The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Michel and Andrew ,

Thank you both for your replies , I will give it a go over the weekend hopefully it will not be too difficult to get to ,

Thanks again

Grant

Hi All, After having my engine out over the winter to do the clutch I have noticed a sharp knock under the gear stick tunnel area when I go over a Some bumps not every time but every now and again. I was wondering if the rear gearbox support spring was not in right , or the exhaust too close to the ...

Hi Tim

Wow that’s a great job ! You must be very please how it’s turned out,
I’m going to give it a go !

I will drop you a line if it turns out ok :-)

Thanks again for your help .

Grant

Hi Tim Thank you for your reply , I have spoken to bas and they what £489 to do it , which although seems a lot is what I thought it would be , but the kit is £119 +vat and post so I may do a bit more research and have ago myself, Your sounds like a good job, Do you have any pictures of yours? Thank...

Hi John and Steve

Thank you for your swift replies I will give them a call tomorrow and see the prices of a kit and help much for them to do it , as normal price will help me decide :-)

Thanks again

Grant

Good evening All I hope you are all well, after several month of inactivity I have decided to maybe refurbish the interior of the car,( series 2 A couple of questions Has anybody re covered the centre console with one of the sets from Bas or similar and how easy was it ? My car has hardura in severa...

Hi Guys

Thank you for your replies, at this stage I’ve decided to leave it ,I do not want to open another can of worms at the moment, but I will let you know how I get on when I come back to it ,

Thank you all for your replies

Grant

Hi Mich

Yes that’s a good idea thank youn

Morning Andrew and Mich ,

I was just a little nervous of using a flame that close to the bulk head , I will have a go today and let you know how I get on ,

thank you

Grant

Hi Andrew

Yes, I’m
Going to try a few kettles of boiling water on it
Tomorrow,
I will let you know how I get on ,

Thank you

Hi , I’ve just managed to find some more on here having the same problem, so it seems like it’s just brute force and ignorance. Unless anyone has found a way a better way of freeing it off .

Thanks

Grant

Hi All , I’m just in the process of stripping my engine bay for paint but cannot get the heater control valve to move, the spacer it’s on spins round the pipe and the pipe moves in the bulk head but I can’t even twist the heater control valve, have I missed something or is it just seized on from old...

Ok Gerry , I will give it a good look but I’m buying from sng Barrett so hopefully should be up to scratch, .

Thank you

Grant

Hi Steve ,

Ok , will do
Thanks again ,

Grant

Thank you Mich much appreciated
I will speak
To Sng tomorrow

Thank you Steve , that’s perfect , out of interest do you buy it as a whole unit bolt out bolt in or do you rebuild the one that’s in there? Normally

Good evening all, I have had a look on here ,but their are apparently 110 posts on here titled “changing the clutch “ and I’ve not found what I’m looking for which is a list of others things I should change , I’ve never done this before and I’m doing it with a mechanic friend but he has never done a...

Hi Tom

That’s makes sense , well I will try the master I have here and see how it goes. Can I be that lucky ! :-)
I will let you know
.
Cheers

Hi Tom , I’m not 100 per cent sure , is there away of telling ? it’s just went very weak at the top and now there is no pressure there at all, although there was no loss of fluid that I can see, But I can move the arm on the slave with my hands so maybe it’s there, I have an old master cylinder that...

Hi Tom ,Steve Christopher, Geoff , everybody ! :-) Sorry for the slow update but life has been getting in the way of my fun ! I think the penny has dropped now and I got the factor curve I think from the Haines manual I could not seem to find it anywhere else, but I converted the figures giving like...