910Esprit

Well I'll be zipping about near your Gaff tomorrow in my 115k Turbo - Zero concerns about 'tapered shafts' or worn Nylatron washers as I'm popping and crackling on overrun down from Catnab.

Hmmm - Thanks for that David - Although the originator is a well respected commentator, I'm not convinced... (Has there ever been a case of a G car shearing the input shaft? ) I've dismantled more of these boxes than most people and I've seen maybe 3 where the circlip has failed - and its always through a combination of rust and fretting that wears it away 'to nothing' until the shaft pushes through the remains of the circlip. Based on your earlier thoughts, the only thing I can think of is that the increased torque of the Turbo, will eventually increase wear through the increased amount of radial load and corresponding rust/wear/fretting in the splines - which is always evident. And presumably more so than an NA

The circlip issue is not something that keeps me up at night.... However, I cant see why it would only affect Turbo Esprit's but not any other G car I cant think of a single material difference in set-up - They both use identical spring loaded input shafts, secured by a flimsy rust prone circlip, bearing against the end of similar crankshafts, insulated by a nylon washer - Is there something I've missed?

Yes, I agree they look low, but probably not a major issue as you can still get them all balanced. If its the same as a G turbo, there is one common rail that feeds vacuum to the brake servo and the controls reservoir (that little black thing that sits on one of the fuel tanks). Just temporarily disconnect and block the 2 unions that supply vacuum to these 2 accessories. If your vacuum is restored, one of them is likely to be leaking. Could also be that the common rail is also leaking where it connects to the manifold, or it may be something else all together!

As long as its within spec, you would be fine with a genuine Goetze or original Coopers for that matter - Although it must have been sitting around unused/oxidising for +25 years? Most failures I've noticed over the years seem to stem from pattern type Goetze gaskets.

The BBC spent the first 8 mins or so of the 6pm news on radio 4 today 'debunking' the Tory claim that Labour will put up taxes by £2k for working households... Surely this is just standard scurrilous 'electioneering' and all sides get involved in such stuff. Interesting to see how much effort the independent BBC put into 'myth busting' this one on behalf of Labour.

Maybe worth also mentioning that the left/right hand seats are identical

Those wires are the ignition feeds for the ignition module, so any/all of them could cause the issue you describe. The red wire and the earth lead will be the rev counter feed. You could 'de-pin' the connector and shorten and resolder them all. or you could replace them all individually with bullet connectors or whatever. (but that's not what I'd do!)

Makes you wonder about his mental arithmetic capabilities - I'll be expecting Ash Regan to be adding her entry to this topic anytime now

Have you noticed an uptick in traffic cars recently? - I was 'busted' going through Lythe a couple of weeks ago - Until that point our glorious NY roads have been free from any such 'issues'.

I have no personal interest or beef with electric cars, but the Betamax analogy is flawed! VHS won the war, but Betamax was almost certainly superior to VHS in most aspects apart from price. (The family business sold video recorders)

Think its a wise move going with the later turbo. The external wastegate runs much closer to the manifold than is recommended by the manufacturer on the G version NB - Did get your water pipes from SJ? I've just got round to fitting the large one with the temperature sender. The old sender is 1/8NPT, but the replacement pipe seems to be drilled for a G1/8 BSP sender, which seems a bit odd...

Understood! So that sounds as though the servo is working, but something else is causing you a problem, such as pushrod adjustment, or maybe something odd like a brake hose is ballooning under pressure (not that I've ever seen that)

Well that strongly suggests its a servo issue. When you say 'no pedal' do you mean the pedal goes to the floor, but the brakes are generally still operative. I would check if the adjustment of the master cylinder to servo pushrod is simply out of whack.

The word 'Society' is not often heard these days.