The 'E' Type Forum

Sven, please let us know a how you get on with SNGB.

Oh, and you're a very lucky man to have such an understanding wife!

Hi Sven Only you can decide if it's reasonable to continue your restoration. So many factors apply: available funds, available skills, available space are simple ones, but also consider the importance of the car to you and the importance of the car historically. At the end of the day it's your call,...

For the ease of all, here is a link to the post MarekH refers to in his last post...

http://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php? ... t=manifold

Thanks for the advice, Bill. Your comment has had me looking at my photos and moving my upturned hands into some quite twisted and distorted positions! The result of all this mental and physical excursion is I think I can switch the manifolds so I have a correct pair on one side and a 'wide' pair on...

Hi Guys I'm resurrecting this post because I have the same problem except my two 'new' manifolds were from a set off a second hand engine, I'm not sure where they came from originally. Has anyone successfully machined the top flanges to get the bottom of the manifolds to line up? If yes, who did you...

It helps massively, thanks Bob.

Easy when you know how.

Thanks Bob, that's really helpful. As you say, the manuals are next to useless and, as in the post on JAG-lovers, I have some missing parts. How did you manage to compress the spring? My spring is best part of double the length of the bolt/stud and I can't see a safe way to compress the spring yet s...

Does anyone have any advice on reassembly of the rear engine mount?

Reading the JSM and looking at the length of the spring I have to compress it looks like an impossitask but I'm sure I'm not the first person to attempt this.

Thanks

Nigel

Good news folks... SNG Barratt have new brown & blue battery terminal covers in stock. You can buy new leads with them, or just the covers.

www.sngbarratt.com

Guys, thanks for all your replies. The engine had been stretching my experience and patience for almost twelve months and the thought that I had bitten off more than I could chew was a fairly frequent cause of sleepless nights. Finally I have given up and I have taken the engine to Nigel Boycott in ...

madjack4 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 14, 2019 8:57 pm

...is torque converter fitted to gearbox...

Thanks Madjack. Yes, torque converter has been removed.

My autobox is out of the car during my engine rebuild. With the 'box on the bench, partially drained and upside down, oil is coming out of the input shaft oil seal like a teapot pours tea. I can't find instructions to replace this oil seal anywhere, Haynes, Jaguar Workshop Manual or the internet. An...

Thanks Chris & Andrew.

I've decided to go for a new oil pump. The car seems to have had oil supply problems in the past and this modified pump can't be ruled out as a culprit.

Thanks again guys

Nigel

Hi again

Here's a photo pf the modification we've found on my V12's oil pump...

Any ideas why someone would do this? For what benefit?

Cheers!

Nigel

Hi All

My engine is being rebuilt. Just had this from the shop... “At sometime someone had die ground out the ports in your oil pump.” Anybody heard of this as a mod on the V12 engine? What benefit might it give?

Photo to follow tomorrow.

Cheers!

Nigel

Thanks for your replies. With Adrian`s feedback, a screwdriver and a little DW40 I've been able to prise the rotor arm off. Still no further with the dizzie though. Metric 5mm seems to be the size that fits best but I have mislaid my imperial set of Allen keys whilst the garage is being insulated so...

Hi all I'm struggling to get the distributor off my motor. I have the SNG Barratt electronic ignition. I cannot get the rotor arm off and cannot get any purchase with an Allen key on the screws through the clear plastic cover. Is it normal on this system that the rotor arm won't come off? Any sugges...

Thanks Nick. That matches with the number serial numbers Bob quoted.

Garry, Paul, Bob - Got to love this forum.

Thanks for the feedback and info on my car, pleased that my 'non-feature' is original...no mention of it in my library.

Thanks again guys

Nigel

garrycol wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:35 pm

The style of air trunking that collects air either side of the engine up near the shock absorbers and pipes it back to the footwells was a later addition.

Thanks Garry, that was the answer I was hoping for. Where did you find that nugget out?

Cheers!

Nigel