The 'E' Type Forum

Covid and lock-downs enabled this to get out of hand, and become a thesis. I wasn't trying to get the record for the longest ever post ............... With apologies, I'll therefore start with the conclusion, for those that might fall asleep. There is a new and potentially revolutionary crank seal n...

The vain are easily parted from their pictures.



I put the rest there.

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https://www.guybroad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/TOP-SECRET-SHEETS.pdf There's a paragraph on page 6 (top right hand side) of Guy Broad's shared wisdom that refers to the bright purple springs as being a) the only version that is now available, and b) the strongest one that was ever available. ...

Blimey, where did three years go ? My engine had picked up on one of the bores, but impossible to say when or why. https://i.postimg.cc/yYLfhn3w/DSC05071.jpg I'm now about to run my new engine on an engine test-bed, out of the car, but am still a bit puzzled by the same radiator-cap questions as wer...

In the proportions we are discussing here, the flywheel material is irrelevant. A flywheel only ever acts as a reservoir of energy, to smooth out spikes in demand ; it stores, but cannot create. Excuse the pedantry. Any crank/flywheel combination, whatever they are made out of, requires a supply of ...

Can anyone update their current experiences with the bow-tie 10K-ohm WCX 600 caps ? Mine came from AES in Tenbury, just last week, but are evidently from the same original source as everyone elses. Has anyone used these with a Megajolt ? I'm aware of the resistor-plug debate regarding those. Not use...

Thanks, Bill, for putting us at rest as regards the identification of "Total Rubbish". Whilst irrelevant to the basic argument that had started here, and to which Bill has anyway masterfully, and irrevocably, put an end, the key to his opening paragraph - that some of us might miss, and if I might -...

Ovens are used to get the jobs through the 'shop quicker, full stop. Their heat speeds up chemical reaction between the mixed components, full stop. It is not necessary in order for the paint to harden properly, nor to be harder over time, it just means it can be out into the dust faster and intensi...

Sadly, you can only buy the 3.8 Fosseway set with both types of header-tank top hose. http://www.fossewayperformance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/IMG_1744-e1383301285105.jpg So you pay £222, and then chuck away the top hose you don't need, which you've probably paid £35 for. Money and raw materi...

Pleased I am not the only one to have issues with this.

Yours is a much better solution than mine.

How did you manage to hold the spindle whilst you drilled and tapped ?

By holding the fan blade maybe ?

Forgot to post that I found a delightful Forum-member down that way who went the extra mile AND sorted out getting the part back to me.

Step forward johnetype.

Thanks Yves, that's obviously up at the bulkhead end, right ? That's bigger than the 1/2" I was expecting. Could you measure it it down at the water-pump end too ? Or is it the same diameter along the whole length ? Perhaps not so easy to get at ....... I take it this is a remanufactured part ? Anyo...

Now regretting not going with Fosseway right from the start, as even things as simple as hoses have now been rendered complicated and unsatisfactory, by SNGB and Robey at least. I couldn't see why anyone would bother to market their own hoses (Wilkinson does too) but I'm beginning to understand. htt...

Keith, it’s a pity you didn’t continue this saga on the topic that you started here http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16052&p=131966#p131652 as it makes fascinating reading in the light of the smoke and mirrors nonsense you appear to be being sold by the people in charge of repairing your...

This is how things were explained to me by Simon at Precision Clutch near Yeovil. precisionclutch@aol.com - 01963 362 484 AP clutches are now made in China, maybe India ?, and there have been several instances of the thrust pads coming loose, this is in no way specific to Jaguar clutches. https://i....

If this stuff works, it's amazing. Frost are out of stock but I had a mate sending me something from NY so got Eastwood to send it to him. Cost $31.62 There must be enough in here to do 20 cars, easily, it requires a quite minute amount. I applied it with a tooth-brush (off the engine) to manifolds ...

DVLA have to be notified that the car has been permanently exported from the UK. https://www.gov.uk/taking-vehicles-out-of-uk But if I'm taking my car abroad for 6 months, am I exporting it permanently ? Many Europeans actually live lives that are split between two countries, and have vehicles that...

But carbon release bearings worked for generations with no issues didn't they ? And a roller race won't cure the issue of the thrust plate becoming detached from the diaphragm fingers, so two unconnected issues here. Can't help feeling this is leading us up the garden path. PS However, long chat wit...

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Fri Jul 17, 2020 10:31 pm

The ones I get from SNGB in hose kits are fatter at one end than the other.

Not at the moment, they aren't.

I have asked them to compare the spec with the parts they have in stock.

Re-forging the shape of these is not as simple as it sounds. https://i.postimg.cc/xC1kGQvC/IMG-6611.jpg Or rather, changing the shape of the original forged ones is easy, but repro - or maybe just later - ones are cast, so they fracture - this one broke whilst hot, as I thought it was steel, but in ...