The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Michel,

The Millboard does not have a covering as such, the millboard itself has a textured face.

https://www.martrim.co.uk/car-trimming- ... lboard.php

Paul

Hi Michel,

I think the early ones were aluminium covered with vinyl (leathercloth) similar to the door cover vinyl.
The later ones were made of Millboard.

Unfortunately I dont know what date they changed.

Paul

Hi Yev,

Have you seen this:

https://monocoque-metalworks.myshopify. ... -4-2-liter

Paul

Hi Charlie, My car is Carmen red with black interior. Your carpets should be black not grey. By the way, most of the interior is vinyl not leather; only the seats and the top and front of the console are leather. Update: You haven't said what year your car is. Assuming it is not an early 3.8, my inf...

Leonard,

I am sure you realise this, but just in case; the captive nuts in the link are 10-32 UNF (3/16 UNF)
The ones you need are 5/16 UNF.
You could of course just repair the threads with Helicoils.

Paul

Thank you John and Steve. I have sent an email off to Nick as suggested. If I do not get a satisfactory response I will try John's suggestion. I have been looking at boosters on the internet, I can't find anything with spade connections, although I think I can get around this if necessary. I may try...

Hi Simon, Thanks for your response. Yes I think I was involved in the earlier discussion. I will contact Dampmansteve if he doesn't see this. I bought my windscreen some time ago, so I wouldn't think it is DAB compatible. My radio isn't DAB ether, so this won't be a problem, but I was wondering if I...

Hi, I have a Pilkington heated windscreen which also has an aerial in it. The aerial filament’s go up the centre of the windscreen in two separate lines, which individually go off to ether side of the windscreen at the top. They are not connected to each other in any way and the connectors at the bo...

Hi Rory,

I have responded to your PM.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,

Paul

Forgive me if I am being stupid, but I have just discovered that my radio console is missing amongst other things the speaker trim panels BD26202/3. What exactly are they for? The frame assembly is shaped like this: https://i.postimg.cc/k5SgHntY/07724d8a-8464-44fb-bdb0-23cf3d1831af.png and the cover...

Hi Guys, Thanks for your responses. Here are some ugly pictures of what I have: https://i.postimg.cc/RhzHsYqt/Picture-10001.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QtcBTqSd/Picture-10006.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XYXp8Wxh/Picture-10007.jpg So the Y piece is held on with the tabs; thank you Andrew. My Y piece, the b...

Hi, Does anybody have a picture of the underside of the Y shaped trim piece on the centre console? It would appear that mine has been modified (shortened) by the PO and it is unclear what is original and what is not. I am trying to establish how it is fixed on to the console. Also is the gauntlet pa...

Do CMC supply a column lock like the Superspoke one?

I would think that this would add another level of security to a removable steering wheel as it would be very difficult to use something like mole grips to steer it (onto a trailer).

Paul

Can't find it on the internet at the moment, but Superspoke advertise a lock on cover to use when the steering wheel is removed.

I think it is designed to rotate so that nothing could be used to lock on to the steering column to steer the car once the steering wheel is removed.

Paul

It probably is silver solder, but I soldered mine on with ordinary plumbers solder and it seems fine.

It does not need to stand very high pressures and won't get all that hot in use for this to be a problem.

As Steve says, silver solder requires much more heat to make a joint.

Paul

Hi James,

Have you put the cap bearings in the block? I think they are different.

The bearings that sit in the block are the ones that should have the grove down the centre of them, as in my picture above.

And the bearings in the centre are different from the ones at each end.

Paul

Hi James, I could be wrong, but I am fairly sure all 4.2 cranks are interchangable. I am not sure if this will help, but I bought a new crank from SNG which has a 10/69 stamp on the box MOD old stock I believe and it is identical to my 65. https://i.postimg.cc/4NzS36HK/Picture-6075.jpg https://i.pos...

I modified a winder mechanism from a Mk2 Jaguar (front I think) Got it on E-bay; much cheaper than an E-type. The winder box is identical, It just required swapping the arms. It needed a slightly different orientation on the square rivet, so I welded it on with the corners in the middle of the flat ...

Hi Malcolm,

Have you tried this:

https://www.frost.co.uk/auto-maintenanc ... -75ml.html

Seels pretty much everything I have used it on, from fuel lines to central heating fittings.

Paul

Hi Julian, Than you for your response. My post was not intended to be a complaint about your company; on the contrary I am very happy with the service and the response to my queries. I have bought most of the parts for my restoration from you and generally have no problem with the quality. As others...