The 'E' Type Forum

All the 5-speeds work, with varied features & benefits. You've had lots of testimonials so just need to pick your price point and pull the trigger.

Was in Ft. Myers for the Jag festival in Oct, then NovDecJan in UK and Milwaukee for the AGM, so no Amelia.

Overdrive? Overdrive? Not me Pete. Others may try. I did have one on my Dolomite (first car) and it was the only part of the engine and drivetrain that didn't break down. But I'm very happy with my standard E type box thank you Sorry Jeremy, it was Julian AKA Cactusman. Jezzer, Jules, same differen...

The colour may match but the metal particles won't settle in the same way so it reflects light differently. . Does it match the colour of the overdrive casting you have squeezed into your FHC and for which some of us are still awaiting pix to encourage/discourage attempts at the same alchemy? As yo...

It sheds heat so it contributes to cooling, but is not really necessary unless your temp runs hot during your kind of driving. Ideally you should run an oil thermostat to prevent overcooling. Remember it's in some senses the opposite to the water cooling system. Oil gets hottest at high speed and re...

E600 wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:34 am

“….closed cell, doesn’t retain water and hoses off clean after an outing.

So do I……

Eurocars Jaguar in Cheltenham work mostly on newer cars but could probably sort you out.

01242 525 556 Ask for Stephanie and tell her I sent you.


Peter Crespin

christopher storey wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 18, 2022 8:09 am

Perhaps a S1 OTS with one of the fastback hardtops by Williams and Prichard

Or Sebring (?) or Ashley like mine. I agree Christopher.

Yes the nut and pressing fit as far as my memory goes. The pressing replaces the castellations, so works with a plain nut, but I think the nut and bearings are the same from Series 3 XJ (1979?) up to the end of X300/X305 production in 1996.

Sepp wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 19, 2022 9:19 am

Cannot find suitable 3.8 manifolds for Weber, do they really exist? Webcon pretends to have them, but their pictures tell a different story.

Thank for any helping hand or parts offered.
take care
Sepp

I have what you need.

Nothing wrong with standard setup used on every Jag until 1996. They only swapped to deep groove cartridge type ball bearings to cut servicing costs during warranty period and because tight tolerances were needed to prevent tram-lining once they started using 18” or bigger wheels. Many parts became ...

abowie wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 20, 2022 8:06 am

A FTP moment today.

File Transfer Protocol? Feel the pain? Fried the pin?

Yours or a customer’s?

Someone downloaded trouble there for sure. Always better a shade too slack than too tight.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, an otherwise pleasant Jaguar independent workshop in Cheltenham has not been able to return my 2008 X-type to me in time for my return flight from Heathrow to Washington on Sunday 6th Feb. The plan was for Marek to keep the car until my return in mid July. I c...

Thanks for the advice. Everything loosened off and ready for a 2nd attempt!! Cheers, John C Merely lowering the car onto its wheels won't be enough to set the ride height correctly and it will remain slightly high. You will need to roll the car to and from a few times to allow the tyre contact patc...

dal2.0litrefrogeye wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 12:28 pm

Only asking as my girlfriend asked me and I was flummoxed

Opalescent metallic flummoxed, or solid?

chrisfell wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:19 am

IIRC Hunt’s A35 was a van / countryman version. I think the fun he referred to was while the vehicle was stationary.

I doubt it. Gently rocking on its springs, more likely...

Ten starts of a few minutes each is not long enough to get such a heavy engine hot enough to displace all corrosive condensation. Nevertheless, you would have to be very unlucky to suffer a corrosion related seizure - although Mahle pistons are tightest fit of any alloy pistons I’ve ever read about ...

Finding UK rivet suppliers is not exactly the world’s toughest detective job. Since you are missing a few you can even use the holes to figure out an original or oversize shank diameter.

https://lmgtfy.app/?q=solid+rivet+suppliers

Have you got Parts Manual?

dlgis wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 12, 2021 11:19 am

Hi thanks all….The BCC springs sound like a good option to consider assuming they fit on Gaz shocks.

The adjustable-perch GAZ dampers use a different size spring AFAIK. Yours may be different?

I’m in the UK until Jan 4 Steve - it’s all coming back to me…