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KVJ 786

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  1. Hey Travis It is the one in the second picture that fits the S4S. The part number matches the item I need. I have placed the order for that and hope it will be in good shape when I get it. This will eliminate any distortion from the old one which will affect the translator adjustment. Thanks as always Ameer
  2. Hi All of you are on the mark. Now that I have taken out the boot floor as it is cracked, the frame that holds the exhaust is bent on the side where the car was hit. I removed the exhaust to have a better view to the frame, it looks square looking down from the top except for the left side exhaust mounting point. Therefore if that the case then this frame has to be straightened first and check for square before any adjustments are done. BTW both the mounting rubber bracket for the muffler mount are broken ( metal part off the rubber ) Pictures of the bent muffler bracket corner. I will let you guys know when the frame is repaired or replaced. Thanks Ameer
  3. Hi Everyone Some of you by now will know that I had a mishap in my Lotus S4S recently. I hydroplaned and hit a lamp post on the rear bumper. Good news Insurance adjuster said it can be repaired so no write off. Any way now I noticed that my gear change is not somewhat correct. I have trouble getting into 1st gear and as for reverse I can shift over and down without having to lift the coller and it goes into reverse. PS car was in 2nd gear when I crashed. Now it could be when I hit the bumper this could have jolted my translator. I am not sure what I should be looking for. Do I need to take things apart to check or do I make adjustments. Where do I start to look to fix this. Any suggestions as to how greatly appreciated as always. Thanks Ameer
  4. Hi Everyone Update on my experience with Nito NT05 which were fitted last week. Have only done less than 300 miles on 2 different days of driving, I had my car lose control and hydroplaned for about 100 yards and finally hitting a lamp post and coming to rest. This is what exactly happened, I slowed down to 25mph to enter the toll booth and with a easy pass continued to drive out and once I put my gas on the car it started to sway left and right and I could not control the steering to drive out of it. It took less than 3 seconds for the car to hit the lamp post to come to a stop and sat almost facing the opposite direction of traffic. The condition of road was wet after a downpour 2-3 hrs prior. I was very lucky as it was 4am and there was no other vehicles at that time going through the toll otherwise I would have hit them as I was in the left toll exit and the car ended up on the right across 3 lanes past the hard shoulder and hit the lamp post in the grass verge. I have been driving lotus cars for 30 yrs and in all conditions in England including the wet and snow conditions, but manage to control the car during sticky situations and avoided crash. My final conclusion is that this time I used different make of tires as opposed to Michellin, Good year which I have always trusted for my cars. I feel the Nitto tires have been the cause of my crash. I spoke to a tech at Lotus Atlanta and he gave me a number to call and speak to a very nice guy about tires. He said without prejudice the tires I had are not great for wet traction, they are very high performance tires for dry road use. So in view of that for anyone considering getting these as the sizes are available be very careful and stay away form them. Now I am waiting for my insurance adjuster to come round and decide whether it get fixed or a write off. Most of the damage is on the back left side bumper which pushed the bodywork and cracked the body panels. I reset the inertia switch and was able to start the car and she sounds normal. A few pics of car to get an idea that the car was not going fast at this point. My guess about 30-35 mph as I had just pulled away from the toll booth. PS been using that road for the past 10 years and in all conditions including heavy rain on some days. Well this is my sad story which I felt I should share with fellow Lotus drivers. Be safe Ameer
  5. Hi Travis I did think that too hence the question to be sure. Anyway spoke to my tire fitters and changed the tires to Nito NT5 which are available in the correct sizes for the V8 AWI wheels. So will have them fitted on Monday once I pick up the wheels from the wheel repair shop. Getting them powder coated as they have been long due for 15 years. Thanks for your advise much appreciated as always. Ameer
  6. Hi Everyone I am changing my tires on the s4s. Staying with Michellin as they do seem to perform well. This time the sizes I need are not quite what I can get to match front and rear. So I am going to fit 245/40/17 in the front and 285/35/17 in the rear as those are available to match front and rear. Will using 245 for the front affect the car driving or is it ok. The wheels are AWI. will it make my steering heavy on slow turns as parking. Greatly appreciate any input or comments that may be important. Thanks Ameer
  7. Hi You can look up Esprit Engineering website. They helped me with my front springs. I also found out that they have oem shocks for front and rear as I have recently purchased and put my S4S back to stock. Give them a look. PS I am originally from Rainham,Gillingham Kent, now residing in florida USA
  8. Hi Jacques Thanks for the help, I managed to get a new set of front springs shipped from UK. Regards Ameer
  9. Hi Everyone Does anyone have original stock front springs for the Esprit S4S 1995. I need them to replace as the old ones were modified ( cut short to lower the front ) The alignment guy recommends I put the original springs back so he can do his job as lotus intended for correct alignment specs. As usual greatly appreciate any help. Thanks Ameer
  10. Hi everyone I have Spax adjustable front and rear shocks fitted with existing springs. The front is adjusted to the lowest setting and wheel arch gap looks higher. I read somewhere that I will need to change the front springs to be able to lower it then adjust the ride height to spec. Eibach 8" springs are mentioned for this. Does anyone know the exact part number so I order the correct one. The one I found is 8" 2.5" inside diameter 300 lbs. Is that the correct one for the 95 Esprit S4s? Now do I also need to change the back springs as they also have the old springs in use. If so what would the spec for the springs on the rears. While under the car I noticed my power steering belt adjusting thingy and the bolt to the power steering unit have all gone missing. The unit is still held tight with the other bolts and has not come loose on the belt. Is that a standard part or lotus specific cause from the parts list it looks unique in design. I will need all 3 items the bolt, the adjuster bit and the adjuster nut. Can anyone help on this or I call Lotus dealer for the part. Thanks again for your help as always. Ameer.
