The 'E' Type Forum

No way. Both pitch and diameter different. The 7/16 is the Across-The-Flats size of a 1/4 UNF (or 1/4 UNC) nut, nominal diameter is 6.35mm, 28 Threads Per Inch for the UNF and 20 for the UNC. The 11mm nut in Metric usage is usually a (very rarely used) 7mm diameter thread with 1mm pitch (equals 25.4...

Thanks for all the input, and especially to Simon who wasted his Sunday for me :salute: Off to measure shortly .............. The adjustment in this area is seriously limited, and as Jack at BAS in Wales struggled to do his best with the cantrail positions when he fitted a new hood it is improbable ...

Have sent you PM Simon.

Alessio (alias elcinghio , which all Ducati owners know means " the belt ") didn't get much of a response, and I'd like to float this to the top again. His Heritage information indeed seems contrary to what I had understood, which was that "Cream OEW" changed over the years and wasn't a constant fro...

Hi Michel,
I've been running this wrap (from GT2i) for nearly 10 years on the down-pipes in an attempt to quieten the slightly tinny noise from the stainless, the cooling benefits being incidental, and it has been a fit-and-forget modification.

I can't see any previous posts relating specifically to the shape of OTS door glass. Mine are at least 30 years old, but I suspect that they are non-original as they don't fit very well, and they have no kite-marks anywhere - if that means anything ? Has anyone any experience of buying new ones plea...

Pete, if it's taken a year for my hypothesis to find a buyer, then it's obviously not a very valuable one and there can therefore be no charge !!!

Either I'm daft or there are some non sequiturs floating around here. The S1 shiny rubber-bellows part was surely always under a leather gaiter, never visible ? My car (1962) uses that type, https://i.postimg.cc/RZ1pkQkD/DSC06573.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/SsRZz0JB/DSC06574.jpg and whether with the be...

Looks like Julian is putting his money where his mouth is. https://i.postimg.cc/wMcvQbMg/IMG-0588.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/0ytz43fN/IMG-0589.jpg Pre-Production version undergoing testing right now ............. https://i.postimg.cc/9MgwqkDS/IMG-0586.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/dtYZZG3J/IMG-0587.jpg Goo...

Good old SNGB, they dont list those shims but they CAN supply them for 20p a pop.

Ash, Drilling holes in the end-plates is not an issue. If you're confident you've got a good and consistent 360° spray out of a probe then pulling it through the length of the tubes will be fine. My probe and spray-gun from RustBusters, who couldn't be bothered to supply advice/instructions/guidance...

The guy I discussed this part with in September 2018 :

Jeff Lowbridge <jeff.lowbridge@classic-motor-cars.co.uk>

Thanks a million for bringing this to our attention, that's the most useful 38 minutes that I've ever wasted.

(PS - Mark, please come and wipe my desk, as much of my lunch is now smeared across it ; I was too enthralled to pay much attention to what I was dropping)

In my experience the eccentric screws can be rightly ignored as they simply adjust the position of the front section when the screen is folded back and are, on my car at least, irrelevant to any sealing issues. Furthermore, whilst I may work slowly, most DIY'ers will need a lot more than an extra da...

Thanks for all the input. Turns out mine are in great nick, believe they were new-originals in 1989, and so will be refitting. Even the lip that I feared was fretting turns out to be deliberate machining. https://i.postimg.cc/gkw2gDd5/DSC07507.jpg However the shims C.19266 are listed as NLA by SNGB,...

Since these sorts of parts can generate a rather fluid "market", would someone be so kind as to update the current state of play on these, please ? I've posted what my research threw up so far ............ https://i.postimg.cc/QxhSsbyV/TOP-BALL-JOINT-DIAGRAM.jpg I haven't stripped mine yet so not cl...

Please let us know what you opt for, Christopher, as there must be many of us tempted by these ...... when one thinks that only 5 years ago I spent upwards of 200 quid, albeit with its own screen, to look for a leak in a model steam locomotive. I wonder if there's anything available that is also abl...

This is the origin of my doubts. In the Factory Fit series there is a section relating to "a totally original and un-restored 1963 OTS #879032 having covered 29k miles and had one owner until 2005 who fastidiously maintained it" http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2006 The pictures begin at...

Only if it looks good, otherwise I might stay anonymous.

Or Mich and I might claim it was an export-finish for France.

Welcome Paul, this place is a fountain of useful knowledge and helpful people. The melt-down of JDC ? What a cess-pit. That Administrator's report makes great reading , I loved the "reverse-maths" (see page 30) that enabled them to justify exactly and precisely £2.000.000 by jiggling with "Fee Estim...