The 'E' Type Forum

Cylinder Head Paint http://i.imgur.com/5fVtWMf.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Z6mpPAF.jpg Cars produced up until October 1961 had the cylinder heads painted the same colour as the XK150S engines - Bradite 'Golden Yellow', a standard British Standard colour. After this date the heads continued to be painted...

Well I was wrong on both counts. The repro E-Type spinner weighs 2lb 6oz, whatever that is in euros.

Yes, I have the Radtec and initially fitted the Coolcat fan along with the Mitsubishi thermostat. As the fan did not seem to come on almost at all I decided to put back the original Lucas motor and single blade fan. The car is fine and I have been stuck in traffic on a hot day without problems thank...

The original cylinder head paint was produced by Bradite and Jaguar records show it was 'Gold'. Those same records do not show a different colour paint used after 1961 - it is recorded as 'Gold' throughout XK150S and 3.8 production. Confusion was caused by Bradite supplying Gold metallic (known as B...

My experience is if you rely on the rear view mirror you are driving too slow!

you need to change your signature Simon - it is out of date

Congratulations Simon although I expected no less of you

PhD in synthetic organic chemistry should serve you well. Lots of job opportunities here and in Russia!

The support bar is a pain on the OTS as it constantly catches your eye especially when the sun is out. Jaguar used it to stiffen the windscreen more than anything else, being convenient for the mirror was a bonus.

Yes but the hub threads are also the opposite direction so it works as advertised. Chapman wanting to prove everyone wrong again or maybe he thought doing it that way would "add lightness" by making the spinner smaller. Certainly the aluminium spinner used on the Elan 26R was incredibly light: Stand...

You could use something like this: https://s8.postimg.cc/nsmog2sn9/s-l1600.jpg https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/281887111544?chn=ps Lots more to choose from: http://classicpartsltd.com/classic-car-products/classic-car-mirrors/interior-mirrors.html https://www.holden.co.uk/displayproducts.asp?sg=2&pgCode=092...

Steve Lotus Elan SE spinners are indeed the opposite to Jaguar - male rather than female. This was probably an attempt by Colin Chapman to avoid paying royalties to Jaguar/Dunlop who bought the rights to the Rudge Whitworth system. No surprises there of course but the patent stood firm as it was all...

Mark

Anything that will witness will do - talc, chalk, red grease, black grease, soot, carbon, ketchup - you just need something that will be displaced on contact. Be creative!

The trouble is there are three components to the Rudge Whitworth system (hub, wheel and spinner) and any one of them, if reproduced poorly or out of original specification, can cause these problems. Some combinations are OK, others are not as you are finding out. My belief is the spinners are the ma...

They are both original Albion-Brockhouse but from different time frames and dies. The dies wore out and as new ones were commissioned Jaguar would have the opportunity to make changes, hence the difference in the arrow. The number '3' on one of them suggests it was the third iteration of the die. I ...

Yes, a reversed image. LWE's had the battery under the carbs as the exhaust side had the dry sump oil tank next to it.

Don't think it has anything to do with continued self tightening because once the tapers lock they can't physically move further. Here is another explanation of the Rudge Whitworth hub which seems to confirm it: In 1913 the Rudge Whitworth coned locking device was introduced. The parallel splines ar...

I found this explanation of the way the Rudge Whitworth hub works but I am no wiser as to whether it actually tightens, remains were it was set or does not self-loosen. And if it does tighten, how much torque can be applied in this manner: "In its essentials the Rudge-Whitworth wheel comprised three...

OTS has two drain holes in the lip around the boot opening and these have flexible pipes running to holes on the rear valance to the rear of the wheels.

Coil most likely the culprit - as they get hot the winding's start to break down. Start by replacing the coil and go from there. If the condenser has gone it is unlikely the car will start but you should replace the cap if you can.

No, the forward motion of the wheel prevents them from becoming loose - they are notionally "automatic locking" hubs in that they they lock where you leave them, not get tighter with use. You set how tight you want them and they stay that way, hence my experience with the Lotus. As Donald Bastow (ex...