The 'E' Type Forum

When I rebuilt my carbs, the most difficult part was drilling the spindles for the levers/stop arms on the ends.

Why these are not drilled for you by Burlen, I cannot understand and the instruction on how to do this was most unsatisfactory.

I'm sure any better advice would be welcome.

Thanks Geoff

Should I put my car details etc. on XKE Data?

Is there any risk or downside? ,....... or even an upside?

tim wood wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:01 pm

A set of claimed originals on eBay just now !

Thanks. They do not look to be genuine judging by David's descriptions, principally by the inside markings. The JAGUAR on the outside looks OK though.

My friend David, a long time VCC member and racer warned me of the danger to my car he had seen on many an occasion when someone was removing or fitting a wheel with these spinners, whereby the swung mallet clouts the wing of the car instead of the ear!! Mindful of this and finding on here the Lione...

Durango2k wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:45 am

If I use acid (of any kind) to clean them, would not some of the acid stay in the edges, and it‘ll deteriorate fast ?

Carsten

Not if you neutralise it after. Use ordinary milk which will neutralise both acid and alkali, but then you need to rinse it well, else it may get smelly

Lucas was always the Prince of Darkness, but never the Prince of Explosion, was it?... Jerome, I presume this is why you can drop a lit cigar into a petrol tank and nothing will happen, right? :-) Tadek Right :thumbsup: ..... assuming the tank has not been open to a lot of air flow. Most likely on ...

If you disconnect the pushrod or remove the slave cylinder entirely so that nothing is working on the release arm and the clutch still slips (try starting the engine in 1st gear with plenty space in front - or just bumping it), it would seem either the driven plate is too thin or the spring has coll...

You should find the necessary gap detailed in the workshop manual. It will vary from engine to engine depending on use and cylinder bore. Even with a re-bored engine and new pistons, you should carefully remove the rings and 1 by 1 insert them into the bore making sure they are straight by aligning ...

The upper and lower explosive limits (UEL & LEL) for concentration by volume of gasoline vapour in air are 7.1% and 1.2% by volume which are both well below the likely saturated % by volume for the air in the tank. The saturation % by volume will vary depending on the ambient or gasoline temperature...

If I was putting a car into long term storage, it would possibly be wise to floor the clutch pedal then jam a block of wood in to hold the pressure plate off the driven plate, to stop them welding together.

Try Namrick:

https://www.namrick.co.uk/acatalog/Home ... s__15.html

christopher storey wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 04, 2018 9:18 am

If the method of leaving the reaction plate in place is adopted, the next destination is more likely to be the hospital

Not even a scratched finger yet

As I said, each to their own.

Amazing, isn't it how blinkered we can be :?: There's more than 1 way to skin a cat!! This was never a thread about what is the correct or best way to extract the engine/gearbox as the OP was bothered (only slightly maybe) about having to remove and replace his reaction plate. I advised that it can ...

1 gal (imp) = 1.2 gal (US) = 4.55 litre

I think there are different tanks even in the same series E-type. Some have a small bore breather pipe (alongside the filler pipe) which connects to a nozzle on the underside of the fuel flap - beside the filler cap. Some have no breather pipe relying instead on a vented cap. When I got my S2 FHC, i...

Well ...... ............. if you think about it, the circumference of the race is larger at the larger diameter and smaller at the smaller diameter. So the needle has to roll differing distances top and bottom meaning the top diameter of the needle should be larger else part of it must skid. I this ...

Just a query Julian, in case I or A N Other needed to do it;

Were the needles you used tapered or same diameter on the full length? They should be tapered I would have thought, though only slightly, maybe unmeasurable

Steve, have you searched bearing suppliers?

If you can get the bearing dimensions, folks like this:

https://simplybearings.co.uk/shop/Produ ... index.html

may be able to help. Just sticking the dimns into the search at the top will show you.

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