The 'E' Type Forum

I have added the file to my Google Drive. Can someone please try the link to confirm it works please? Just click on the blue download button on the screen below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1skMzAaAXOHmNBEKcbLgzW0--hz0F4Ymw/view?usp=sharing ignore the text, it is a zipped file so can't be previe...

The basic plan is free, although you may need to search for it, and gives you 2Gb of storage. It also allows you to read rather download the whole manual series. I will see if I can find a direct link to the free plan

Andrew Bowie has donated a series of Jaguar manuals to our community: Instructions: "These manuals run on an old Flash based program (included), and as such will probably only work on Windows. I have used them on XP, Win7 and Win10. To get these to work: 1. Download the entire folder you want; eg "D...

You can't. We used to use Photobucket, which was free to host photos. They then suddenly changed their business model and held users to hostage by demanding $800 per annum or they would delete their photos. This ruined their business overnight with millions of users grabbing their albums and running...

We adhere to the 12 days of Christmas rule - six days before, six days after the big day and the way it used to be.

Just received this from Mike Frank (Coolcat Corp): Hi David: You may be aware that I've been working on reproducing C20766, which is the unique thermostat used for Series 1 4.2 E-Types. This thermostat had full bypass control, high flow, wax-motor, and a set point of 74C. It was also backwards compa...

These articles from the Forum Knowledge Base may help: Wiper motor operation DL3 guide: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x7f9u2g650up8qg/S1%20wiper-motor%20technical.pdf?dl=1 Wiper Motor DL3 operation and wiring: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hxrf5x1ws1zac1i/wiper-articles.pdf?dl=1 Wiper motor LHD to RHD conve...

The green (they were always green leather on the S1 cars) hold-down straps pass through the eyelets when the hood is down and attach to the fittings on the rear bulkhead.

Trico Washer Fluid Trico supplied Jaguar with the Reservac, a repurposed wiper vacuum tank, and they supplied Lucas with the wiper blades who then supplied them to Jaguar. There are numerous examples of such co-operation between the two companies, dating back to 1928 when Trico was contracted to su...

Your user name (Sarthe72) and account are still active. If you login with that name and request a password reset instructions will be immediately emailed to you.

Already done! - It is in the KB as a link to this page.

Why not just stick with the original 4 speed knob? If you need the knob engraved with the 5th gear position you really should not be driving, or consider a move to an automatic

Please post the car number and also update XKEdata.com with details and the fact it is stolen.

Could be the PO installed it or the Service Department but clearly it was not done at the Factory! Is it required? The fan motor is basically a repurposed wiper motor which does not have a relay so given the Lucas switches are rated at 16A and the fan draws about 7.5 Amps the Lucas/Jaguar engineers ...

The Lucas relay for the fan motor #C18122 was mounted on the right hand side of the header tank support bracket. It was deleted on LHD cars in October 1962 and on RHD cars in June 1963:

The key code will be on the lock barrel: viewtopic.php?p=34688#p34688

Start here: https://www.jaguarheritage.com/archive- ... tificates/

The DL3A was only fitted to US export LHD S1.5 cars but also used on other British cars whose electrical engineers were obviously way brighter than those at Jaguar. :shrug: https://i.postimg.cc/CKc3CdGG/wiper-1.jpg Usually on eBay e.g. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364510017646?epid=2095480182&hash=ite...