The 'E' Type Forum

Hmmmmm! I wonder how long it will be before our friend tries to return - new email address, new ID, different location............

First 1000 miles done this season. Breakfast on Sunday at Wilton House. There will be a lot of classics on show.

“Shame he had to go. Now we’ll never know how to remove the gearbox from a SWB E“

“I was going to offer him my quick release engine mounts - just pull back on the levers and the engine drops to the floor, ”

That’s how he did it!

I’d already “banned” him from my posts. The forum software allows one to selectively ignore an individual’s posts.

Shame he had to go. Now we’ll never know how to remove the gearbox from a SWB E-Type without removing the engine as well. He takes that unique ability with him.

I replaced my 5ft fluorescent tubes with 5ft long LED units. Nice and bright, no delay to start (in fact the starter has to be removed) and only 11 watts each. The LED tubes fit the old fittings. Not sure if this helps.

Some private footage taken by my cousin....

In all things I measure twice, cut (adjust) once. Then measure twice again. And adjust (cut) if necessary. And repeat until no longer necessary. Then measure twice again just to be sure. BTW, I set my castor by plumb bob and line. Simple, no special tools, just faith in the uniformity (at a small sc...

Yup, it appears my mistake was to leave the tracker unused from October to March. Never mind. I called the phone company, a new sim is on its way with the balance of credit applied from the old account. £11. That should last another two or three years. Texts are 2p. And I’ll order another cheapie tr...

I’m happy that mine and Malcolm’s are the same.

And OCD correct.

We all fret about leaving our pride and joy somewhere other than in a locked bolted and alarmed garage, with 24 hour Doberman surveillance. So, like others, I imagine, I have a tracker that I secrete somewhere in the car when it is left for more than a few seconds and out of my direct line of sight....

Nope!

Passenger side.


And driver’s side.
Both down.

And finally,........ At today’s Goodwood track day, I checked on some of the cars being thrown around the circuit. Of the S1s and S2s that should have been wearing 185s, the most common size seemed to be 205/70. They sat on a variety of rims, from 5” standard through 5.5” competition wires to 6” cen...

I have a Lucas battery in my E. The Lucas label is big and green.

I did have a Bosch Silver battery as David described. I junked it after about two years when it developed an internal short. I still use it some five years later for non car jobs, such as powering the electric jack.

There is nothing quite like the feeling one gets when a pride and joy vehicle is not where you left it. It was 1996. I’d owned this particular car for nine years, it was in better knick than when I’d bought it. Witnesses described the thief. Some weeks later, someone matching the thief’s description...

I’ve had this before. The ammeter tells me the alternator is charging and the battery is drained. Checking the voltage, it should be around. 14 volts. If it is 15 or higher, the regulator is suspect. If the volts are at 14 and ammeter stays pegged at C for more than a minute or two then the battery ...

“Brilliant
my wife says she’s glad it’s given a few middle aged gentlemen a little light relief and a touch of imaginative fantasy”

Dunno ‘bout the rest of you, but neither my light reliefs, nor my fantasies involve anything that could be shared on this forum.

Two posts for the same reason? C’mon chaps!

Vreds are deigned to do this, the tread does extend over the sidewall. https://i.postimg.cc/v89xyfBB/image.jpg In my opinion this is a a Good Thing. Not for cornering on a track, but for that tightening sphincter moment when trying to avoid a child chasing a ball, or that moron who pulled out of a s...

I’ve said this before (probably elsewhere) that Vreds may not be the best, but the others are no where near £100 per comer better.

I now have two spares (on top of the five on the car) waiting for the need to mount and balance them. Should see me through the next few years.

If you are a member of jag-lovers, they’d love to hear this story as well.