The 'E' Type Forum

Heating only the nylon tube is not the best procedure..it cools too quick...heat both the nylon and the metal banjo fixture...the metal of the banjo retains the heat far longer Hot water from the kettle and immerse in a mug is fine...I had no problems if I gripped the nylon in my hand and pushed fir...

Ian made me a lovely stainless exhaust recently...he is not one for keeping the web site up to date and is slowing down with work so he said
Best to give him a call

Jonathan

The angle of your upper wishbones gives me some hope that when I fit my bonnet the ride height may end up being correct....!

Yup...that what I thought I would have to do This weekend I managed to drill all the holes for the channels...then cleaned/primed and top coated the channels....so either later in the week or next weekend I shall begin to fix them in place Appreciate the photos guys...confirms what inhad suspected.....

Hi Paul That was one of my original reasons for asking the question, as I wondered if there were a protrusion would it not be better within the metal channel....and which i would then notch the rubber if it needed it.... However...having now modified my rivet gun so the ends will fit into the channe...

All the engine frame bolts on my car were black and certainly looked up disturbed and original

Hi Pete

Have you installed your torsion bars yet...before you go any further I would try them to make sure the splines holes are all clean inside the wishbones

Like the tidy arrangement of all your tools...!...

Best
Jonathan

Thanks Andrew
I can imagine why folks don’t bother...but as I have prepped them and drilled them I shall continue...!.. they sure would be easier to rivet from inside..but I somehow suspected that wouldn’t be right]

All the best
J

Evening all The shallow U shaped mild steel channel section which is fixed by rivets to the door and quarter light window opening....and which receives the rubber weather trim....to be precise Should I be using the rivets with the rivet gun held inside the cabin or from the outside....I cannot recal...

Phil
If you have nimble fingers And a good torch....you should be able to get to the 4 bolts that hold that additional tank support..and leave the IRS in place.....it’s essential for this to be removed...the factory manual explains the procedure

All the best
Jonathan

......If you had been able to establish - endoscope - that the washer wasn't stuck on the crank sprocket, and been able to prove this by rotating the engine (no plugs) freely by hand, no jamming, then you could have happily concluded that it was down there and would stay there forever. I have seen p...

Good guess... :bigrin: Suffice it to say that my efforts to remove the sump were not completely successful...as without more wrestling it doesn’t clear the reaction plate...as you will all probably know....however within this whole episode I had one piece of luck and that is that with the endoscope ...

Oh no..it dropped in for sure...the clinking sound as it dropped and bounced its way down is still clear in my memory.....

Hi Andrew Appreciate the sentiment...I had a look as best I could tonight with the endoscope and couldn’t see anything.....but...me being me, I am going to try and get that sump off....without removing the reaction plate as I really don’t want to disturb he suspension as it was a pain to do.... From...

Nah don't worry. It's in the sump and it's not going anywhere. If you really want to you can take off the sump and retrieve it. To be honest though, you can leave it and reconnect with it next time you rebuild the engine. PS there shouldn't be washers under the setscrews C2310 that hold the camshaf...

Morning all
Just bought an WiFi type endoscope on Amazon.....am still going to get the gaps done this Friday then I can see if its a sump off job or not....

Hi Simon
Good suggestion...I will try...

After an hour of time passed I’m more philosophical....its a first world problem after all...

But you are right...hands on restoration is a real collection of emotions.....

All the best
Jonathan

Hi Steve
I wish I could but I used stainless washers on the 4 bolts....

Well..I was preparing for adjusting the valve gaps...as per my other thread tonight...but although all 4 bolts are out of the sprockets...to free up the camshafts..only 3 out of 4 washers are with them...I am totally fed up as I dropped one of the washers down inside the timing case.... This car res...