Re: Hesitiant at low revs.
I don't want to play your Banjo. Dave
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Dave Everett
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#22861
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Re: Hesitiant at low revs.
each carb, Slightly off on your nomenclature. Diaphragm Banjo. -- Paul Compton www.paulcompton.co.uk (YouTube channel)
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Paul Compton
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#22860
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Re: Hesitiant at low revs.
If your Esprit has Dellorto carbs, there is a banjo pump on the bottom of each carb, a lever squirts raw fuel into the inlet, if you remove the carbs from the manifold and operate the lever by hand,
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Dave Everett
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#22859
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Re: Hesitiant at low revs.
Did you lubricate accelerator cable? Zig
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zgluszek
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#22858
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Re: Hesitiant at low revs.
Which carburetors are installed? Does the petrol contain ethanol? Has the car sat idle long enough, or been used so little that the fuel in the tanks has been there long enough to go bad... causing
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Tim Engel
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#22857
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Hesitiant at low revs.
Hi Guys. My 1977 Esprit S1 has been running fine for some time now. However, I jumped in it recently and it is noticeably hesitant at low revs. Its happy at speeds over 50 mph with no problems. 70, 80
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lindsay mclair
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#22856
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Re: Tow Point?
Loop a tow strap across the lower arms side to side?
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wigl@...
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Re: Tow Point?
Not to steal the OP subject but..... I have an S2 front chin valence. In very good condition Jim Cummings
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Jim
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#22854
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Re: Tow Point?
Im just bringing this topic back up. Has anyone found a good way to put a Tow Hook on the front of and S1 Esprit? -Skip
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Skipro
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#22853
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Re: S2 rear window defroster fuse size
My fuzzy memory matches Bill's... that all eight fuses are Lucas 35 Amp (17 continuous/ 35 BLOW). My car is buried deep in storage, and I'm not going to dig it out just to look at a fuse. Does someone
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Tim Engel
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Re: S2 rear window defroster fuse size
I thought all of the fuses were the same size, 35 amp (17 amp continuous) Bill Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2023 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [S1S2euroS3LotusEspritOwners]
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Bill Galbraith
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#22851
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Re: S2 rear window defroster fuse size
I believe they are all 20A for North America. Murray
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Murray Graham
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#22850
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S2 rear window defroster fuse size
Anyon know what size fuse it takes. Someone is asking on the LotusTalk forum. I assume it is one of the 2 in the glovebox.? Correct me if I am wrong. -- Rich F '79 JPS #040 '95 S4s ...SHF63000
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Rich Flowers
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#22849
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Re: convert 2.0 to2.2
Rich, AND NEW PISTONS. The longer STROKE crank will push the stock 2.0 liter rod & piston combination higher up the bore, poke it 'out' of the top a little ways, and the pistons will collide with the
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Tim Engel
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convert 2.0 to2.2
Wondering what is needed in switching a 2.0 engine to a 2.2 other than new crank and new crank bearings -- Rich F '79 JPS #040 '95 S4s ...SHF63000
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Rich Flowers
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Re: S2 Radiator Fan Upgrade
Thanks to everyone for those thoughts. One (likely minor) point I did not mention is that I am operating a domestic spec car in NA so it does not have the federal spec engine bay fan etc. I will shop
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webdudeca
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#22846
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Re: S2 Radiator Fan Upgrade
Local boiling is troublesome when present in significant measure, however these engines are very well engineered in every fundamental sense including cooling. The claimed benefit from Evans is
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wigl@...
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Re: S2 Radiator Fan Upgrade
I don't know that I completely agree with that statement. My understanding was that the water in a conventional system can boil locally near the hot spots, like around pistons. That causes the
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Bill Galbraith
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#22844
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Re: S2 Radiator Fan Upgrade
I too chose SPAL, found a pair that could be fitted into the OEM plastic shroud without much fuss. x 2 on Bill's wiring advice, concur with Paul on coolant.
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wigl@...
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#22843
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Re: S2 Radiator Fan Upgrade
Waterless coolant is frequently misunderstood. It's not a miracle product. It does not cool as well as conventional coolant. If your cooling system is not already up to the job, waterless coolant will
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Paul Compton
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