The 'E' Type Forum

My bonnet gets warm but not too hot to touch...at least it did prior to the engine rebuild...standard engine with standard cast exhaust manifolds as per factory...

See if you can borrow an IR temp gun gauge and see what the temps really are. The exhaust side will be too hot.to touch after a.drive..

70 degrees while driving sounds ok so long as the gauge is correct. On a hot day the bonnet will be hot, especially on the exhaust side...

I have pictures from below! I will have pictures from above shortly. I'll then start a thread and work out how to post them...May be a couple of weeks yet as I'm away next week and want to get the car up and running first but watch this space....

If they are old ones...not well. New ones from Burlen should be OK. I just rebuilt mine but changed the jets 6\7 years back as one was leaking and the ones that came out looked ok..

Engine is re built...and the gear box and overdrive! Installed...been 're fitting the ancillary engine bits...almost done. Then the dash and gunner to go in and bingo. It will be a S1 with a working overdrive box!

No significant pollution gain I agree with. Although ethanol is a greener fuel than petrol. It has a marginally lower energy density than octane but the research octane no of pure ethanol is 108.6 so in terms of knock resistance it's better than pump fuels. As to gaskets etc....no gaskets or rubber ...

If your tacho operates directly from the generator on the cam as per the original design then for the tacho to work all it needs is the two wires to the generator. No connection to ground is required. If this is your tacho configuration then the ignition system probably isn't the issue . Either ther...

Yes...wise word Steve...

Didn't see the previous post Steve...but whether or not they are blow molded in one piece there is an obvious seam on all the ones I've bought, and not just SNG. It's the seam where they split. Suggests the seam is the weak point and indicates a poor mold at best...and it's not just me with bottles ...

Interesting to note that the plastic one supplied by SNG actually mentions the strengthened insert in the spigott tube to "prevent splitting". Julian Barratt.if you read this...it.doesnt! I've had 3+ let go in the past ten years and all split either On the sharp radius curve where the spigot becomes...

I've messaged Clayton Classics I'm guessing £££ but they look beautiful...

May 62 car...think you are way past 50 already but if not three please? Julian

Darryl that's what I need!!! I shall ditch the cheap nasty plastic asap!!!

You could get them zinc plated...it's the std replacement for cadmium where cad plating is no longer permitted (or is prohibitively expensive)..

Just to be clear...ethanol does not corrode copper or brass fuel fittings....if it did then your scotch whisky distilleries would be changing their still regularly...they don't, and your scotch would contain copper...it doesnt!!! Sorry gtjoey but at the temperature in fuel lines even E10 will have n...

It can be done but isn't easy. You will need to Jack the engine up a little. One side at a time. DO NOT JACK ON THE SUMP! Block of wood right up to the engine block. You only need to lift an inch of two. If you buy new mounts from the "usual" supplier be aware that the bolt on the top of the new one...

You could try writing to the E.type club (www.e-typeclub.com) with as much detail as you have. Go to the website for contact details. The club won't be able to disclose any details if they are aware of the car due to GDPR but may be willing to pass on your details to the member concerned if they are...

If it worked.ok beforehand then I'd suspect the wiring to the tacho and not the tacho itself in the first instance..if it's driven as per original from the generator on the cam then there are only two wires between the two...I reckon it has been modified in some way and the new loom, as you say, doe...

Hi all...not new but for various reasons took a break from the forum. However not from the E...it went off the road in Feb for the long promised engine rebuild and is probably a week away from running once more....now with a result engine and gear box...and a working overdrive...not a.trivial projec...