The 'E' Type Forum

I only used ccleaner once, some years ago and it caused no end of problems

Trust it is now a good cleaner upper as you recommend it

Thanks for all your responses. I'm going back to the restorer's today to get this fixed before going to Spa. Yes, there was quite a bit of dry grease on the cone which I cleaned off with WD40. The hub cone is just the same. After I first saw David's comparison of the repro spinners against originals...

Well, having gone back and looked here

http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php? ... 4&p=103703

seems I have the repro spinner which is not tightening properly

Yes, the "proper" size w/p belt would not go on

mmmmm, I'm not so sure just now. I bought a BMW 3 series jack to use on travels because it is smaller, fits in the spare wheel well and is easy to use. So I had to try it out before going to the Spa Classic races next weekend. It lifted the car easily and I just happened to lean on the rear wheel an...

Not sure if this will help or not, as when mine was being rebuilt we had difficulty finding the right length belt for the alternator (or more likely the water pump - A.D. don't you know :roll: ), and I have a non-standard alternator. However belts were: Water pump: 13A0790C Alternator: 10A0813C 10 a...

Mine is next to the battery and is approx 17 x 9.5cm

All boxes have stampings including the valve clearances at the bottom.

I agree with Steve3.8 RH was the best value I could find and with return of salvage in case of total loss. Agreed value based on photographs and valuation from the restorer. Took a few days only and cost an extra fiver ½ way through the year. Excellent service with no cost to advise I'm taking the c...

https://www.frost.co.uk/auto-maintenance/automotive-brakes-tools/brakes-misc/brake-pipe-seal-75ml.html This type of "liquid" tread sealant is exclusively used in the oil/offshore industry in preference to PTFE tape, for sealing instrument air lines. Because, experience showed that small pieces of P...

Wipers on the wrong side

Bamburgh Castle - super roads

Discrete or feature?

For someone not interested in a concours car, there's an awful lot of shiny stuff there !!

Loverly

Do you remember that on the Jaguar, the cylinders are numbered 1 to 6 from the rear of the engine.

No. 1 cylinder is close to bulkhead, N0. 6 close to the radiator.

Thanks Angus for the Open Day, we both enjoyed the discussions and bacon rolls, tea most welcome.

Thanks David for running this excellent forum.

Thanks everyone else for contributions.

I saw a yellow nick-nick on a truck go past on the road outside on Sunday evening.

Taking the mutt out in the morning - THEY'VE SALTED THE B***** ROAD!! When's it going to rain again to wash the road clean??

Marvellous

That's incorrect Jerry. Loosening torque is always less than tightening torque due to overcoming friction as the nut etc starts to clamp the joint and then putting stretch into the threaded fastener. Engineering fact. The reason for undoing often being more difficult than tightening is usually down...

What's wrong with Primrose??

Have you seen the Ferrari 275 GTS/4 NART spyder on the front of Octane, in its original Giallo Solare?

Looks superb ........ nothing like a taxi

torsion bars get progressively stiffer whilst coil springs are linear. Presumably you must choose one or the other? Using both would give very weird handling! Curious that David. Is it because the lever arm alters as the wishbone moves up and down? My understanding of a spring is it is just a torsi...

I certainly bought mine as somewhere better than the bank to park some money, but that was only one good reason. It will appreciate over time and I'm sure going to enjoy it along the way. If one of my sons wants it when I cannot scoot it down the road, that's OK, else it will pay for a couple of wee...