The 'E' Type Forum

I wanted to ask about the gap under the rear taillights that you can see in picture 4. It’s hard to find other pics of E-types from that angle but general consensus from people I’ve asked is that these gaps should not be visible. Is this an improperly adjusted bumper issue? Thanks!! Hard to say wit...

Thanks Christopher - ..... sorry, Peter, I am in the process of checking that my memory is not doing me in. If, if, I've mislead, I will admit to my error. EDIT. I can confirm my memory serves me well. As I am not engaged with the company any more it will be difficult to get any pictures and that th...

OK Christopher. You are entitled to your opinion and I will say no more.

Quite right Bill. There's not a lot of room for this but the 3 or 4 people are needed for a few minutes only. I'm saying 5 -10 at the most. I would guess it takes a lot more time to remove the necessary suspension parts. Practice makes perfect. Of course, if removing the suspension parts is part of ...

Morning Steve, No, I'm making no distinctions on models but I know it was done on my S2 and I'm pretty sure its been done on S1 4.2's. I can't imagine a 3.8 would be different. 2 + 2 different?? I don't know. What I do know is that this method is easier than doing big ends with the sump on or points...

Andrew and all. No one should be under the impression that installing the engine/gearbox assembly with the reaction plate in position is easy. It requires a good deal of care, 3 or 4 installers to guide it, a trolley jack (preferably) and the car on axle stands so you can get underneath. As already ...

James,

Steve, sorry I do not.

Steve, that company built my car and I'm very happy with the work carried out. They do not compromise the high quality of customers cars. I have been building engines for 40 years and have no reason to tell lies. I know what is possible and have seen this done. I come here for the expertise which is...

I've no doubt that makes it easier but the engine/gearbox can be removed and replaced with it in place. This can only be done by tilting the back of the engine/gearbox down quite steeply so one of those adjustable tilting slings is needed. What a load of tosh. You’ll be telling us next the mains ca...

.look at the section on how to remove engine as the reaction plate needs to be removed even if you take the engine out from above......Steve I've no doubt that makes it easier but the engine/gearbox can be removed and replaced with it in place. A little bending of the body flange above the bell hou...

I had a problem with petrol smell occurring nearly all the time when I got my restored S2. It turned out that changes made to car builds by Jaguar in this area required different fuel filler caps. I got mine originally with a sealed cap and changing it to a vented cap cured the problem. I cannot say...

I think Stuart is referring to one (the nearest) of the 4 screw threads for the bottom cover.

I think you would still need to remove the frame(s) to re-braze

... and folks should be aware that the joints are brazed and not welded. If you tried to weld on top of the braze........ all sorts of problems, the type of steel they are would not like it either.

One good thing about living in Northamptonshire. They aint got the money to spend on lots of salty grit!!

All very good Julian except for your assertion that the regulations are not retrospective and maybe they are not actually. If you look to the link I gave, scroll down to Schedule 4 or 5, go there and look to paragraph 8(c) it specifies that all vehicles with 4 or more wheels manufactured before 1st ...

I feel for you Rory.

To my mind, the valves should not be messed with at all, particularly the top ends which likely are hardened and grinding this off could remove the hard layer.

As you say, unbelievable "work"

The reason we cannot use LED's in the headlights is defined in the The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 schedules 4 and 5 which define a minimum wattage for each for main and dipped elements and found here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1796/contents/made The minimum allowed wattage...

Those injection plans are here:
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Thanks very much Steve.



The only trouble is, the pictures are posted to postimages.org and I cannot open them

David, no way of forcing postimages.cc??