The 'E' Type Forum

Oliver, welcome to the best place for all things E Type. Friendly help and advice plus a lot of technical knowledge to benefit from. You’ll know of the Jaglovers US website which will be another useful source of help, especially for parts in the US rather than here in the UK and Europe. And look at ...

Philippe, it is something you must look at and see if the seams look vulnerable. Two topics may help you: https://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20309 https://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20308 And searching on here for seam or seams may give you some other thoughts. Bonne chance Geoff

Pete, that’s good news that you’ve got through the DVLA registration. If you can keep your documents in such a way that with a bit of redacting they could be used by others to follow then that would be of great help. Helping others is one of, if not the, prime mover in this friendly forum. Keep us u...

Rory, as for rivets from inside, it would be difficult to get the rivet gun in place from outside, though not disputing your thoughts as these could well be replacements or what they did later on S2 vs S1. There are no holes showing to indicate they didn’t use the original rivet hole positions if th...

Christopher, have you read “Not Much of an Engineer” by Stanley Hooker? Supremo of supercharger design at RR. If not you must. Great reading for anyone interested in engines, piston and jet. He relates how when the Merlin was being discussed for production by Ford that they told RR they couldn’t wor...

The info is probably somewhere in the KB but do we know the reason why Jaguar went from using split pins to the locknuts on the big ends which are now shown as what must be used? Any reflection on Merlin’s being built by well trained engine technicians? Though they went into mass production by the l...

George, try looking at SNGB for part no C18296. No. 20 on here https://www.sngbarratt.com/English/#/uk/FindParts/Families/E-Type%20~2F%20XKE/3/E-Type%20S1%204.2%20FHC/82/SUSPENSION/9705/assembly/21400?sectionIds=%5B7809%5D Could that be it as it is described as a special, though slightly different l...

You won't get a 2+2 with 3 wipers I don't think. Except the S1 2+2 which has three wipers, fyi Malcolm. On the S2 2+2 the bottom windscreen line was pulled forward to almost touch the bonnet, whereas on the S1 the 2+2 windscreen bottom line was at the same position as the FHC giving a more upright ...

For a simple kit that makes use of the existing pedal: A bracket to take a double cable from the pedal lever A dual cable attachment to that lever that will go onto the ball without damaging said ball so that the original rod system can be re-instated A bracket at the airbox or thereabouts to feed c...

Didn’t David say lead for the two eared spinners of the S1 as you are striking directly on the spinner, but copper for hitting the brass(?) adapter that goes over the S2 federal three eared spinners?

Geoff

Isn’t the nominal size hammer a no. 2 for the copper/hide hammer? That weighs in at a bit over 1 kg, not 2 kg. This nylon one weighs 1.2 kg. https://www.thorhammer.com/product/12-716n/
Anyone got any walnuts to try it on?

Geoff

Aren’t a couple of studs longer, eg on the exhaust where the dipstick clamp attaches?

Geoff

Ah! So it’s a hammer not a mallet Sorry, couldn’t resist that.
Thanks Jerry, now I can get one myself and keep it to hand. Though I rarely need to use a hammer or mallet as the spinner adapter and breaker bar do a fine job for me. And others will know which one to buy too.

Cheers

Geoff

Depending on what is needed to get your rusty FHC repaired have you spoken to Chuck at Monocoque? He has very good quality panels that fit well. Might be worth talking to him first. And there’s Hutsons in the UK, too. They have very good quality panels to help. https://www.hutsonmoco.co.uk/jaguar ht...

Jerry, out of interest which Thor nylon mallet? Thanks

Geoff

Tim, as encouraged before, go for the mid point, 90 degree position and halve that as suggested above, please.
It will really help get you to the real TDC.

Geoff

Ross, I have one of the adapters you mentioned and find that sometimes I need to stand on the end of the breaker bar if the spinners have tightened up in use. Also you can sometimes find a jack under the breaker bar with the weight of the car against it will start loosening the spinner. It is easy t...

Welcome to the forum, the best place for all things E Type. It is not the E Type Club’s forum, though we have an association via their banner up top. When you’re ready to ask questions you’ll get a lot of friendly help and advice on here. But to make things easier, please click on your user name, to...

Armand, welcome to the best place for all things E Type. As you’ve been guilty :wink: of appreciating the help of the forum, perhaps it’s time to share with us? How about photos of the lightweight E? And tell us more about the car. Do you race it yourself or do you maintain it for an owner who has t...

Have you asked SU/Burlen for their comments and suggestions?

Geoff