The 'E' Type Forum

Hi all I went today and having booked my ticket online paid the normal £10 not £15 which some had to as they paid on the day I would say it was reasonably well attended, certainly not packed and certain suppliers, such as Coventry Auto Components for the XK world And Automec for brake parts were not...

I just booked…let’s see what it turns out to be like..

Hi Adam

Is your headliner not the type normally glued to the steel roof..it’s only double sided contact adhesive that holds it..high temperature type I buy via eBay

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220463087601

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Jonathan

I am in 2 minds about it….the distance isn’t an issue as it’s about the same for me in Surrey…and even the entrance fee can be maintained at £10 by booking on line…it’s more whether there will be many traders in attendance…always the 64,000 dollar question…I spoke with Stuart at Coventry Auto Spares...

well….the short version is I think I’ve got a little bit of an improvement First thing I did was to change the pads to EBC green stuff type which were a little bit of a tight fit into the Zeus alloy callipers, but fit they did eventually I then took the car for a short test drive, and I felt that th...

Andrew

Not sure if this will work for you but when I did mine I used a pair of spare old rear discs with threaded bars running between the mounting holes..the dampers fitted between the rods neatly

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Jonathan

New pads arrived today so i will be doing that for sure

Hi Marek :bigrin: …vague was the way in which the car would come to a halt…I am used to no servo at all on my ‘74 911…but at least hard pressure results in it stopping…the E was more like a gradual sense of slowing down with the pedal applied… It’s interesting to check the servo functioning so I wil...

Thanks Dave

Have sent you a PM

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Jonathan

Evening all I’ve done some testing… With the engine running if I depress the brake pedal, there is absolutely no change in the revs whatsoever. Having run the engine for about a minute and then cracked off the vacuum hose from the top of the bellows unit there was absolutely no hiss of escaping at a...

Thanks both…testing will resume this evening..!

Right….tried that….made absolutely no difference whatsoever….

What do I do next…please

Thanks Simon….I think I can try that in the garage later this evening….

Hi guys Apologies in advance as this question is a little bit vague, but I’m not quite sure how else to describe the predicament Let’s just say that yesterday when I took the car out ….after many weeks of lying idle all seem to be okay as I popped down to the petrol station to get more fuel and retu...

I used sika flex ….new ones were so unlike the actual shape of the car….ended up having my originals re-chromed…so much better fit…..

Hi guys. It would appear that the simple answer to this question is in two words… “Head gasket…” I decided to take the engine apart and having kept the original timing chains, and indeed, the ones from my E Type rebuild from a number of years ago, I compared the new chains with my old ones… Although...

Hello Ken
My coupe is March 6th build date..LHD…am based near Guildford

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Jonathan

Good to hear…

Hi Andrew It’s the right way round Having talked to Twyfords this morning they are sure all their parts are the correct spec…so having thought about it all day I am going to take the sump off….timing cover off and strip all the sprockets….at least that way I can check old against new and have a bett...

Hi Steve Thanks for that ..it’s so strange having this problem as when I built the E Type I had no such issues…anyway…. I will call Twyfords in the morning and see what they say..but I am warming to the idea of the old style metal gasket..with either copper coat or well seal..maybe Tywords have a pr...