The 'E' Type Forum

Thank you everyone for your replys help and advice. First thing im going to check is the vent pipes as im sure they are pinched up on the ends for some reason!!?? See how we go from there. Im sure we will be able to sort it now with all the ideas here to go through and check. Thanks again everyone. ...

Hi everyone. Me and my dad are having a little problem with the old etype again.... We have a petrol leak form all three carbs it leaks out from the air filters when the cars been at a while and also what seams to be a mix of oil aswell. Any ideas? Or is a carb rebuild needed? (The carbs are SU's by...

Wow just goes to show one little thing like that can cause pain in the neck problems!

Thank you for that information. Ill have a read at that in a min.
Following up your misfire you had on yours a while ago, did you ever get that sorted?
If you remember it was back in 2015 when i was gunna use mine for my wedding but i had a slight vibration/misfire!

They look fantastic! Great job that man!
What would this cost me of i were to send my tripple SU's and let you rebuild them?
They are on my car and they are running at the moment but i think theyre getting to the point of needing a refurb now i recon.
Thank you. J

Thank you all for your replys and advice on this before i dip into my pocket. This is why i love this forum. All good honnest down to earth people like my dad and myself! I been on some other forums and all they car about is original nuts and bolts etc and are aposed to do anything to the e type tha...

Hi everyone. Been a while since ive last been on here so i hope everyone is well since my last visit! Just wanted a bit of advice i have been offered a 4.2 engine and manual gearbox from a rotten old mk10 jaguar for £500 the engine has triple SU carbs and aparently the gearbox was rebuilt shortly af...

hi again everyone! quick update on the e-type vibration / misfire, I stripped the exhausts off on Friday to have a look at the propshaft to find that the U.J on rear (to the diff) had play in it, misfire however only starts when you get her upto approx 40mph, anyways I braved it on Saturday to use h...

thanks for all the replys and advice guys, it very much appreciated! and that's a great bit of advice about the mucky fingernails! haha, wouldent look good on the wedding pictures! haha! im gunna the jag on the ramps today strip her down and have a look underneath at the prop, if its just a buggerd ...

thank you for the fast reply,
all I want to do is travel to the church in it approx 5 or 6 miles, then from the church back home again approx 5 or 6 miles,
do you recon she would be ok just for the day?
thanks again, j

hi there lads, just wanting some advice, my series 1 and a half 4.2 FHC it has developed what sounds like a misfire, on inspection of the spark plugs 1, 2, 3, and 5 are all ok and 4 and 6 are very slighty sooty, pints are ok, rotor arm and dizzy all ok no carbon build up, engine revs up lovley when ...

thank you very much lads for your replys, the brakes on our e type are working fine at the moment so I think ill leave them be for the time being, as my dad says if it aint broke don't fix it! lol well if any of you lads would like the set up for any of your e types as an upgrade I have it listed on...

I was just wondering if the complete hub assembleys and brakes with the vented disks from a jaguar XJS 3.6 can be used on my S1.5 E- type 4.2 with some slight modifications, and if its worth doing or not, and if anyone else has done it? I break jaguars and I have an XJS in what we have stripped and ...

hi guys, was just wondering as I have the chance of buying a series 3, 1985, xj6 with a sweet running 4.2 engine and gearbox, I know the xj6 is injection but is the head and block interchangeable with the E-type? and are there any more goodies on the xj6 I could use on my E, or save as spares? I wou...

ok guys thank you very much for your replys,
ill have to check but im sure that me and my dad E-type already has vented disks, will this have already had an upgrade then or did some E-types have vented disks as standard?
thanks again for your help and advice,

hi there everyone, it may sound like a stupid question to you lads but I was just wondering if any parts from a jaguar XJS 3.6 auto would upgrade my E-type or if anything is worth saving from it to use as spares with my E-type? I just got this XJS in you see but its rotten underneath and all the ele...

thank you everyone for all your replys,
I will look deeper into it this weekend and let you all know how I get on,
JOHNNEY - good point ill check this first,
thank you everyone for your support!

thank you for your reply,
yes I put 12v onto the solenoid to test it and it threw out everytime without fail and my ring gear is fine in very good condition,
this is what's confuseing me, everything (in theory) seams to be fine?!

hi there everyone having a little trubble with my starter motor at the moment on my 4.2 FHC S1.5, when trying to start the car its giving a whirring noise the starter motor is just spinning but not throwing in to engage the flywheel, I took the starter motor off (what a swine to get to!) and bench t...

thanks very for the comments everyone! mystery type in reply to your comment, yes the car was originally a left hand drive import from California, we baught the car already converted to RHD, thank you for pointing out the wipers, over years of owning the car I never realy noticed that they sweep the...