The 'E' Type Forum

The Dunlop SP's are original fitment and I have used no others in my nearly 50 years of ownership, the last set being fitted four years ago, so I can't compare to other makes. Have a look at 'Longstone classic tyres'. I believe they have a short video that compares the tyre makes for the E-Type. Che...

If you are going to fit a 5 speed box then why sacrifice all that torque (from a 3.31 diff) when you can simply fit a lower ratio 5th gear and have the best of both worlds ? The earlier S3's had 3.31 diffs but they changed in Jan 73 to 3.07 diffs as standard. The S3 is a really quick car off the li...

What 5th gear ratio did you specify.

Pleased to hear!
The day that you learn nothing is the day that you have died!
So I am told .......

When my car was returned to me after re-commissioning I had the same problem. I moved the caster angle to maximum as per the Jaguar specs and it improved a great deal. However, it is still not as it was and I wonder if the problem lies within the steering column, which had been removed. Something I ...

Phillip and Barry, thanks for the warning

Phillip. Thank you for that. It would seem that you are right, but I’ll do what Barry suggests first. Barry. Sorry, I wrote ‘transfer valve’ when it should have been ‘reaction valve!’ Yes, I kind of suspected that the problem was with that valve. Thank you for the ‘Eagle’ tip, very useful and seemin...

Thanks Phillip. So you think that the problem lies in the master cylinder? Could you enlarge on that for me? I thought the problem might be the transfer valve, but I am not sure how it works. Russ, I don’t know if your offer of calipers and discs was meant for me. However, my calipers were refurbis...

Thanks Phillip. So you think that the problem lies in the master cylinder? Could you enlarge on that for me? I thought the problem might be the transfer valve, but I am not sure how it works. Russ, I don’t know if your offer of slave cylinders and discs was meant for me. However, my slave cylinders ...

My S3 braking system was professionally mechanically 're-commissioned' three years ago with recon servos, new vacuum tank, new master cylinder, lines, pads etc. Just recently, after a week or so not used, on the first brake application it seems that the rear brakes operate seconds before the front b...

I am shortly going down your path with a MotoLite steering wheel ..... which one did you go for?

I would suspect that the superglue is acting as an insulator.
Soldering is not hard to do, the main thing is to have the surfaces clean and use a flux.
You will need a soldering iron of course .... is there no-one you could ask to help?
Cheers

I realised that Chris, but I can always live in hope!

I find it somewhat disappointing when someone posts a problem and then doesn't follow up with how it was resolved.

Cheers

However once we got going it became apparent that 3rd wasnt going to join in the fun. Try as I might without being too brutal I just could not get 3rd. I just had to go from 2nd to 4th.


What was the problem with that third gear?

Hello Michel

I am so sorry, the PO seems to have removed the pully before I received the engine!
I DID tell him that I was only interested in the EFI components .......
Again, my apologies .

Paul

Hi Michel

I bought a V12 engine from an XJ12 HE in order to use the EFI bits to convert my series 3 to fuel injection.
Would the pully from this spare engine be the one you need?
I will send you a photograph later on today, when I am back home .....

Regards

Did replacing the u/j solve the vibration?
Or did you find something else?

Elite's problem laid with its manager at the time, a Rob Swift, who left a few years ago and was replaced by Ben. Elite is a subsidiary of Beagle engineering, a large and well equipped machine shop, whose owner is Mark Bloor. Mark has engineering in his genes and spends most of his time on the large...

Elite racing transmissions, Stoke on Trent, UK, will build and provide a five speed Tremec T5 gearbox. I have one in my S3 OTS and it is very good, changes well and is not noisy, a common complaint. You can specify the ratio of the fifth gear, I chose .63 which gives me a quiet and comfortable cruis...

Fabulous! A colour change from original but was that a new bonnet? If so, why? The original white one looked ok.