Clarky5150

I can just feel it with my finger ends. Is this the 'outboard' nipple as described and is there a secret to doing it?

Is that the one underneath the relay array?

Following on from the success of taming the tick over Sunday will involve an annual service. Its also time to renew the brake fluid. I do get an intermittent ABS light blink to which i thought i would dedicate a few hours trying to resolve with a full bleed following the Delco Moraine walk through. I know the braking system on the S4 is unloved and leaves something to be desired but given the option i would rather keep its originality. Continual problems down the line may seek me to entertain an ABS delete but not at this stage. I might even take some pictures...

Good Job! Naughty Lust Blue. One of my fave colours. I bet that looks amazing on a Sunny day.

Hope its a Cerbera or Griff.....

Looks like the many perished hoses, gaskets and elbows that I replaced chasing down the high tickover would have solved it..... had I not also had a fiddle with the idle screw part way through replacing stuff.... I’ll get my coat. I know Barry, I know. NEVER TOUCH THE SCREW!!!

Tick over has been tamed. Big thanks to sailorbob for giving me an afternoon of his valuable time to nail down the offending issue. Turns out it ‘may’ have been self inflicted while trying to chase down other niggles. Either way tickover is now playing ball again so a steady list of jobs can commence with the target to be a return to the road for the full April unwind. Just a quick spin round the block brought a huge smile to my face 👍

Damn those brackets. I think the captive bolts may well have stripped in one of mine. I will definitely be in the market fir a pair of those if not all the brackets. The thought of removing that front assembly again tho reduces me to tears. What a pig of a job!

Hi. Really interested in these. Can you confirm regarding the diamonds which go in the pod area. Are these to affix the very corners of the front bumper which if not used cause the front corners of the bumper to sag? I removed and replaced the bumper getting a better alignment but the corners still look a little droopy and would like to get this sorted correctly come repaint time 👍

With the Larini and sports cat its just too loud at the moment. I'm wanting to work with a standard exhaust to try and find a better (for me) solution. I have other toys that make your fillings rattle and your ears bleed. I would like the Esprit to be a little more refined than currently.

Im still looking for a standard exhaust for an S4. Condition not really important as i want it to test against the Larini that's fitted to mine currently. Beer tokens waiting 👍

I think there are a few of us Aston/Loti owners here. I have had a few Vantages and find them very reliable once you know the ‘foibles’ 😉

Top mancave right there. Good luck with your new project.

Ive found it mostly amusing myself. Engine out and on trolley single handed in 38 minutes. Not bad for a first time. I recon i could crack 20 now i know what im doing!

Just popped in to catch up on all things Lotus. As happens my last few months have been hijacked by family matters, specifically Daughters first car. Being a bit of an oddball like me she wasn’t happy with a modern chariot so this transformation was undertaken. From this mesterpiece complete with entire front end held on with self tappers by previous owner... To this.. Old Yeller has been tucked up in the garage since June but work on rad fans and the high tickover issue are planned in the very near future 👍

Jack nut Rivnuts are much more of a pain to seat. I assume they are called Jack nut as they collapse like a scissor jack. Can of worms opened??

Question for the faithful (things that pop in your head in the wee hours) My handbrake handle when knocked off doesn't sit flush to the sill top and has no spring to pull it back toward the sill. On my Aston (slightly different set up as its a true knock off handle) it is pulled flat to the sill when not in use. Should the Esprit one do this or at least sit flush as it annoyingly catches your foot when you enter. I think the gator may add to it sitting proud.

You can fit them with an overlength hex bolt, allen key, ring spanner and a 13 mm nut Ian. Far easier than using the unwieldy tool. Getting the old ones out not great fun tho.

New Jacknuts arrived for boot floor yesterday along with a new weather seal. will have a happy morning grinding whats left of the old ones out.

No matter how much lube/heat/pry I gave two of the lock nuts and one end were seriously mated. Having finally freed the end I had to resort to cutting off the locking nuts. Probably a good job as the threads underneath were shot. Lots of easing oil, patience and a Dremel later the threads were recut, the ends zinc painted and the adjusters re assembled and replaced. I had one spare nut the right size but need to order another. It can get popped on when I have the rear properly aligned. A good coating of chain wax to help with future corrosion was applied after.

Todays lockdown job was to finally get round to tackling the rear upper links which were just a mass of seized rust. Believe it or not that is after a good wire brushing on the threads. Time for some alchemy with Mr Orthphosphoric. overnight soak for the rest and hopefully there are enough flat faces left on the nuts to break em free

I spend a lot of my life on motorbikes 12 months a year and for many years suffered from having to layer up to avoid the cold. I use one of these now which is a god send. I never put Winter linings in my gear now just have an thin armoured waterproof jacket, this and a t-shirt. soo much more comfortable. The seat pads work on the same principle, carbon fibre elements which take very little power to heat up. My jacket has a 10amp fuse and its never blown. On high it would broil you after an hour!

If it helps this is the kit I bought.

Bloody hell Barry I knew id forgot something!