The 'E' Type Forum

If this situation carries on then I may get time to work on this:





It was my Dads before me and the car I learnt to drive in. I’ve had it 40 plus years.

Tim

When I’m out in the garage a bit later. I’ll check the torque and se how hard I pulled!
Maybe interesting

Tim

I’ve just done mine, Couldn’t find a torque setting so gave the centre bolts a good hard tug using a 24” bar. Can’t see them coming loose. Likewise with the money side, pensions cover the day to day and a bit of part time covers garage activities. Tim Edit, just seen Steve’s post. I added one shim u...

I thought I would update with my experience of changing this seal. Having read through this thread I decided on using the original type seal and with the new type seal track with the o ring seal. Disassembly went according to plan; stabiliser loosened, engine mounts undone, engine raised. Small jack...

Seem to remember this happening elsewhere, calipers were sent back for modifying.
Must be on the forum somewhere

As part of my conversion from US spec to UK I’ve changed the strombergs to SUs. I sourced the linkage parts from various sources. One part I’ve never been really happy with is the bar from which the 3 drop links connect to the carbs. It never quite lined up and made setting of the carbs harder than ...

Did most of mine myself except the seats and console. Used Aldridge for these items. About £2k. I delivered the old ones and collected the refurbished items. Not cheap but also unconvinced that I could do a great job and these bits were so visible. Seats were a complete rebuild, new leather, foams e...

I sincere hope that the nice rug you have been polishing on is not in your lounge!

I’ve just spoken to Alicool who I was hoping to see. They are still considering but it’s likely that they will not go.

I think I’m going to take the safe route also and stay away.

Yup, agree, I always do.

I assume that this is going ahead?
Anyone heard of cancellations?

Tim

When I did mine I used the pull through technique for the small bushes. A length of studding and suitable sized sockets to wind them in.
For the larger ones I used brute force with a large hammer to get them in, I’m sure a machine press would make short work of both ends.

The ones I got from him were new originals.

Got mine from this seller
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-car- ... xy~dBRG5yG

This is exactly what I did on my series 1.5 , 1968 car.
As you say adjust the fibre plate on the motor. A five minute job unless like me you decide to clean the motor up and replace the brushes etc.
Essentially a simple task without wiring mods.

I think that I have furred up waterways - keep getting up in the night!
Doctor says it’s my age!

I’ve seen cracks in alloy wheels welded up to gain air tightness. Presumably they also stay in shape.

The sump is now back on. Thankfully! It really is a bit of a bugger to do when lying on your back. I had a spare jack handy to slip under the sump and support it whilst engaging the first few bolts. I’m fairly confident that the front seal will no longer be an issue Getting the seal track in place w...

Thanks all for responses I’m going to leave the slinger in place. The collar was machined for the O ring but came without. The O ring isn’t listed on the SNG website although I have no doubt they sell it. Another major supplier does list it but with post etc just under a tenner! Purchased on off eBa...

Ok, So my new seal and collar have arrived. The collar is a genuine jaguar one without a key slot. That’s not an issue since I’ve removed the key. What may be an issue is that this collar is designed for the Teflon seal which needs the oil slinger removed and is thus slightly longer than the collar ...