The 'E' Type Forum

“ I took my moss box to All Gears in Worksop who did a good job in a general overhaul - bearings/seals etc.”

“ was it a fair price?”

“ Was it a good job would be a better question. ”

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The most important piece of advice I can give you is..... please get yourself an accurate micrometer. Not an Aldi special. Mine is second hand, and probably saw its original owner through a life long career as an engineer. The minimum shim thickness is determined by the distance between the top of t...

These pictures show the original wishbone, which hasn't been machined. Quite a bit of material needs to be cut away to remove the shoulder inside the wishbone down to the rounded profile at the bottom of the ball joint. https://i.postimg.cc/FsSxPvnn/IMG-0994.jpg What I dont have is the precise dimen...

Mine came via SNGB. I think they are getting low in stock. If you want a pair you might have to hurry.

Neal,
Yup.

New ball joint assembly has been fitted. It was relatively straighforward and required no special tools. https://i.postimg.cc/9fZzhyjW/IMG-0920.jpg The components are more simple than the OE ball joint. There are no shims, no spring, but there is a nylon cup for which the wishbone will need to have ...

Bill, Noted . Many thanks. As with all my trials with this car, I will be taking pictures. Might even try a vid. If they are decent I will share.

There has been a clarification. I sought out the invoice for the wishbones I fitted several years back. They included the uprated ball joint with the Nylon cup. So replacement will be easy and cheap. Speaking to the supplier of the wishbones I mentioned that the ball joint had only lasted 35,000 mil...

Thx. Will do.

When I first had my E it quickly developed accelerating wear in the RHS upper ball joint. I couldn’t chase the wear with shims as the hardening of the wishbone had failed. So I replaced the whole unit with an updated wishbone assembly, which had a non adjustable ball joint. Now, a few summers and ab...

“ Doesn't sound like appropriate social distancing, Chris.”
Indeed, highly inappropriate.

I will stop and talk to her again.

Just in case anyone needs confirmation....... Yesterday, as we were heading back home along the village high street, I noticed a neighbour and stopped to say hi. She described the car as “sparkling in the sunlight”, which it did. However I was much more enamoured by her heaving chest, which almost f...

Just as everyone has convinced themselves of the merits of painted wheels...... My car looks incredible when I clean the CWWs properly. After over 65,000 miles they come up like new every time. Ok not quite like new, but you have to get very close to see any marks. And when looked at with a fresh po...

“ The correct colour for the anorak would match the paint on the car..”

"I also contacted Silverstone auctions when a Replica C type they were selling had the reg number of an xj6....registered with dvla as an xj6." Yup, that's right. If it is a replica it will have had a previous identity. I know of a very smart SS100 replica which used a XJ6 as its donor, it is still ...

Curious, one matching number on a cylinder head, but apparently two different cylinder heads. One of them is surely a ringer. From being all anorachy, this thread has suddenly taken on the far more interesting mantle of an archaeological exposé. Anyone feel like they want to cause some mischief by a...

Horror as judges in a concours competition knock 2 points off the perfect 100 when they discover the tyres no longer have the original air in them.

And, please don’t forget that when these particular cars were being made, the factory was overwhelmed with orders. “Cars were completed with whatever was to hand just to get them out of the door.” These words were spoken to me, personally, by someone who was there, at the time.

The car looked very special when it was first presented about a year ago. I can’t see what others see in the shutlines. As I recall the car was as near perfect as I have ever seen. https://i.postimg.cc/NG9FFrRb/543-A927-C-B66-A-4524-8-AEB-2-CEB209-A147-F.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/4nkrN0pC/7742-D012-7...

Well lets turn this around a bit.....who can name a 20/50 oil that isnt suitable....Steve Any 20W50 oil with low or no ZDDP. This includes mineral oils such as Coma Classic, which rumour has it is also sold by Halfords under their own brand. Zinc additive level is 800ppm or 0.08%. Flat tappet engin...