  11. Hi Everyone My Lotus S4s is now braking straight once again after a few jobs done to eliminate the problem. From my last post with the brakes pulling to the left I had been given advice what to check and I did those. But the fault was still there. This is what was done in stages and eliminated one by one to solve the car pulling to the LEFT when braking hard. 1) Brake fluid was flushed and bled whole system ( no fix ) 2) Went over to Jim Knowles ( Lotus4s ) and check all brake solenoids using tech 1 tool no fault found. Suggested brake lines may be suspect. 3) All brake lines front and rear replaced with braided type and bled whole system. ( no fix ) 4) Changed all brake pads with new EBC Red clean and grease all moving parts in that area. ( no fix ) 5) Removed front right Brembo caliper and replace all seals and once again bleed the front system. ( no fix ) 6) Decided to change all suspension bushes front and back and also change front shocks with SPAX Adjustables. test drove the car and pull gone away, stops dead straight. It seems whatever the cause was it has fixed my serious problem in the end. It was related to suspension/shocks and now pleased it is done. Since then I have replaced the Rear shocks Spax adjustables and got the car aligned by a pro to set for lotus geometry and all is well. I have noticed that the ride height at the the front is about 2" gap on the top of both wheel arch and tire. But the rear is sitting much lower like 3/4" on the top of both wheel arch and tire. I do not have the adjusting tool and not sure how to adjust the shocks for the height to raise or lower them. PS When the shocks were fitted the locking rings were set to the lowest position. I have set the settings to 5 clicks on all 4 shocks. The ride seems ok but do feel the ruts on the roads. Where do I get this tool, what type and how do I adjust this? I will have a go if I had some suggestions as to how to do it. On the second note I want to change my rotors and the kit I am thinking of getting after reading some post and what others have used are as follows. Not looking for big brake upgrade but new rotors using my existing brembo brake system. This will be from PNM Engineering. Front 323mm Slotted Part # PNM0938G with fitting kit. Rear 321mm Slotted Part # PNM0932G with fitting kit. Not sure what Brake pads I should use for this. I am used to EBC Red which seem to work great for my driving conditions. Hawk is mentioned on some posts so not sure which to go for this time. PS my EBC brake pads are brand new as were fitted less than 500 miles ago, but I understand if changing rotors then pads should be new as well. Any input will be greatly appreciated as always. Thanks Ameer
  12. Hi Everyone I have still been trying to locate this dreaded pressure switch, and it seems once again I am close to getting one or more if it is the correct part. I need an actual picture of the switch showing the connector. If anyone has one out then please send pictures. Thanks Ameer
  13. Hi I was up at Jim (Lotus4s) and he checked out the master cylinder operation using the Tec 1 tool. The solenoids tested ok and we bled the front system. Still no fix and was suggested could be brake lines. I changed both the front brake lines with the stainless type and bled the system. Both sides the fluid came out clean with all air bubbles cleared from the lines. Took the car our for a test run and yet again pulled to the left when on hard braking. If brake slowly no pull at all. That rules out bad brake lines. Well looks like caliper will be next on the list to refurb. Never done that before. I have bought the seal kit. How to remove front caliper step by step info will be great as I will do it myself. Any suggestions to tackle this job will be appreciated. Thanks Ameer
  14. Hi Does anyone know what type of metal valves are used on the AWI wheels. Any part number would be great help. I then may be able to source it in the US. Thanks as usual. PS Getting wheels painted soon so want to remove all tires off, so best to change valves.
