leighton

Hi Steve .. I have just found this post and have read most of it with much interest , you have taken on one hell of a job ... I actually owned this very car and loved it for almost 9 years from 2004 to 2013, it was absolutely immaculate when i sold it . The car was sold privately to an elderly chap near Southampton who said he always wanted one and was going to keep it for ever . About 18 months later i contacted him and he said he had traded it in for a Jaguar XKR due to the fact that his back was too bad to get into the Esprit ... I should have lots of photos of when i owned it and will look for them over the next couple of days and post on here for you .. I would love to see it again one day . If you want to have a chat etc feel free to contact me . Send me a PM and i will forward my number to you .. Leighton Just noticed that my profile picture is still showing the V8 ... Ha Ha !!!! I own Ferrari and Lotus now so will update later .

Thanks very much for the replies .

Can anyone pleaase tell me what size thread is on the gearbox end of the the gearchange cable .

Hi everyone..... Today i have been out for a drive of about 20 miles in my 96 V8 and the car was going superb . Did not drive it hard , only pulled approx 4000 rpm tops . I got to about 1 mile from my house and had to stop at traffic lights . When i then went to select first , the gear lever was all over the place - I did not really know what gear i was in , but managed to drive it home ( carefully ) I can select all gears including reverse , but if i am in 1st for example , i can move the gear lever over to 4th 5th etc without coming out of first ; this is the same when i have also selected other gears . Can anyone please shine some light on the problem before i start investigating tomorrow . Any suggestions would be appreciated . THANKS !!!

V8 Mobile One 5W/50 or 5W/30 Castrol EDGE Sport 10W/60 Elf Competition S 15W/50 This is the list from the LEW maintenance page .............. wide range of viscosity's !!!!

Hi all .... I have recently been talking to an oil supplier , and he recommends using 5/40 synthetic oil in the V8 . I have always used 10/40 synthetic ... Any opinions , what oil do you use ? Thanks

VERY INTERESTING !!!! WATER LEVEL SWITCH --- LOTUS PART No A082K6068F My dashboard level light is intermittently flashing ON/OFF .... I took out the level switch and washed out a load of brown muck ( seems to be a common problem from what everyone is saying ) ; replaced it on the car and although better , it is still doing it now and again . Checked water level and there is no water loss at all . Took it back out and checked the ohmic value - getting silly readings , so i believe that the sensor is faulty. Does anybody know what readings i should be seeing ? OR.... before contacting any dealers , is this part available from another vehicle. ? CHEERS

I have just found a very good site for quickly finding manufacturers car parts and matching parts numbers . At the moment the list of Esprit parts is not that good , but who knows it might grow in the future . Might be of help to someone , so save it to your favourites . expresscarparts.co.uk

Trying to trace a pair of original replacement clear/orange lens . Any ideas please .

Sounds like a simple wheel sensor fault - Check the fronts first . I had to change both my fronts last year ; easy to do and only approx

I changed my number in December ,and the number of owners stayed the same . BUT....... I do know that the number of stated previous owners ( 4 ) on the V5 is wrong due to previous number changes . Seems that its a bit of a lottery !!!!!

I have owned my present V8 for 18 months , but have been driving Esprit since 1982 . I have owned 4 in total since then - S2 , S3 , S3 Turbo and now my V8

Another chance to see 'Celebration of the Lotus Esprit ' MEN AND MOTORS ( channel 131 ) -------- 12 noon !!!!

Dave.. Great idea .... I would be interested in a stainless one if not too expensive . I was thinking of replacing the wheelarch grills in the near future , could these be designed at the same time??