The 'E' Type Forum

Are these the ones you are referring to on the S1?

My guess would be air in the system. Suggest you start by fully bleeding the system using new brake fluid (it should be changed every two years anyway).

Good to hear from you Dave! Dealers placed customer and stock orders for the car with their Distributor who then placed the orders with the Jaguar Factory. The Factory had little sight or interest in the final destination other than the cars were bound for the USA and the records would only show the...

This is a car fitted with 16" x 7" Dayton wire wheels http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/q-max/E-Type16inchwheels.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/q-max/E-Type16inchwheels2.jpg http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y186/q-max/E-Type16inchwheels3.jpg Bear in mind the wings have all been modifi...

Pivoted Carrier Bracket Assembly for Front Number Plate https://i.postimg.cc/Kv4n9rK7/Image-1-001.jpg All E-Type's exported to the USA were supplied as standard with a tilting front number plate bracket kit to be fitted by the Dealer if local laws mandated it. Jaguar would also supply the the kits ...

The originals I bought were cosmetically very good and barely required any cleaning. After fitting them though they leaked. Here is one of them: https://i.imgur.com/C7WQJsa.jpg You can see how this one split. I did try to weld a repair using a kit designed for the job and even used plastic from anot...

:yeahthat: Also you will find the Dunlop SPSport 185 tyres fill the wheel arch very well because of their tread pattern. I will post a photo of my FHC tomorrow so you can see what it looks like. I moved the thread from the upgrade Forum to here as I don't want what you are doing to be classed as an ...

Indeed - did you find any? I bought a set of three originals a couple of years back and they all leaked within a few weeks of fitting them.

It was posted on Facebook by an onlooker so JD or their current owners can not ask for it to be removed:


if it had been removed you would not be able to see the preview screen.

Yes Ralph, but to be fair they are not subjected to rapid fluctuations in temperature or the stresses and vibrations in the engine bay.

And we have this in the Knowledge Base:
Jaguar rubber seal profiles: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lhy9o0sy8f17b ... s.pdf?dl=1

Rory Simpson of Simpson Mécanique fame = rfs1957 on the Forum.


More here:
https://www.liberiders.tv/2018/11/21/du ... mecanique/

Great guy and valued Forum member.

He needs to talk to Rory, aka Mr Ducati!

Not that it makes much difference unless you have a very early car but please can you add the model and date to your signature. Have you got all the pieces?

Beginners guide here: http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?p=4945#p4945

A member here had his engine ruined by filling with excess oil (quite a lot of it though). Once the level in the sump rises to be in contact with the crank the afore mentioned frothing occurs and the oil pump can't deal with it.

Likely you have been overfilling. What you have done is the correct thing by filling with the correct quantity and then 'marking' where the oil level sits on the dip stick. Going forward top up to that mark. Unlikely any harm will have been done. Things go really badly wrong if you over fill to the ...

Hi Carlos If you changed from a dynamo to alternator I would have thought the car would also have been converted to -ve earth. If your car is still +ve earth then the Petronix will not work unless you specified the positive earth version. Can you confirm yours is +ve ground (earth) - it should say o...

My garage is alarmed and I do not remove the steering wheel when it is in there, other than for easy maintenance access. I only remove it when I leave the car away from home. So not a problem.

Firstly it depends whether you have the felt bushes or the Elastollan ones. The felt reproduction ones are very thick and you need to soak them in a jar of oil for a couple of weeks before using. The Elastollan (plastic) are better but you need to modify them to fit your car. With the column on the ...