The 'E' Type Forum

Yes, I glued the seal into position. I'd bought the seal directly from the manufacturer (forget the name, family company H Barnes or something similar) and was very happy with the cross section profile and softness. I glued the seal with conventional brush on contact adhesive, and let both sides tot...

When I put my tailgate back on a few months ago (bare metal repaint & new seal) I shimmed it into position in the opening using equal amounts of plastic shims side to side, and top to bottom. The shims were about business card sized and cut from old table mats (made of single thickness plastic sheet...

Mine are chromed but I let them get some surface rust so as not to be too glitzy :D

This may also be useful if stuck on the big diagram. A referance system for all the colour codings.

http://www.autoelectricsupplies.co.uk/p ... ng_colours

Carsten, I fitted mine a week ago and unfortunately didn't measure it, however I do remember approx which O-ring I used from my assortment box that contains everything from 5mm to 50mm diameter. If I recall right I used the OD 24 / ID 19 O-ring. I'd initially tried a larger diameter (that looked to ...

Carsten

You just take them back for an annual super-detailed polish for 80 Euros, just make sure the same command mistake happens next time too !

When did you drive last time? Is this first run of the year? If so I would start to check fuel supply (full tank Y/N, filter clogged Y/N, fuel coming through to carbs Y/N), before starting on ignition side of things.

Nice car, looks even better now than in did on the Norwegian 'ebay' :D I remember it well, it was just 20 minutes drive from me, but before I'd got myself out the front door, it was sold. Can't remember the timings precisely, but it was a matter of hours from the posting of the advert. Lucky buyer. ...

Over here we have different types of fail, guess it's similar in UK. Worst kind is your car is parked and you can't drive home, safety critical stuff. Next kind is a fail that you have to repair and re-show to the test centre once fixed, or else the MOT will lapse. Then the last kind is just the 'he...

What I find quite amusing is when showing my car to friendly petrolheads and tech-heads, as soon as I open the bonnet (of my straight six), most sigh in admiration of all the polished alumunium and say "gorgeous V12".

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I fitted clear ones 2 years ago, sort of flat pancake design, Jag spec, but they split after a year, the 'silicone' material had harnened and was not very flexible. I changed them out with the black type (still Jag spec) that looks like the classic 'boot' we're used to. They are still flexible. I've...

I've ordered a couple of LR 532453 thermostats which will duly arrive at end of month at next Ryanair family visit. One to modify and one as a spare if the angle grinder slips :D I am particularly interested in the diameter of the sliding sleeve element on the LR unit, in terms of better blocking of...

Dave Good idea starting a clean thread, the first one had so much info it got confusing, especially when I read up the www.bobine.nl and the georgiajag articles. You cut-down thermostat from WatJag looks interesting, I guess it replicates the function of the C3731/1* from SNG, in that it has a short...

It's several months since I did mine, but from memory there is a short screw approx in the middle of the flap, that pushes down on a square tab washer / clamp, that grips around the bent rod that acts as the pivot shaft. I vaguely rememnber that this might be hidden under the sealing foam. Once the ...

Implicit, explicit, context and semantics. Lovely words which are far too seldom used nowadays.

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Could it be a loose spoke? Run a piece of wood lightly around the wheel and check audibly that the spokes all have the same 'ring' to them.

I painted mine, using a local (Norway = Arcanol) high quality metal primer that comes in a variety of standard colours. It can be used as a topcoat when applied in 2 coats. On other projects I'd worked through tins called aluminium, zink, grey and finally found out that metal-grey is to my eyes a pr...

The "what is this for" hole is (on my 4.2 car at least) for the pusher rod that activates the tilting of the front number plate mounting plate / bracket, possibly only fitted to US cars (but don't quote me on this!). I personally don't like the rod or the mounting plate so I've removed them. The hor...

Very nice! More pictures please :D

Bob

Mine is 355mm long (overall) and 180mm high. The bend occurs 255mm from the front.