The 'E' Type Forum

The supply pipe seemed fine. The oil pump works even when turned by hand. My question is. Could this be the cause of such a drastic loss of oil pressure? Yes I reckon it could. Fitting the pipes into the O rings is tricky, especially as you get a fun selection of orings in a bottom gasket set, most...

I have bought a couple of sets from SC Parts/Limora who I assume you're talking about. They always seem to be the cheapest for wheels and they are very cheap on freight.

Check the specs for BA (British Association) screw threads. They look like 1 BA or 2BA. I just ran a screw through a 3BA tap; perfect fit. If you want to check yours try the little circular thumb nuts that secure the instruments; they are 3BA as well. Best thing to do is email or call Burlen and as...

Thank you Jonathon for sharing your knowledge.
Admins; could we maybe put this a sticky somewhere to make it easy to find in the future?

1963 FHC.

About the widest wires you'll fit at the rear are MWS 15x 6.5, which will fit a 205/50/15 tyre comfortably, and maybe a 215. I have no experience with the Boranni wheels except to note that one of them costs the same as a full set of 4 MWS wheels. If you want to (relatively cheaply) experiment you c...

christopher storey wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:06 pm

That looks like a 9:1 to me

I agree.

I assume that you aware that the inlet manifold is different and will not fit under the E Type bonnet?

If you stick to a brand name you'll get a reliable minimum quality. Otherwise it's probably just horses for courses.

Come on guys give the man a chance! The issue of copyright for amateur and indeed professional photographers is one that generates strong feeling. I spent many years having my underwater photos ripped off and used without any attribution or payment so I can sympathise with him. What he's offering he...

But they promised me a bigger penis!!

christopher storey wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:44 pm

This is why the SU is IMHO the most elegant mixture control device ever invented

Precisely. All you need do is set the idle correctly and everything else has already been done for you. Such clever analogue technology.

I haven't really found mine terribly useful. Spend a bit more and get a CO meter. Generally good advice but you can't separate the carbs by exhaust pipe. I bought five colortunes to add to the one I already had, because I had six carbs to tune. A Weber DCOE is two carbs sharing a common float bowl....

I haven't really found mine terribly useful. Spend a bit more and get a CO meter.

AshM wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:31 am

My quandary is that trusted advice from people on here I 100% respect are opposing.
Cheers
Ash

Having encouraged you, I would quote the First Law of most things which is "If it works don't stuff around with it".

Te escutcheons are not handed so they both open and close the same way.

A bit of provenance never hurts in a sale.

My brother in law recently bought a RR first owned by Peter Sellars. Apparently Spike Milligan was locked in its boot on one occasion. His hammering and yelling eventually brought the Police. When the Sergeant released him, all he said was "Not you again!".

You can't see them once assembled.

If you really wanted to clean the old ones I would put them in an ultrasonic cleaner with 25% by volume vinegar and a good squirt of dish washing detergent.

Yes, replace it. Cut the old loom connectors off with half an inch of original wiring left and leave them on the switches etc. Autosparks are the best choice. I've used maybe a dozen of their looms and only seen a few mistakes. Be prepared to reuse your old bonnet plug. The repro ones are just crapp...

I was thinking about pinking due to generally lower octane ratings with unleaded. Might be a problem if you have higher compression in your motor. I use 95 RON with no problems. My engines have around 160psi compression. I had no end of trouble with a car with compression around 185/190psi and fina...