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- Tue Feb 26, 2013 1:13 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: photo showing wiring loom behind the central panel
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6399
"as the same loom is used for both left and right handers; part of it merely being turned through 180 degrees to get the instrument cluster wires on the correct side of the car" Are you sure about this Christopher; I need to do this conversion and the part number is different for the right and left ...
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Panels, welding and things
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3904
I try to follow the original form of construction where possible; I have been spot welding replacement panels, where I can reach and plug welding them where I can?t. I butt weld in patch panels to make them like the originals. If you have a lot of panels to replace, a spot welder is a good investmen...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:32 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: panel fit front wheel arch bonnet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8346
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 8:16 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: panel fit front wheel arch bonnet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8346
Looking at your photos I can?t decide whether the sill is splaying outwards or the wing is pointing inwards. I would run a straight edge along the sill and then across the door on to the wing to see which one is the problem. If it is the sill then it may be necessary to remove the battery tray and s...
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:27 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Safe parking considerations while away from home
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8017
My philosophy is - if you are worried about using it, no point owning it. Make sure your insurance is up to date with an agreed value and then just go out and enjoy. Hi David, I agree with you, which is why I am building a driver and not a concourse car. The problem for me is that it is not just mo...
- Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:40 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Safe parking considerations while away from home
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8017
Safe parking considerations while away from home
Hi, I see a few of you like to tour Europe etc in your E-Types and that set me to wonder how you protected them from theft or vandalism overnight while away. I am currently restoring my E, but with my 340, I am constantly worried about its safety. Parking overnight in a hotel car park has made me re...
- Thu Jun 28, 2012 12:08 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Anti roll bar and a shock absorber mystery
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5345
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:09 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Luggage board support brackets 65 FHC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1630
- Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:33 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Luggage board support brackets 65 FHC
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1630
Luggage board support brackets 65 FHC
Hi, The PO has cut off the three top hat shaped brackets at the front of the spare wheel well on my 65 FHC. They are the supports for the bracket assembly BD28350 that screws to the end of the forward luggage floor and supports the petrol tank and spare wheel covers. I have calculated that they are ...
- Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:41 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Panel over back axle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5157
- Tue Feb 07, 2012 1:20 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Paint Stripper
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2728
- Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:26 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Smokey engine
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8074
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Finding the history of my E-Type
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3351
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 6:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Finding the history of my E-Type
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3351
- Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:26 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Finding the history of my E-Type
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3351
Finding the history of my E-Type
Hi, I am just about to start the restoration of my E-type after spending some time extending my garage to make the room. I have very little history on the car, which spent a large portion of its life in Utah. Utah is like a closed state; nobody wants to talk to me there! Anyway, I thought I should t...
- Thu Nov 03, 2011 8:25 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Series 1.5 caliper swap
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2621
You could use Coopercraft 4 piston callipers which are a direct bolt on replacement for the Series one.
http://www.coopercraft.co.uk/
I use them on my Mk2 Jaguar (same uprights as Series one E-Type) and they are excellent.
Paul
http://www.coopercraft.co.uk/
I use them on my Mk2 Jaguar (same uprights as Series one E-Type) and they are excellent.
Paul
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:00 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Stoneleigh
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2747
I think I have only missed one Spares Day in all the time it has been running, but over the last few years I have been getting more and more disillusioned. The prices have rocketed even for remanufactured stuff. I bought an E-Type door skin in April for ?70.00, which compared to any other make of ca...
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 2:40 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: FHC Heated rear screen options
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2130
FHC Heated rear screen options
Has anyone purchased the SNG heated rear screen (BD22740)? Is it a good fit? Is it indistinguishable from the original? Does it have the Triplex stamp on it? If you had the choice between a used original, (for around the same price) or this replacement, which would you choose? Thanks for your input....
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:12 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: LHD to RHD wiring harness differences
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4302
You may be right David, but I just don?t like crimped connections. While I was replacing the loom on my 340, several of the connections became detached while trying to manoeuvre it through holes etc; they just aren?t as secure as the original soldered connections. I may have been a little heavy hand...
- Wed Nov 24, 2010 1:46 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: LHD to RHD wiring harness differences
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4302
Hi Mark, Thanks for your advice and warning; I intend to solder on bullet connectors to join any necessary extensions. I replaced the wiring harness in my Jaguar 340 and there are plenty of good correctly coloured wires available from the old loom. I bought the new loom for the 340 from one of the r...