The 'E' Type Forum

Oh...bye the bye, the caliper bolts were stretched and bottoming out before the caliper was tight against its bracket. ( suspected older aftermarket bolts ) This did not help matters.
Good hunting !

I did eleven bleeds ( in three different ways ) chasing a soft pedal . Turned out to be faulty brand new piston seals. The last thing I would suspect. They had buckled, requiring two pumps to get pressure. Replaced the front pistons in frustration . problem instantly solved. No more double pump to g...

Quick jack on a 67 OTS, allows full access to underside front to back but only lifts about 22". Did my ful mechanical rebuild with it.

Tremclad , see picture. 350c Did a slight bit of smoothing , about a half hours worth. Just a dremel. If it lasts a year I will consider it a success and report back regardless.
Cheers All

Four coats of High heat stove/BBQ paint later , lets see how long it lasts. A bit too much snow here right now to find out though.

Talk about stubborn. Damaged Captured nut cage for the lower outside passenger door hinge bolt, with a half stripped( realy tight ) nut. Would not tighten or come out. Another gift of the Monkeys who previously "restored" this car….. Figured it was a bit of a safety issue. So how the hell do I fix t...

Wise words. Rear mount and engine stabilizer already checked .
see before and after pictures of the rear mount after the new engine mounts.

After reading a post on engine mounts, I checked mine and sure enough , they were sagged enough to allow the carb linkage to hit the frame. Since it was mentioned that this could cause the throttle to stick wide open It was a safety issue so time for new ones. I chose to left the engine with a crane...

I confirm gtjoeys findings on my car. same symptoms, same cure.
Regards
Keith

Ha!
Fixed!
Thank you Gentlemen. I lost sleep over that one but thanks to your advice I had it repaired in half an hour.
I do appreciate this forum and it’s contributors
Cheers

Ahhhh...and hits just keep on comin! As you can see from the picture ,one of the four bolts that hold the rear engine/gearbox mount has a stripped captive nut. Just noticed it loose....tightened it and it never made it to even snug before that sinking feeling of a spinning bolt ( the bolt is fine ) ...

A question for the collective. Are engine mount spacer always required under series one front engine mounts? I am replacing my mounts and there are none there now but I see them in the parts list. The lump seems a little low right now and is hitting the adjustable reaction plate bolts. Rear mount sp...

Found "THEM" Noise #1 : exhaust down pipes hitting each other , reverberating through whole exhaust system ( two header bolts are stripped allowing them to move into contact under load ) Noise # 2 : Left rear tire rubbing on bump stop under acceleration load making zzzz..zzz..zzz noise at the same t...

Got a new one today so I thought I would have a look inside the old one and see why it wasn't working. What appear to be rivets on top are spiral screws. They may be able to be carefully pried off, I ground them off thinking they were rivets. Once the top is off the rubber gasket and metal cap can b...

So found two interesting things. A weight has fallen off the drive shaft. Found it while reaching blindly at the back of the shaft and the speedo take off has been hitting the tunnel. Tried to shift the lump 1/8" after loosening all the mounts-no dice. Was able to wedge a bit of old inner tube rubbe...

Hi Ralph ,
Do mean to say the spring rubber combo is TOO much compressed at rest ?

Test drive over
better but far from gone. I will remove center console , gear box cover and test/ listen and see what Ican find.
Its the rear mount spring or spacer, the speedo take off or the drive shaft universals i would guess.

Thanks Steve and All ! Pin and washer removed. Only took half an hour a stiff neck and some skinned knuckles. A bargain by this Jags usual fee. Test drive next. Rubber spacer and seats were in good condition two yrs ago on engine placement but I now have new synthetic ones for a winter project. I wi...

Hello all, It seems I get one difficult problem solved and another overlaps it. Still waiting to properly drive this car after three years ! The latest mystery issue is moderate grinding/vibrating ( something is knocking against the underside near the gearbox ) . This happens in the lower gears on t...

Yes Tom, If the needles are set correctly in the pistons , the one on the left would result in a very lean setting as mentioned earlier in my post. I also have some old UH needles the car came with and they are identical at the level you see in the above photo and get thinner ( richer ) farther towa...