The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Rory :thankyouyellow: Thanks for the reply, very comprehensive - even if your insurance isn't! :wink: I'm not sure I'd want to drive such an expensive car on 3rd party though. Anyway, the info 'off the record' sounds intriguing. PM on way. One thing I forgot to mention; some countries make a fuss...

Hi Chaps I would very much like to hear what experiences members have had going to live in France with their RHD car. The French are well known for their love of red-tape, so is it hard to take a classic car to France if you decide to live there? How hard is it to register as a French car, and how h...

American Football and Rugby are both games played by men with odd shaped balls! I thank you.

"Football ball" Really?

The other more common one is 'PIN number' - same thing, just as anoying and was picked up by Dave Gorman's "Modern Life Is Goodish" (I think)

I know people will say I'm being anal, but it really anoys me when people say VIN Number. I know alost everyone does it, but that doesn't make it correct. VIN stands for 'Vehicle Identification Number' so in effect you are saying 'Vehicle Identification Number Number'. With respect, It should be; 'V...

Well, as there is only a welcome section and not a goodbye section I guess this perhaps the bast place to post this. I'm afraid that after 9 years of ownership of my glorious 1968 E-type S1.5 2+2, she is now sold and I will be delivering it to its new owner on Friday. It's been a long journey in whi...

I used Halfords Classic 20/50.
But what about the position of the Balance Valve, is it good?

Hi Guys Perhaps this thread should be moved to technical?? I am now looking at my low oil pressure. My pressure is high on starting - over 40 psi, but drops with driving to 20 or less whilst cruising and revving it makes little difference. I have noticed this since its last oil change and therefore ...

Hi folks My ride height and steering issue is now fully resolved. The height (as best as I can measure it) is bang on on the right side and 3mm high on the left as measured on page J.X.s.2 of the manual (I suspect the rear suspension may be a little low on the right side, which may influence the fro...

Hi Mark

Is that diagram from the manual, because I can't find it in mine (which is for series 1 & 2)? If so, what page is that?

In my attempt to eliminate excessive stiffness in the steering, today I have been looking at the steering rack and the rack pinion box. In the manual, page I.5 shows the box without any spring, whereas mine has a spring inside. https://s7.postimg.org/66jprg4ij/Jag_Manual_I_05_Box.jpg https://s7.post...

I'm just looking at the manual for the camber and castor angles and whilst CASTOR seems fair enough and 2º±½º positive, as you will still be in positive if you are within tolerances, but CAMBER is quoted at ¼º±½º pos which means if you are just under ½º out in the direction of neg you could have no ...

No, Same tyres, just slightly different design wheels. Not by choice. Thinking about it, the wheels have to have the exact same dimensions or the tyres wouldn't fit.

I did check the pressures and they are both 32 lb/sq", but I had to replace one wheel due to bad chrome and the tube required design is no longer available and the R/H is now a tubeless design and this might explain the difference of measurement A However; I just lifted the bonnet to have a look at ...

I was just thinking about the 10mm difference. If the rear suspension were lop sided that would surely affect the front of a car with the front perfectly set up. I have measured and it is 5mm lower on the R/H at the rear.
I wonder how much discrepancies at the front affect the rear and vice-versa.

I have only just realised, seeing bigger now, that Chris' icon pic is a model in front of his car. I thought it was two pics Photoshoped together for some reason :doh: I've just got the car back and the bill was 5 hours = £300. I was not too surprised because, as I say, not only might the torsion ba...

This should be time enough. Anything to report? Success, problems, leaks?

Hey Chris. Even though your icon photo is quite small you can see from it how much higher my car is than yours when you look at this photo;

Thanks for the responses, most interestingly the last - "Don't do it". Unfortunately the work is in hand. I didn't feel qualified to tackle this and I don't have a 2 post lift anyway, so I entrusted the jopb to our local classic Jag specialist St Helens Garage. It was booked in for two hours today s...

I must apologise for cluttering up the forum with a question the was a/ badly asked and b/ unnecessary as it has all been asked before and all covered in the manual which I had not gone through. I can now see that the measurement is to be found on page J15 and the height which should be 8 3/4" is ju...