix ignition and a 3 ohm Flamethrower coil.
The engine was running nice. But after 5 -10 minutes my pink resistor wire went up in smoke.
Is this wire not suited for an electronic ignition? What should I do? Is there a risk that also other wires got damaged?
Thanks for your advice, Christof
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Found it!! 😀
(Not my pictures.)
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The diameter of the holes is 7mm.
Between the center of the holes is 50mm.
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Yes, the throttle cable is in. But I don’t see exactly what this part has to do with it?
I have the feeling the serrated edges are there on purpose. I don’t know...
Maybe it is not that important. But during this restoration I am always worried of forgetting something essential. These details hold me up all the time…
Could it be something of the ventilation mechanism??
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Thanks!
In the past I saw prices up to £1,000 for one mag. L
Like I said, I only need the spare wheel. Most probably I will have to adapt the mag, like philleech did.
Are there other places you can recommend beside, Ebay?
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Thanks William to confirm!
Like I said, I am interested in buying any 6Jx14FA-HE30 with 4 bolt holes. (My plan is to drill 4 new holes and weld the old holes shut.)
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Hello,
Looking for a spare Wolfrace wheel to complete the restoration of my Esprit S1.
Can anybody confirm it is a 6Jx14FHA-HE30? Same mag as the front wheels?
I understand that the correct 4x100 bolt pattern might be impossible to find. Therefore I would also buy a different bolt pattern that I can adapt.
Thanks
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This car has the thick washers in the front and the rear. No idea why. I now removed the front ones. That is already one centimeter. Now the rest...
Thanks Johan and Giorgio!
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My car is a right hand drive. So I guess that makes it European? Although the car has a USA electrical cable loom. Lotus probably just used what they had available...
I reused the existing spring. The car was at the correct height before the restoration.
I start to wonder if there is nothing wrong with the pivot points of my lower wishbones? Tomorrow I am going to compress the springs and check if these lower wishbones can freely rotate upwards...
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I am reusing my original springs. To check, I removed the anti-roll bar and dampers. It hardly effected the height. I (90 kg) sat down on the nose of my car and it dropped like 2 inches, but it was still too high. I will post some pictures tonight. Something is clearly wrong, but I dont see it ....
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Hello All,
Like Paul I a finalizing the restoration of my S1 and the front suspension height is way too high. There is a gab of 12cm between the tires and the wheel arches. Is the car really going to drop that much when I install the windscreen ,interior, bonnet, cooling fluid and petrol?? I can hardly believe it??
I hope I did not mix up front and rear springs?? I am really confused. All suggestions are welcome.
Thanks, Christof
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I am restoring my Esprit S1. Trying to fix the tailgate latch. The strange thing is it latches perfectly without the spring and rubber bump stop. When I install the spring and rubber stop, it no longer latches. Neither does it pops up .
What can I do?? The link to the 'Hatch popper' no longer works.
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I have a sheat of material (similar to SJs). I will send you a piece.
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Any progress yet? I am very interested in a pair.
Thanks
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Any progress on this?
If needed I can help . I can make a 3D scan and mail the original back within a week.
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I will do so.
Thanks!
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I started the restoration of my own Esprit S1. Looking for the chassis number. But I see nothing at the place indicated. Only rust
Can anybody confirm that the number was really there? A detailed picture how it should look? Dimensions?
Thanks a lot in advance!!
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After speaking with Renn yesterday. I discovered under the carpet indeed two more bolts (each side) about a metre forward of the seat belt bolts. I will try to remove these this evening. Now I understand why I kept lifting the complete car of the ground.
Not an easy job, when you do it for the first time.
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Last year I bought an Esprit S1. What I thought was going to be a fast flip over, turns out to be a little bit more work . For days I am trying to lift the body. I removed:
- 3 bolts (in the back)
- two seat belt bolts (cockpit)
- two bolts (cockpit) connected to the front suspension,
- 4 bolts (cockpit) of the pedal box
- the flexible steering joint
- two bolts (in the front) to the radiator frame
(I did not remove the front suspensions bolts. There are huge clearance holes cut around them.)
I tried to jack the body off, but nothing . The complete chassis is coming of the ground. What did I forget? Any advice would be very appreciated.
Pertronix ignition system problem
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Bedankt Jean!
Should be easy to resolve. Hope to see you soon on the Belgian road. 🙂