The 'E' Type Forum

Given you can get new clutch master and slave cylinders for £30 each I see little point in rebuilding/resealing the potentially rusty old units. If you need to change them, fit new ones.

The connections consist of a group of 3 [ B+ B+ D+ ] for which a Lucas style plug is readily available, and a separate B+ terminal post which has a separate 6mm spade term next to it. The smaller terminal post is, I think, the tacho connection. Andy, this is a very useful modification which I did o...

...the coil will charge quicker at higher rpms..... ...the high rpm benefits are often overlooked.... There is no high rpm benefit. It knows nothing about revs and it charges up exactly the same no matter what rpm. The ballast merely stops it from overcharging normally whilst allowing for an extra ...

Ballast resistor systems were introduced to improve cold starting and to minimise unburnt fuel whilst trying to pass those all important emissions certifications. The ballast resistor and coil came as a matched pair so if you remove the ballast resistor you need to change the coil accordingly. Moder...

Does anyone know or have a preference based on experience if there should be a rubber seat (CBC2517) under both ends of the spring supporting the end of the gearbox or just at one end?

I would consider using stainless steel mesh for the top, that's what I did. You can paint it black but at least it'll never rust out from under the paint again.

And remember that for now at least (in most parts of the country but not all..e.g Devon and Cornwall) super unleaded will remain ethanol free. In Devon and Cornwall for example it may be E5.... Super unleaded from Esso is ethanol free (except for parts of Devon and Cornwall). I'm not aware that the...

Can an R12 system be safely recharged with R134a if the correct connectors and additives are used? The answer is yes. The caveats are that the system had to be working when it last ran on R12 (obviously) and an R12 system converted to R134a will not be as efficient as it would have been on R12. So,...

I don't believe that as they left the factory that the sugar scoops drain pipes came out of any holes in the bonnet underpanel area. On my car there was just a short length of hose connected to the sugar scoop drain outlet that directed the water into the under panel area and the water was left to f...

I fitted the left and right pieces first, loosely in place then added the centre section, iirc. I did it on my own. I don't see why studding and a nut shouldn't work well for the overriders. I used stainless steel bolts with washers to pack them out as necessary to spread the load and ensure they di...

The issue (certainly in my car) would be that the roof lining is glued directly to the inside of the roof so the roof aerial base and cable can only go around the very edge of the roof and be hidden inside the cant rails otherwise you'll see them tracking under the roof liner. Whilst a roof mounted ...

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Mon Jun 14, 2021 7:49 am

If there was a simple short couldn't that be enough to start fire......maybe with a weep from the green tube....what ever that is....?.....but then why didn't fuse blow?

A simple short as you describe it certainly can and has caused your fire. There is no fuse in the feed to the fuel pump.

I think this might well be a mechanical assembly issue However the OP has a Pertronics unit fitted. If I understand them correctly, they work by the Hall effect. The trigger is a wheel which is pressed down over the cam section with a magnet located to trigger the unit. Now if this wheel is misposi...

So why not just Loctite the inner bearing to the stub axle to prevent the rotation?

You can try cleaning the float valve and seat with carb cleaner injected into the front carb fuel supply fitting to remove any petrol gum first. If that doesn't work remove the carb from the manifold and replace the float valve and seat which is what I did when I encountered the same problem. Not a ...

When my fitter turned up to fit the windscreen I offered him a cup of tea and he said he'd have the screen in before I'd made the tea - and he had :wow: So fitting the screen and the locking strip is not that hard as long as you're using a new rubber from the likes of Baines etc. Likewise the screen...

I did witness it.

Clarkson was not wrong but Jaguar have always added to their own woes by not addressing the quality bogey.

Consistent cost cutting relative to their market sector will be their ultimate downfall.

The car industry is incredibly competitive with wafer thin margins. You either go large or niche. Ford and then Tata bought into the go large mantra - aka Audi - for Jaguar; they've tried the go large route - witness XE - and now are trying go niche with luxury electric. Time will tell how it plays ...

I'm sorry, I'd missed that you'd posted in the Series 1 section and hence the camshaft driven tachometer. As you suggest, the black wire should go to the connection on the coil that the points in the original distributor connected to and the red lead goes to the supply to the coil. The black lead sh...

No worms, it works exactly as it says on the tin.......... The drilled hole exits adjacent to the top of the throttle butterfly where it should be so that with the throttle fully closed the hole is shrouded to cut off connection to the main venturi but as soon as the throttle opens the hole and thus...