The 'E' Type Forum

Mark : on my screen I now notice that the red of your car in your avatar is really quite close to what I see in my mind's eye as Carmen . I would suggest that you take your filler cap lid along to one of those paint suppliers who can scan colours and get a formula that way PS whereabouts are you in ...

Unfortunately, the paint samples shown on this site are nothing like the real thing ( although that does not invalidate the codes ) . There is a website http://www.xkedata.com/catalog/colors/ which shows actual cars , which gives a much more realistic guide to the colours. Carmen Red is a red/orange...

If your engine really is S2 then it will be a long stud engine. The easy way to tell is that the long stud engines have 5 core plugs on the exhaust side . Short stud units only have 3 . You can certainly obtain extra thickness gaskets, which are often used amongst other reasons to restore the correc...

The last paragraph above is nonsense

The chrome bezel instrument is likely to be from an XJ12 series 1

Further inquiry on xkedata shows that this has been up for sale for at least 6 months , and there have been two "failed" auctions where it has received only low top bids - IIRC US dollars 32K and in a second auction 43K, in each case failing to reach reserve . There has to be a reason for this

I'm sorry , I meant Marek not Barry

I agree with all that is said above. Just to add a few thoughts 1. It is difficult to be sure, but the colour does not look like authentic opalescent silver blue to me . That is quite a vivid colour : this one has a much too silvery tint to my eye 2. With those 205/65 tyres it will drive like a pig ...

The one thing you can be absolutely sure about is that anything connected with Transport for London will be a complete shambles

The man you need goes on this site under the name of Barry . He is the expert on all things relating to the S3

Jerry : a very common problem. What I suggest you do is make sure that the cradle is supported, then make up a drift longer in length but smaller in diameter than the bolt, which IIRC is 5/16" and then tap the bolt out from the inside .

Very badly chosen ratios which will spoil the driving experience , particularly when compared with either the Moss or the EJ ( close ratio ) all synchro box . Both 1st and 2nd are too low

Bernie : it depends how much of a purist you are, but I note that the oil and ammeter have the straight sided bezels, whereas the water and fuel look to be the curved bezels - unless it's a trick of light /shadow . I'm afraid i don't know which are correct for your car

Eagle might be number one in your estimation . However, I'm afraid not everyone shares your view .I regard that quaint old boy William Lyons as number one

Yes .... most likely is seal failure in the servo "master cylinder"

The short answer is no . The mark 10 carbs had the "hisser" automatic choke , but a much more serious difficulty is that the bells are taller than the E type version and to make matters worse the manifold sets them higher than those on the E type so that they will not fit under the bonnet. As far as...

Steve : I remember the colour well, and it was only ever a solid colour with a slightly greyer hue than brg. As far as Jaguar heritage people are concerned, I am afraid that the ones I have met seem to have difficulty distinguishing their coccyx from their olecranon

Interesting : Sherwood green was most certainly a solid rather than a metallic colour, and the shade on my computer screen looks absolutely nothing like it

But something does not add up is the paperwork duration is described as 235 degrees. Surely this must be wrong, but I cannot get an answer or sensible explanation from Rob Beere ! Have a look at his website and explain to me how that can be so low. John : the quotation of duration is very much depe...

Oil Pressure Gauge switch . The switch which actuates the ignition warning light in early 4.2 cars screws into the horizontal oil gallery forward of the filter