12/03/2025
We often serve customers who don't own a DeLorean, but enjoy other types of exotic vehicles. This is not our "core work", but it is very satisfying to help someone keep an "old family friend" on the road. We are currently entertaining a very special Lotus Esprit V8 - one of 100 of the special edition "25th Anniversary" cars. The car came in for a simple oil change, but started making rude noises while on the drive to our shop. By the time the owner arrived, the transmission was making an awful racket. These cars have a transmission that is very similar to the 5-speed trannys found in DeLoreans.
Following are a few pictures of our findings so far. The bottomline is that the clutch is worn out, with stripped splines, and there is also a damaged input shaft in the transmission - a very similar part to the DeLorean version.