  15. Hi Travis I will hook up Espritmon sometime and see if I can use it to cycle the solenoids. I am not sure what I am doing at this stage as never used this software before. If you have any instructions as to what I should be doing then I will greatly appreciate that. Will this software tell me if a solenoid or any other part in the master is not working correctly even it is not completely dead. As for the bleeding of brakes I used the option for manual bleeding procedure. This was done with the brake pedal pumped 40 times to bleed the front sides. Once they were done the ignition was turned on and the system charged up as normal with the pump stopped after 30-45 secs. The rear brakes were then bled till clean fluid came out. All this process was done with someone in the car pumping the pedal to bleed. Then the instruction said to press the pedal and turn ignition on which gave a pulsating feel on the pedal. This was 10 times as per guide. So there you have it and hope this helps. Ameer
  16. Hi Travis Answer to your question there has been no leak of any brake fluid for as long as I have owned the car. Car drives straight and used to stop straight at hard braking force. It started doing this a few months ago and when I checked the master, I found the brake fluid was very brownish in color. So the brake fluid was replaced and system bled . But did not fix the pulling to the left. Yesterday I took my car to my mechanic and once again we did a complete change of fluid just by bleeding the lines as described in the instructions. We used new dot 4 and all the lines were pushing out clean fluid. Took it out for a test drive and still pulled to the left only when I stabbed the brake pedal. If I press the pedal slowly then the car stops dead straight. Both of this stopping tests was done at same speeds. We did check all the lines and the discs which are free from any contamination, and were cleaned when new pads were fitted 2 weeks ago. So don't know what else to check, I do have 2 new sets of front caliper seals and as yet haven't changed them. Could a caliper be sticking even it looks ok. I hope someone can shed light to this sometime. Thanks Ameer
  17. Hi Jim I took it over to a guy in Apopka who is also certified by RENEU to do this job. So it was a matter of driving up to him and left it for about a week. he does restoration on old cars. The cost was $500 and i told him there are other lotus car owners in Florida who might use his service. HIS NAME IS jOE STINNETT Gas Tank Reneu 321 200 2290 He is very close from where you are. Ameer
  18. HI Everyone Just to update on the tank job. All is done and fitted back and now no more smell at all. I did not take pictures as this is shown by other members in their respective posts. I had the tank refurbished and it comes with lifetime warranty and according to the guy he said you could sit the tank in water and it will not rust with the coating they use to protect the metal. We will see if this is true in time but for now no more Lotus perfume as some people here call it. Now the overhead pipe was also replaced as it had cracked in 2 places. Since this has been done I noticed the car drives a lot smoother than ever before, maybe it holds the vaccum better and fuel must feed better to the injec Once again thanks for all the help given in this. Ameer
  19. Hi Guys Got my brakes looked over by a local mechanic as I still had the pull to the left when stabbing on the brake pedal. Does not pull if pressed gently on the pedal. We worked the setup one at a time starting with the front calipers and found both were clean and free on movement no leaks evident or sticking. the calipers parts greased as required. Then the back were done and again they only needed cleaning and greasing the moving parts. At the same time all the pads were replaced as it was due since they were done over 5 years ago. the old pads had not worn down as much but were shiny. I used the EBC red as was recommended for street use. Now they are worn in and brakes feel good for stopping apart from this pulling to the left. My mechanic does not feel it is the calipers are faulty since they are moving freely. Brake flush/bleed was done awhile ago when I had noticed the color of the fluid had gone brownish. The system was not allowed to go empty during the flushing/bleeding process. The 2 bleed nipples on the master were not touched at all. Reading the forum it is mentioned about the brake solenoid on the master can be at fault. Question is can this part be removed without having to bleed the whole system? What is the best way to diagnose this fault as the only tools I have is a vacuum bleed kit. PS no ABS warning light shows at any time using the brakes, nor the red brake light ever comes on. I do most things on the lotus but when it comes to brakes I prefer to have someone working with me as a safety so I do it right. Any suggestions as to what to do and check will be appreciated. Ameer
  20. hi Guys Got the tank out and looks like the bottom edge on one side has pin holes. Now i need to either refurb the old tank or get a new one as this is now related to cost. I also need to find this neoprene foam rubber as everyone seems to recommend that. Thanks for all your help Ameer
  21. HI Guys Been away from the car for a few days as busy with work. I will follow the instructions from above and report back later. Thanks Ameer
  22. Hi Sanj I have started to take things apart today and the the 3 bolts on the air box wall are not easy to take out. They seem to have corroded to the fastener and now spins round and round. what else do I have to take out in order I dont waste time removing things I dont need to touch. Ps how do I drain the fuel out? Is that the nut at the bottom in the the big hole. Do I take out the fuel pump as well. The tank does look very rusty from the the top view so I guess it must be worse at the bottom. Thanks Ameer
  23. HI Thanks for the reply will look more in detail and report back. Ameer
  24. Hi Everyone Have been having fuel smell for a while. Started the usual checks and have replaced the hose that runs over and across the top.( which did have 2 splits around the bends ) Checked all other hoses related to the fuel line including the ones that to the the canister. Roll over valve removed as found to be very rusty so will replace that at a later stage when part arrives. Now with all the hoses working correctly it seems that a higher pressure it must create and hence now there is a drip directly under the RH fuel tank (one with the fuel pump). Looked under car earlier and it looks rusty where I think it is the drain nut. So is it possible to remove the tank without taking the engine out as at this point I do not want to do a major overhaul on the engine parts. Just want to fix this tank for now as I have plans to do a major engine job at a later date. Any suggestions will appreciated greatly as usual. PS Car is S4S 1995 Thanks Ameer
  25. Hi Everyone Can we get a rebuild kit for the front brembo calipers as I think my right caliper is sticking hence pulling car to the left on hard braking. If so what parts do I need and where to buy from. Thanks Ameer
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