The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Malcolm, yes I was aware that its about the F. Basically this is my opinion: correct oil spec, frequent changes, never mind the brand. But I have to admit that I have stayed with the Jaguar recommened Castrol 5W30 on my XJ8 (but only because I hope that I can escape the Nikasil liner death).By th...

Yep, frequent oil-and filter changes is the way to go. I choose oils (only mineral) on basis of viscosity for classic cars, but I guess this is an endless debate. My E's engine runs definitely more quiet with new 20W50 even after only 3000 miles young oil.

Wow, invaluable!

I had the same problem. I found that one of the throttle discs had a resistance to close completely (fractions of a mm), which was overcome when blipping. This could not be adjusted with the slow running screw, since either I got high idle without blipping all the time or stalling. Slight play in th...

Bill and Chris,
thank you.
Do you know if a machining service for existing wishbones is available as well?
Would be nice to keep my original ones.

Hi Chris,

where did you get the modified upper wishbones? Recommended suppliers?

Thank you,
Mark

Peter,
try UE needles, thats what the Mangoletsi filter requires.Worked on my car.

Professional paintshops recommend 2pack epoxy, thats what I use, dont care for the brand, but make sure that you get the recipe for the product right (eg paint/hardener: 3:1, 15% thinner). If I have to do a "dirty" repair on small areas (not all rust etc removed completely), I use an epoxy based rus...

Afaik this is a special fabric, no longer available according to Eric Suffolk. I received a material from Aldridge (togehter with the hood) similar to the photos in Haddocks book , but used vinyl instead - fabric gets dirty easily, esp if you do a lot of hood down driving without cover.

Getting all the air out of the system is the challenge.

Eric Suffolk (Suffolk&Turley) is a Jaguar - only specialist, but a trimmer.

Fantastic! But 5 weeks for two digits?

The OTS seat backs are much smaller to clear the hood when folding down, but even then the mechanism fouls the trim piping when the seat is fully back :shock: All the seat wood is easily available https://i.postimg.cc/QNRDgFsZ/DSC-0059-864x1536.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/XvycC1gb/DSC-0061-1536x864.jpg...

Thanks for the info, did not realize that before, would be a nice to have feature on the SNG website :wink: . Nevertheless it might be of help for Oliver, since I measured thread lenght only (without cone) as I understand that he rebuilds a special which might use the axle (diff) only, fastened with...

I have a rear suspension on my bench at the moment (with type C axle)
the lower fulc bracket bolts are 7/16 UNC, the short ones have 1/2 , the longer ones 3/4 thread lenght (approx).
The 4top bolts are 1/2 UNC x 3/4.

Mine are, even the mounting holes for the seat slide lever bracket are present on both sides of the bottom panel.