The 'E' Type Forum

At least his fuel bill went down!

Hello Robert, don't have an ammeter on my car but do on my aeroplane so similar system. After start the charge is quite high to re-charge the battery, then after it has recovered the normal position is to show a slight charge. (Aero-engines tend to mainly run at high enough revs to keep the charge s...

Dave K wrote:
LED's don't fail they just get dimmer over time I believe.

Dave

At times I feel I must be an LED! :?

My LEDs finally arrived and have been fitted. Both the reverse lights and rear/brake lights certainly look a lot brighter in daylight, although the reverse doesn't show the difference in the accompanying photos. Looked much better at all angles, too, not just straight from the back. http://i48.photo...

Booked.

Not staying in hotel as I should be able to make an early start on the day. Be good to catch up, though, and put a few faces to names. Not too many bleary faces on those who are staying?

The JEC are advertising their XK engine seminar in November.
Anyone been on one before and have any comments? Would you recommend it as a useful general knowledge introduction to help look after the engine and for routine servicing?

Thanks
Geoff

Andrew, I recently fitted the Tex door mirrors to my S2 and don't know if they will be the same as you would use. One major flaw with them is the very limited range of movement of the mirror head. I solved this by, of all things, creating a cup washer from a plastic drinks bottle (the moulding eye a...

Henry, if you look in the same section you'll see how to post pictures. It works well.

Anyway, welcome to the forum

Have ordered the red brake and white festoon type reverse bulbs and will post comments when they are fitted. Autobulbs also have type 382 amber LEDs which fit S2/3 and Elan indicators, not sure whether they are suitable for the S1 rear indicators: http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/382-Super-Bright-60...

And these seem like an option for the reverse lights, 42mm looks like the right size for the Elan rears. http://www.autobulbsdirect.co.uk/264-le ... white.html

Not trying to do Marek out of business on the other thread, but....

David, you've done a lot of research for which we are all grateful. As red LEDs seem to be required, what about these?: http://www.amazon.co.uk/1157-1016-Tail-Stop-Light/dp/B009J7CUZ8/ref=pd_sim_auto_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DP8Y0JEVJWEEBMCNKJB May not be as good as those upgrades from the US but could be ...

Maybe the best/simplest option for the brake light would be a third, high level LED in the rear window, maybe ?30-40, then messing about with the rear lights themselves, but the reverse light could be a good option as the Elan ones don't seem that bright, certainly when compared with modern cars. Ho...

Marek, might take you up on that LED idea as I have Elan rear lights. Do they only work for the reverse lights or for the other lights too? (Although have I read here that LEDs don't work for rear/brake lights?)

Geoff

If you fit the ITG filter and change the needles is it then necessary to retune the carbs?
If there is more than just fit them and drive the car, what else is involved?
Thanks

A 2.88 diff is one I'm considering to replace my 3.54, so it'll be interesting to read the running reports.
Is yours a standard or upgraded engine?

Ian, I didn't realise that information was available, more expecting the calculation from Christopher. Well thanks both, but as you said Ian, I must be looking in the wrong place :)

Geoff

In the month or so since we bought our car the only other ones we've seen have been at Beaulieu Autojumble or by arranging to meet other owners. Not one seen on the roads. Not that we used to see many previously. So that begs the question: how many roadworthy E Types are there in the UK? Does anyone...

John, thank you. Despite reading through the service manual I hadn't discovered that. This forum is excellent for the help members are willing to give. I hope to get to the experience to reciprocate. Re-reading Clausager's book shows the change to 60 amp alternator.

Hi Steve, I was assured the heater system was fully checked.
However, maybe I should go for a run with the heater on and get the system fully flowing, might be a couple of days before I can do that.
Thanks for ideas.

Hi, Peter, yes just a blank cap, no spring