The 'E' Type Forum

OK, reference is : MBSC45-004 NBR Self Centering Bonded I ordered 220 and paid £48.22 including VAT and postage within UK. My contact was doug.bane@barnwell.co.uk First feedback from a Usual Suspect who has been using the same ones but of a less-appropriate size : Fitted them today and can see the s...

Sorry lads, aka Geoff and Tony, David Muir got the last set, posted Friday. So the ten sets I bought have all gone. Will put up the Barnwells contact details and confirm the reference so that if anyone else wants to become a washer distributor they have all they need. Note that I am not charging a f...

Now have them to send out, available at cost, £4.82 for 22 plus letter post, call it £6 all in, to anywhere you like - compares well with £15.84 plus postage if you were to buy 22 direct. Yves (Polse7317) in La Rochelle has fixed a rather generous Euro-conversion at 10€ but I think that includes a g...

I touched on these here http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=14363&p=116995&hilit=8103#p116995 and am putting them in this separate post to make them easier to search for. Couldn't find any usual suspect who stocked them as Jag parts. However, smaller one (8103, under the balance valve) can ...

Had an interesting trawl through some cars on the hummock at Silverstone last week, here are twelve examples of what the wrong overlap looks like, with abject apologies to any owners concerned. My car has lots of faults, but just not this one. It's hard to get right ; there were only twelve cars up ...

Absolutely plus 1 from me, this is a farm-out job every time. The Burlen instructions are hopeless, as visible on Steve's mgcjag's link, I agree - but not for the reasons evoked. The original bushes are indeed cast in, and NOT visible inside the venturi, so they require machining out - which essenti...

Adapter now made, anyone interested in these as a kit send me a PM.

And now that I've got my initial prototype back (and plated !) here are a few for the doubters regarding just how useful this is ............... Adjustable angles for access and lighting, whilst doing the timing side ? https://i.postimg.cc/Dw8mTZkw/DSC07898.jpg Tweaking the orientation when titratin...

Crawling there, but so far so good ........... this is the pre-production SNGB version.



Got my name in neon lights at last.

Bought my own Powerlite at Silverstone this weekend and was very impressed by Michael Hadley the MD. There is confusion in these posts about the identity of these "dynamo-alternators" - there are several products on the market purporting to be the same thing, and they are NOT all Powerlite, and ther...

Have just ordered 220 ! So nine sets to pass on.
Won't get them anyway until I go to Manchester again around the 20th, but will count you in.

Barnwell have sent me a sample (right) of the self-centreing version of Geoff's 1/4" Dowty-type washers, and they look perfect in that there are two distinct functions addressed, such that their grip around the thread is more snug than the basic version (left), which can't do any harm, see picture. ...

I suspect others may end up with - or may already have - this problem, and it's one I only discovered by accident when overhauling the radiator and ancilliaries. With hindsight I should have picked up on raised noise-levels ........... My SPAL fan is 15 years old but has in reality done very little ...

I would agree with Andrew that we can over-complicate without adding anything to the user experience. I used Distributor Doctor to build me a specific-curve distributor for the 1380cc engine in the MiniVan, and got exactly what I asked for ; it was "expensive" in comparison to our skewed perception ...

As it's going to Royalty I shall have to bead-blast it and re-fettle it.
Would Sir prefer black paint, or zinc-chromate ?
I have a batch going through shortly, Pete.

PS If any UsualSuspect with a ProRace damper wants my TDC-pointer as detailed here http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5856&p=41405#p41405 it's free to the first bidder, as it doesn't quite fit with the new toothed-wheel. https://i.postimg.cc/fRQmpwjj/DSC06308.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/zG0Kd...

Thanks for that research, Adrian, I had in fact already tried EasternSeals and this was their reply. Good Morning Rory Thank you very much for your enquiry – Unfortunately on this occasion, we are unable to offer. Kind regards, Steph Stephanie Sanderson Sales E: stephanie.sanderson@easternseals.co.u...

Am sure that with good original covers, never overtightened, clamping surfaces good and perpendicular to stud axes, never re-welded etc - the original Cu washers are just fine. When all the aforementioned conditions are not met they need help, and the Dowty principle is more tolerant.

Too late, Simon, my name is now on them.
Indeed any number of 1/4 BSP available, but not much use to us.
Will contact Barnwell's, it would be nice to find a reliable source of correct 1/4" rather than 6mm, and then publish the details here for everyone.

Whilst browsing for washers the other day, it occurred to me to look out for some Dowty-type 1/4" seals, which for those that don't know are a metallic washer with a rubber sealing insert that grips the bolt as well as sealing the interface. They have often been referred to here as being suitable fo...