The 'E' Type Forum

I found this too. My solution was to extract the unit from the tank and cleanup the contacts. Problem solved. Another lister (either here or on J-L) had a sender that was too worn to repair this way. His solution was a replacement.

All depends on the carrier and their processes. I exported a car to the West Indies last Dec. Process was smooth, car driven to the docks, left waterside to be loaded on to the reefer Luzon Strait. It was carried in the hold that normally transports bananas the other way. 10 days and three islands l...

You asked for recommendations...... Saying this quietly...... don’t want to upset the purists.... Refurbish and keep the original seats but don’t install them. Instead, find a pair of MX5 mk1 seats. Get them covered in matching leather. They are far more comfortable, supportive, and have headrests. ...

Two things come to mind.
1. Such a mixture of plugs suggests someone in the past was indifferent to the servicing schedule.
2. That two of the plugs were iridium suggests that the indifference wasn’t necessarily due to cost.

I’m not going to labour this point, but... I have not declared my car exempt from MOTs. By doing nothing I must to continue to have my car subject to annual MOTs. Thus, when one expires, I must get a new one. Not having a valid MOT or having filed a V112, is an offence (fine up to £2,500 plus three ...

“ ... So, is the car MOT exempt and legal without the declaration?” No. “ the MOT exemption, which is automatic once the car is 40 years old” This is not true. The only thing that is automatic is that the car will require an MOT every year. The exemption is optional, not automatic. The owner / keepe...

Why? S3 has wider wheels and tyres than the S1.

Normally by now I have racked up my first thousand miles. (The car needs lots of test driving after a winter layup, even if that was only for a few days!). This year, not even one hundred. The weekend after next would have been the first major gathering of Es this year at Goodwood. Usually May Day b...

I had taken my car to the first of several breakfast meets. We have ....er.... had, lots around here. Haynes, Goodwood, and Wilton Wakeup, hosted by our local big wig the Earl of Pembroke who resides in Wilton House. The young Earl is a proper petrolhead, and used to run an annual Sunday/Weekend bas...

Today would have been, but for the lockdown, Drive It Day. Instead I’ll content myself with a start up and a run out of the garage to let it see the sunshine. I might give the paintwork a quick rub.

I bought a Bell system years ago. The fit was awful. Biggest issue was that the ends of the main boxes were the same size as the pipes under the rear cage, one wouldn’t go into the other. I purchased some connecting pipes on eBay to make it all fit. At the front end of the system I had to leave ever...

It has been done. I recall a modified S3 with a very powerful engine. I’ll do some digging to see if I can find it.

“ that must be the steepest E type driveway in the world”

That was the claim of our postie. If I was outside he’d wait at the bottom for me to collect the post from him!

Lockdown means we have to take opportunities wherever they are. This morning, before breakfast, and certainly before most in the village consider a reasonable waking hour, we went to purchase essential provisions for ourselves and two of our more vulnerable neighbours. I just had to take the E. I co...

Now we have another three weeks at least of lock down, mine will be out doing the “essential” shopping run. This is shopping for me and SWMBO, plus neighbours (2 sets of) who are in their seventies and nineties. We are also on call for dispensary runs, whenever they are needed.

Even the experts get the variety of belts wrong. I had one, supposedly correct but it was too big for the pulleys. The result was uneven heating of the belt, which then began to disintegrate. The consequence was a loose piece of wire that started to flail around the engine bay. No damage, but it was...

What a lovely day in store (for us in Britain at least). The sun is shining and air is warm, and the E-Type is under covers in the garage waiting to be used for a long lazy Sunday bimble. Perfect driving weather for a trip to the coast. Or even better, to a distant and remote area of outstanding nat...

Factory headlamp tail pictured as it plugs in to the headlamp.

Sotto voce..... So that’s just me and Goran hoping to pick up a bargain when investor owners who are now considering liquidation opportunities in their portfolios dump their car collections into a suppressed market. I’m also thinking that reduced valuations will make my insurance premiums fall next ...

1967 ( Feb) S1 2+2 has a red tell tale for the main beam.