[Flashing CEL decode]

12, 24 and back to 12.

[Esprit X180 1990 Driveshafts]

I do not think they are Toyota sourced. If it helps, the outer joint on mine is marked:

7 152 12 01 76 021LOBRO43 90W GERMANY 2138

[Injector replacement and what not to forget...]

The OE primary injectors are rated at 34.13 lb/hr (358.4 cc/min).

[76 Esprit S1 Coil]

You can sometimes still find the Bosch 1 220 522 011 as NOS, e.g. eBay item 194333277686

[Lotusbits vs SJ Sportscars power steering pipes - opinions]

I took mine along with some lengths of 3/8" OD, 22 SWG, 2668 psi working pressure 316 stainless steel tubes to a local pipe fabricator and he duplicated the OE pipes. He reused the original unions and it worked out cheaper than buying the pipes ready made.

[Deves Piston Ring Gap]

The best thing would be to check with Deves for their recommendation.

[Reversed CWP sets for Giugiaro Esprits. Available in the US.]

The item number is different now; 334111077446

[Calling All Brake Gurus]

Bear in mind if you are following the brake bleeding procedure in Service Notes Section JF that it is written for a LHD vehicle and the order of bleeding the calipers and isolation valves is different for a RHD vehicle.

[Estimated time to fix/change/rebuild/modify reference]

The book times for some of those items are:

Clutch - 6.5 hrs

Radiator - 3.0 hrs

Condenser (incl. recharge) - 4.1 hrs

Brake discs - 0.5 hrs (front), 0.7 hrs (rear)

Brake pads - 0.5 hrs (front), 1.1 hours (rear)

Suspension (dampers  / springs) - 1.0 hrs (font), 0.5 hrs (rear)

Exhaust 0.5 hrs (add 0.5 hrs per catalytic convertor)

Fuel tank - 6.0 hrs (RHS), 8.0 hrs LHS

[Espritmon Update]

Cells 16 - 19 are the four idle cells that are used for combinations of park/neutral vs drive and A/C on vs A/C off. As there is no park/neutral switch on the Esprit the 'drive' cells are not used.

[Suspension geometry set-up.]

In your 2nd photo for the passenger's side where you say you could only get 0°53' when all the shim plates are at one side you have the upper wishbone arms swapped over to how you have them on the drivers side.

[Suspension geometry set-up.]

Mixing suspension components from different years is likely to have unexpected results. A 1.5 mm castor washer / shim on the SE causes almost 1° of change in castor but on the S4 onwards it is only approximately 0.4°. I suspect the chassis tube for the upper wishbone stud could be different.

Also, the S4 onwards does not specify using a minimum 1.5 mm washer between the upper arm and chassis but a 5 mm clearance instead.

[Engine undertray fixings]

You may find a mix of sizes, mine is like this where the some of the originals were replaced with larger rivet nuts. They were falling out and the holes had ovalled so the holes needed drilling out and larger ones fitting.

Is a loose undertray the cause of your noise?

[Coronavirus]

13 hours ago, andydclements said:

Does that mean you die because of going to see your GP?

Yes if your GP is called Harold....

[Coronavirus]

@Buddsy When looking at the Technical Briefing 17 document and the number of deaths bear in mind that the deaths being reported are for any one who has died within 28 days of positive specimen date. This means those deaths may not be from Covid-19 and you would naturally find the number of deaths in the 50 plus age group exceed that of the below 50 age group.

[Sump Bolt Sleeve?]

Are you sure it is a sleeve and not just excessive liquid gasket that has oozed into the bolt hole?

[V8 Frame Pipe Added On?]

The tubes used in the chassis are to BS6323 ERW3.

[ECU Chip]

Probably a bit late for this now but I would be wary of any chip that states it's suitable for an SE, S4 and S4s. The S4s has quite a different volumetric efficiency than the SE and S4 (up to almost 13% in some places) and the fuelling will be off because of this.

[E10 fuel]

20 hours ago, Bibs said:

and from Lotus...

https://www.lotuscars.com/en-GB/fuel-compatibility/

Can I use diesel in the Esprit then?

[What about a technical wiki?]

Off topic - Giniw, I just tried to send you a PM but I got an error message Giniw cannot receive messages, is your inbox full?

[Converting 0.2° to degrees and minutes]

0.2° is equivalent to 0°12 as both are 1/5 of a degree (there are 60 minutes in 1 degree).

Use the geometry settings for your vehicle as some of the suspension components are different on the S4.

[Pop up headlights problems.]

Disconnect the ball jointed links and see if the pods move freely up and down. If they do then the issue is probably the motors.

[DOes an S4 Nardi steering wheel and it's adaptor fit a Stevens Esprit SE from 1990?]

The SE and S4 have different part numbers for the upper steering column assembly but that does not necessarily mean the steering wheels are not interchangeable. If the PCD of the 6 mounting holes on both steering wheels are the same then you should be able to swap them.

[Housing Rental - Midlands]

The Shifnal estate agent has said that generally people just aren't moving around in rental properties at the moment and currently he has a waiting list in the hundreds for 2 & 3 bed rentals. He suggested setting up alerts on websites like Zoopla and getting in touch the instant you get an alert.

[Delco-Moraine ABS - what I learnt / problems / solutions]

If you want to be sure there is no pressure left in the system after pumping the pedal 40+ times crack open a rear bleed nipple and depress the brake pedal halfway (ignition off). This will quickly allow any residual pressure to disappear.