The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Paul Thanks for your reply. I sort of assumed that the panels pictured are original because they have what look like machine made creases in them. But maybe the panels are not original, and perhaps someone can tell me? Andy https://i.postimg.cc/HLM1Tbc4/IMG-4963.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XNLSNjJh/...

The interior panels pictured [which I think are original] have a certain curvature to them whereas I'm thinking that they should be flat, as the structure to which they attach is flat. So I'm thinking that they have warped with age? So assuming they should be flat, has anyone attempted to flatten an...

Hi Richard
Can't lay claim to the ratchet strap idea. Read it on here!! Very useful when working alone as I usually am. Have you got your car back yet? How's it going?
ATB
Andy

Working largely on my own, I decided that fitting the rear bumper as an assembled unit was not practical. And probably a recipe for disaster as well. Jacking the back of the car up put it in a better position for this job. And also provided an easy anchor point for the ratchet strap that I used to p...

Hi Pete When I removed my engine from the top I was a bit concerned with the amount of weight that I was lifting and tried to keep it to a minimum. The head had already been removed and you can see from the picture that I bolted the lifting eyes to the front and rear head stud positions. I dropped t...

Having partially refitted my rear lights, I then had a Homer Simpson dohhh moment and realised that I really should have fitted my rear bumper first. So, how do I go about this? Do I loosely assemble the 3 bits plus the overriders and then fit it to the car? Or is there an easier way? And I'm thinki...

Hi Tony Yes I'd come to the conclusion that it secured something on a square shaft. But I'm still none the wiser as to from whence it came. It's definitely not wiper related that's for sure. So I'm thinking that it was tucked away in the box before I put the wiper bits in. Wrong Andy by the way. The...

This is in the technical info section

http://www.exisle.net/mb/index.php?/top ... after-all/

Don't know if it's of any help.
Andy

I replaced the park switch which was the same as fitted to a Mini, tested the motor and the park function then worked fine without the need for spacers behind the cam. I sent my wiper motor armature to Robson & Francis who confirmed that it was burnt out. I reassembled the motor with it's rewound ar...

I had to disassemble my wiper motor to get the armature rewound and very assiduously kept all of the bits and pieces involved in a box. The armature came back the other day, and after I'd put everything back together again, this clip was left over. Hence the post. I'm thinking that maybe this [metal...

Does anybody recognise this clip?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Richard
Brilliant. As is often the case, a picture tells a thousand stories. I assume that the smaller boot board that sits widthwise above the IRS is fixed in position rather than liftable as the 2 rear boards are?
ATB and thanks again.
Andy

The interior panel pictured is still in primer, but I'm wondering if any of it will be visible once the interior is trimmed, and therefore do I need to paint it? If it is covered, what is it covered in, vinyl or hardura? I don't have the forward section of boot board [the one that folds up] so I don...

Thanks Gerry
I've tried various ways to access the site over the last couple of days with no luck. But I tried again a couple of mins ago, and it worked. I guess it's just sulking a bit.
Andy

Is it just me, or has this site been inaccessible for the last few days? I'm using a MacBook with Safari.
ATB
Andy

I've checked the current draw of my 15W wiper motor with no load, and sure enough it is much too high. 5 amps as opposed to 1.7amps as it should be, and getting nearly too hot to touch. So at a guess there is low resistance probably caused by deteriorated insulation on the armature windings? I can f...

Hi James How have you wired the ignition warning light? The original Lucas alternators have an AL terminal that supplies circa 8 volts to the 3AW unit to energise it and cut the supply to the warning light. I've tested a 3AW unit on the bench and find that with 12v applied, it gets quite warm after ...

Having partially rewired my car, I started to do a few basic checks without the battery fitted and found that there was continuity between the 2 paired green wires in the photo and earth. This sort of worried me a bit as I saw this as a potential dead short. The paired wires came from the load side ...

I changed the brushes [Lucas Part # 743171] on my fan motor and the fan was as recalcitrant as ever. I took the end casing off again and momentarily powered the motor and noticed that there was random sparking where the armature windings terminate at the commutator segments. I took the armature out ...

One of my cooling fans works fine the other does not. It turns slowly at best, sometimes not at all. I've taken it apart, and there is nothing obviously wrong with it. The brushes look OK and the little spring that tensions them is present. I've removed the armature, and cleaned up the commutator, b...