The 'E' Type Forum

Kia ora bro! Your handle "ohope" is familiar; are you on any other car sites?

markhooper wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 19, 2019 10:42 am

Do you have a link for David Lacey's website?

Many Thanks

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CAC9937 or JLM11860, which is the XJ6 and onward ball joint is what you're looking for.

They seem to be available on E Bay; I searched "JLM11860 Lemforder".

https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_fro ... _PrefLoc=2

At the end of the day if the car goes well, all is probably well. A few thoughts... I have never measured the fuel consumption of any of my cars. If I cared about it I wouldn't be driving a 4.2l hemi headed straight six designed in the 1930s. I wouldn't focus on it as a measure of tune as how you dr...

The plot thickens. Apparently VW busses use the blue coil..

https://www.ratwell.com/technical/BlueCoil.html

tell me Andrew , how can I check cam follower fit and tappet guide for looseness? The buckets wear at the top and bottom producing a slight barrel shape. I think that this has to do with the way the cam lobe pushes off centre when it hits the top of the follower so that it spins. I don't think that...

https://www.123ignitionshop.com/gb/57-coils

Spongy Brakes: Air in the brakes is common. By far the best way to bleed them is with positive pressure using a big syringe. See http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6273&p=44643&hilit=syringe+bleed#p44643 Persistence will fix this problem. Gearbox popping out: Gearbox popping out of gear is...

The blue thing is a capacitor. Now I don't know anything about S3 charging systems so others will chime in. But this is from the manual.

Found them.

Photos of Moss box.



Also my 4.2 box.

I've got a couple of Moss boxes in the shed so I'll have a look this afternoon for you.

1. I would.
2. The wire to the battery is pretty heavy gauge so it should be fine.
3. If they say it's OK it should be fine. It's all about the speed the alternator needs to be driven at and using the existing pulley means you can use the standard fanbelt.
4. What do the manufacturer suggest?

A shout out to Jonathon at E Type parts for excellent service. He answered 3 emails over the weekend, subsequently taking and sending me pictures of a part I inquired about. In comparison, I have yet to receive any reply from an email sent to a UK panel manufacturer after a week. I haven't had much ...

Marquis Rex wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 14, 2019 7:06 pm

The E types roll centres seem rather high- 280 mm at the front and 146 mm at the rear.

Very informative, thank you.

How did you arrive at the 280mm figure, or is the maths too complex?

Failure of vacuum boost should make your pedal harder rather than softer. To replace the L engine frame in (I assume) a LHD car they've probably removed the LHS brake caliper, the booster, some pipework and possibly the pedal box including the brake and clutch master. As a mechanic finishing a long ...

splosh wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 13, 2019 10:43 am

Incidentaly, does the ARP Studs have the shouldered stud also in their kit ???

XKS sell them and at a reasonably comparable price.

Essentially you can't get what Jaguar originally used; a heat formed textured plastic.

Vinyl material is what you are left with. It's thicker so you run into problems with clearance.

Sorry but when I originally read your post I thought you had put a pair of Zeus calipers on the front.

You can't run different calipers on different sides; it doesn't work like that.

Grayjay66 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:22 am

So since the Dunlop side is behaving normally and the Zeus side is not, it would seem the problem is with both of the Zeus calipers/pistons

Sounds like it. Are they new? Used? Rebuilt?

Andrew, thanks very much for your comprehensive info as usual - much appreciated. Cheers Pete Welcome. I am currently waiting for my trimmer to come back from his overseas holiday and I have completely run out of things to do on 889457 so I have far too much time on my hands. My"job" for this morni...