The 'E' Type Forum

Update : Block-Stamping The reply regarding the block-stamping came back : Stamping of the block, yes this is the norm. This has been done by most of the UK restorers for decades, not just machine shops. I won’t name drop others who also do the same to support my case. Personally I have been met wi...

Thanks for the various bits of advice. The tone of the exchanges is not inappropriate, or unprofessional, although I can see why some might think so, in that a good-natured informal banter had been established for many months before the extent of the problems became apparent. Somwhere this has proba...

I thought this might be the crowning glory. My block - like yours, probably - already has an identifying number, generally referred to as the engine number, and it's unique. https://i.postimg.cc/k5yD1609/IMG-2694.jpg The famous firm thinks that's not enough, and how better to make it even more uniqu...

Once you start looking .......... Whilst working on the head, I noticed that both cam-cover seating areas on the head were quite rough, with sharp-feeling scratches, which suggests they were very recent - as 1) I would have noticed them when cleaning off old gaskets, when doing the shimming, in the ...

Don't go away, it gets worse. Not a single drop of oil apparent anywhere on the buckets, under the buckets, on the shims, on the valve-heads - zilch ; this "ready to fit" cylinder head was going to do all its start-up with zero lubrication around the bucket-shim-valve interface because some idiot wa...

Indeed, yes, this is what my "missing" new set of bolts looks like now it has turned up. https://i.postimg.cc/MKvK1xbG/DSC06928.jpg No apology or regrets. Ready for some more ? Since I no longer trust anything these people have done, I started to take a closer look at the head. This was the written ...

Great news David, can we insure against losing you ?
Ready for the avalanche of pent-up posts from withdrawal-symptomed forum-crawlers ?
Many thanks.

I'm aware that there are lots of noises both in the trade and on forums about the quality and longevity of the timing-chain and tensioner assembly parts being sold at the moment. Some horror stories about very short life-span etc I even considered re-fitting my old parts as they look fine and have b...

Here is a link to my alternative approach.

http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php? ... lit=DIBOND

Call The Doctor !! Gets worse. https://i.postimg.cc/htMMmMxC/IMG_2547.jpg Now made one for Holding-And-Rotating-Engine-Block-Whilst-Cleaning-And-Painting. https://i.postimg.cc/vHfN4W3j/IMG_2546.jpg Better lock up my stock of 60mm tube. Works brilliantly, easy to take the block outside for wire-brus...

This is the CMC part, available for £78 inc VAT.

Might have been tempted if it had been polished .......... but it can wait for now.

This is the tool that solves all these issues. https://i.postimg.cc/m2rWNqxW/DSC06511.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/g2X91ZkM/DSC06513.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rsF3jdPN/DSC06514.jpg http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5843&p=97774&hilit=diff#p97774 You have to wade through quite a lot but at the ...

I've probably not suffered to the same extent as many as my car was complete and had virtually no pattern parts on it, having been initially restored in the late eighties by a guy who (from the invoices I've got) trawled high and low to find original stuff - at a time when there were probably no pat...

The list continues. I had assumed the £120 plus VAT of con-rod bolts and nuts that were invoiced were indeed the parts that were holding the rods together, fresh from their re-sizing, honing, rebushing and balancing ............ http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=13109&p=106658&hilit=gudge...

Yes, hadn't thought of that. Never tried to see if it's possible.

Yes, 2346, well spotted - now corrected. Paul doesn't seem worried, 10-spline and 1.06" it is, and it would take a braver man than me to query his choice. HOWEVER next issue is that neither SNGB nor Manners have the genuine 9.5" cover in stock ........ reference HE4562. 6-8 week delay. And I dont wa...

CMC don't have any of these any more but are interested in having another go. I really like the decanter-tower type that's fitted to mine, and wondered if it wouldn't be possible to modify a breather casting (or make another ?) that would actually carry a pair of these ? There must be a reason why t...

Hey Peter Crespin, are you still outside with your coat ? Please come back inside. Starting back on 4-wheels, after an intensive spring/summer of 2-wheeled spannering and Isle of Man, now looking again at the clutch business. Everyone referrs to T5 and Tremec as having a 23-spline clutch, whereas th...

Thanks for going to such lengths, Peter, and for your suggestion, David. One is tempted to conclude, as this post began with the filler-cap, that it is the filler-cap orifice that might actually constitute the ideal spot to incorporate extra ventilation ....... maybe cam-spray precludes that locatio...

Peter, can you put a picture or two of the D type breathers up ? What source or adaptable part is good for similar period-credible hose adaptation stroke union for adding additional breather pipes, and who thinks this is anyway unnecessary and a waste of time ?