Lotus TURBO ESPRIT Service Manual page 187

SECTION EA
3.
Remove the engine campartmen: floor and sidewalls.
4. Dm
i n the cool ing system.
Page 43
5. I n the engine compartment, disconnect the following:
A l l
water hoses, throttle and choke cables, fuel feed pipe to
carburetton (naturally aspirated) or feed and return pipes to
fuel pressure regulator (Turbo), vacuum pipes from manifold or
vacuum ra
it,
cables from a1 ternator, starter motor, ignition
distributor and temperature sender unit. Disconnect air trunking
and remove airbox. Disconnect engine earth strap. Remove cool ing
system header tank. Disconnect crankcase breather to o i l tank
(Dry Sump Turbo).
On Federal Turbb disconnect divertor valve hoses, plenum chamber emissions hose,
air pump inlet pipetemissions system vacuum pipes.
6 .
Remove the clutch slave cylinder from the clutch housing. Disconnect the
crossgate cable from the gearbox and clutch houisng.
7 .
Disconnect the gearshift linkage from the selector lever on the transmission,
and both links from the gearchange relay lever. Disconnect the speedo cable
from the transmission.
8.
Remove the rear valance, silencer and downpipes.
9.
Disconnect the driveshafts, and handbrake cables and remove the rear
calipers and brake discs.
10, Disconnect oil cooler hcses. O n Dry Sump Turbo disconnect the scavenge
pump outlet pipe (to cooler) and the o i l supply pipe from tank to pump.
Remove A/C compressor (where fitted) from engine without disturbing pipes,
and secure away from engine.
11. On Series Three and Turbo models, remove the chassis rear crossmember.
12.
F i t
slings and support the weight of the engine/transmission unit on
suitable tackle.
13.
On Series One and Two models ; release the transmission unit mountings
from the brackets on the chassis. Note the number of shims between
transmission and chassis mounting brackets for replacement.
Remove the bolts/nuts securing the ehgine mountings t o the chassis, and
remove the right hand engine mounting leg from the engine. Lower the
gearbox end of the assembly and remove whole assembly from under the
rear end of the vehicle.