The 'E' Type Forum

Sets of 3.8 carbs with the 3 individual manifolds have been cheaper than the single manifold 4.2 sets in the past. That's maybe less true today, especially for the early 3.8 iteration. Both have the same choke setup, and will work with the 4.2 engine. Yes, you need to deal with the different water p...

Steve you own a Series 2 E Type. At a guess less than 10000 other people on the planet can say that. It's worth a small fortune, and it will only increase in value. You don't like the Strombergs, and Webers are only really suited to race cars. Spend the money and buy a set of triple SUs. You'll neve...

1. If you believe the manufacturers, probably yes. 2. Yes but it will still contain some mineral oil components, which may degrade more quickly than the fully synthetic molecules. 3. Personally I'd just change the oil earlier than normal and put in fully synthetic if you believe 1. The general recom...

You have to wonder whether variations in castings and machining sometimes allow this hole to accidentally penetrate the casing. You could imagine that if the raw casting isn't loaded into the mill exactly centred more material could be removed from one side rather than another resulting in a thinner...

From experience if you don't heat it you'll really struggle to get it onto the fitting.

I have had some success using nylon tube from places that use it for pneumatic/hydraulic actuation. I bought 50m but we have done a lot of cars with it.

To be honest for 1 car I'd be buying it from SNGB.

malcolm wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:34 pm

I contacted 123ignition.nl and asked if they could send me the curves for all the settings, and they said they didn't have them - bit hard to believe?

Precisely.

You'll notice the pedal is splined and slotted, and held to the shaft with a bolt that tightens the slot down onto the shaft. If you loosen the bolt you can push the tip of a screwdriver into the slot, opening it up enough that you should be able to rotate the pedal for adjustment. As Barrie says th...

You probably have the wrong gasket fitted behind the timing cover.

I think Pex is right.

Chicks dig a man with a welder.

The tap is lower than the water pump so there will still be some coolant in the block. Unscrew the tap from the block. Secure it in a vice. Take the split pin out from the bottom of the tap spigot. The spigot is tapered, so you can gently hit it with a hammer and drive it out. Be careful how much fo...

Gfhug wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 28, 2020 4:41 pm

Remember the firing order for a six cylinder car is:
Too young, too old, just right

Brilliant!

politeperson wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:37 am

Andrew,

Maybe now is the time to ditch Windows 98.

Found this for you!

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Happy New Year,

James

That Walkinshaw lap is terrifying.

For the last week I've been wondering why my CPU fan was noisy, It never has been before. I've finally worked out why. The "snow" effect uses a lot of CPU power. When I flip from Google to the Forum my CPU usage jumps from around 3% to an average of 60% on all 4 cores! Coupled with this my core temp...

I don't want to sound like the voice of doom but I'm not convinced that there is no problem with your engine. I'm not a world expert but I have been involved in building and commissioning more than 20 E Type engines over the last 10 years. None of them are burning oil in the way you describe. What y...

I think it's probably supposed to be flat but often it has a slightly convex curve to it, as you're alluding to.

I've always assumed that this was a function of getting that corner box section to come together properly.

A very good idea, and certainly easier than me making a broach.

tim wood wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:19 pm

Not saying that these won’t be of good quality and will do the job,

Where did you expect the parts would have been made?

On mine the toothed wheel is actually made up of four individual 125 thou thick discs, but there's no reason why one single piece as in your photo wouldn't work. You could probably do the slotted hole with an endmill although you would need to hand file the sharp corner either into the hole or off t...

Measurements in thousandths of an inch.