The 'E' Type Forum

Tony,
I forgot to mention that I would not consider the green car at any price

Hi Tony, welcome to the club! My car came from the US (Jaguar NewYork) and was a driver, nevertheless received a full restoration, which I did together with my father over a period of two years. Bodywork, paint and engine rebuild were outsourced. Although the body was good and remarkably rustfree, w...

It is the same in Austria: speed rating of the tyres must exceed nominal top speed of the car- I must fit "V" rated tyres (240 kph).

Thank you both,
I'll try jcr for spares and go for a dynamator in the meantime,
Mark

Hi Richard, I suppose your car is pos earth :bigrin: The connections on your relay seem to be ok. The relay switches 12V pos (ie earth), that means that you should have +12V ( earth) on 87 when activated (relay closed, after the click). A test lamp between 87 and a hot terminal on one of the fuse bl...

Hi Terry, I'd start with the test given in the SU manual - remove dome/piston from carb, remove spring, drain oil, refit damper, plug the two holes at bottom of piston, fit a washer to one of the dome lugs to prevent piston falling out, hold in the normal upright position, push piston upwards (in), ...

Hi all,
one of the armature wires came loose on the commutator and damaged the fieldcoils of my dynamo. Although I am tempted to buy something like a Dynator, I'd like to have the dynamo repaired/ restored. I kindly ask for your recommendations, thank you
Mark

Thank you David for your brave effort!

I had a similar problem, turned out to be an invisible leak at one of the reservoir hoses where the air entered the system on every pump stroke! On a friend's Ferrari 250 GTE the servo pulled air, again invisible. Remember that also new and restored components can fail. After bleeding several cans o...

Classic Jaguar in Texas do them as well, you can follow their engine-rebuilds in their ongoing blog together with actual rollingroad torque- and power-curves; looks good
But I think, my father was right, saying: if you want a faster car, buy a faster car

My car was manufactured October 27 (1963), and it has the a.m. alloy under both radio console and shift gaitor, which surprised me at first, but since this was the time of transition, the factory obviously uesd up stock.

Hi, the ammeter may show charging, nevertheless the battery can be very weak (just enough to energize the solenoid - the clicking sound). Batteries dont like heat, and I guess its very hot all over Europe at the moment. I had a similar problem on the way to very hot Provence a few years ago - the so...

Hi Steve, I had the same problem, albeit on my 3.8; I changed suspect parts in the linkage and re- adjusted it spot-on, only to find that one of the butterflies needed a bit more force to close completely (I assisted each of the return springs one after another while engine running). Checking the ca...

Congratulations! Now on to your own Etype

I had to paint the head twice - special heat resistant paint flaked off despite having followed the instructions. :banghead: The second time I used 2pack etch primer (after having had sodablasted the head - again) and standard automotive paint (which I brushed on). You should be able to find the col...