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- Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:24 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: 9 Months Gone Missing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1181
Re: 9 Months Gone Missing
Mine built Feb, delivered March, registered October. No known reason. Possible reasons:- Car being used as demonstrator driven for a while under trade plates. Damage in transit, repairs required. Car driven by owner of retailer under trade plates. Unfancied original colour combination. Waiting list ...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:36 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Torque wrench accuracy
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1668
Re: Torque wrench accuracy
"Presumably the spring balance is suitably calibrated" Of course, by the 1kg weight I'd previously suspended from it. And that 1kg weight was calibrated on the kitchen scales. And the kitchen scales were calibrated using a 1 litre jug of water. And the jug of water was calibrated by suspending it fr...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Torque wrench accuracy
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1668
Re: Torque wrench accuracy
Important advice in the above that I always follow - untension the wrench when finished.
I occasionally check the calibration using a spring balance pulling on the handle while the square drive is anchored in a vice. Simple and effective.
I occasionally check the calibration using a spring balance pulling on the handle while the square drive is anchored in a vice. Simple and effective.
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 2:32 pm
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Lazy Starting
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3586
Re: Lazy Starting
Mine is always slower to start after a week or two than if I try after just after days. It ain't the fuel, nor is it sparks or compression.
I blame them gremlins.
I blame them gremlins.
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: Just joined
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3131
Re: Just joined
The best colour for the interior, especially with dark silver metallic paint, is light grey. IMHO. Light grey with contrasting piping.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:52 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Curly hub wheels on S2 front uprights
- Replies: 10
- Views: 940
Re: Curly hub wheels on S2 front uprights
My car has curly hub wheels and S2 uprights.
No problem.
No problem.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:49 pm
- Forum: Series 3
- Topic: Worst plugs ever seen?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2243
Re: Worst plugs ever seen?
Two stroke oil in a four stroke? Nah! Not a good idea. Of those "benefits" listed above, most are imagined. If you have carbon on the valves or pistons using today's petrol, the engine is running rich. Adding oil to the petrol will not improve that. If you have carbon behind the rings you have a wor...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Is 750 hp enough?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 820
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 2:46 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Utmost joy tonight
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2387
Re: Utmost joy tonight
No lockwire and stubborn bolts? Sounds like someone used locktite instead of lockwire.
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:02 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Jaguar Heritage Certificate
- Replies: 3
- Views: 927
Re: Jaguar Heritage Certificate
The body number might be an issue. On mine the tag was missing. But I did find a crayon mark inside the rear hatch. That was the only one not obliterated by the many resprays the car has had. Four at least.
- Tue Oct 17, 2023 4:31 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Castor adjustment
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1492
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:50 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Castor adjustment
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1492
Re: Castor adjustment
I used a plumb line (and basic trig) hanging close to the top and bottom ball joints with the car on a level surface. It is accurate enough to set each side to within manufacturers tolerances.
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 12:51 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Series 1.5 4.2L backfiring under load with new 123 distributor
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1868
Re: Series 1.5 4.2L backfiring under load with new 123 distributor
My 123 allows adjustment to reorient the dizzie by 180 degrees. Can't remember how, but I did adjust mine.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 7:26 am
- Forum: Series 3
- Topic: Worst plugs ever seen?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2243
Re: Worst plugs ever seen?
I once owned a CZ motorcycle that ate its spark plug. There was only one and when the central electrode had worn so far it would no longer spark the engine died. So I carried a spare two plugs with me at all times. This was not a unique phenomenon. Early Kawasaki triples also had an appetite for plu...
- Sun Oct 01, 2023 6:07 am
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: 860005 1600HP S1 FHC 24Aug61
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5439
Re: 860005 1600HP S1 FHC 24Aug61
My E rolled off the production line on 21 Feb 1967 but was registered on 6 October 1967.
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 3:38 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Best engine oil??
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1082
Re: Best engine oil??
Loads of threads on this subject. I use my car a lot, and always use semi-synthetic oil formulated for Jags and Astons with flat tappets. It is only marginally more expensive than cooking multi-grade. More important than what oil, is to change it regularly. Change oil every year or 3000 miles, which...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 7:47 am
- Forum: Welcome!
- Topic: 860005 1600HP S1 FHC 24Aug61
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5439
Re: 860005 1600HP S1 FHC 24Aug61
Whilst I can see the pleasure in owning a car that will never be used in the manner originally intended (driven hard and fast and then sold when something faster comes along) it is not something I would do. I prefer my card to be used. I have a daily driver, plus a S2000 and the E both of which do a...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:57 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Diagnose Engine Rattle
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3563
Re: Diagnose Engine Rattle
"What's in Miller's engine additive?"
Snake oil.
Snake oil.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 6:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: What a great car!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1458
Re: What a great car!
Fuel consumption improves hugely when the journeys are longer.
Just sayin'.
Just sayin'.
- Tue Sep 19, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Another 12 months, another MOT
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1198
Re: Another 12 months, another MOT
It should be pointed out that my car is a long way from its most recent refurbishment, and it has never been properly restored. I'm not sure I'd be happy driving it as I do if it had just been restored.