The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Charlie
Sounds good....look forward to some updates...do love a restoration thread..!
Best
Jonathan

Especially when you can only hold them through their outer sheath, whose rubber sleeve renders them mobile during machining ?! Trial and error to be honesty Rory, plenty of WD-40 to attempt lubrication and wrapped them in a hand towel within the vice to aid grip...gently pressure when holding the d...

Hi Rory No consellation but having bought the "genuine Jaguar" version of the small roll bar bushes I had to then buy an 11.1mm drill by to ream each one out as they were all tight on the original 7/16 bolts...the "usual" supplier went to test both this version and the "cheap" aftermarket version an...

Found it....;)

Glad it's all back and running, well done, was getting withdrawal symptoms..!!......I had emailed Marek who let me know of the new web address David Just one thing....the ability to see all new posts since last visit ....at a single glance isn't available..is this an option I have to set up ? Many t...

Having just taken the engine frames off my 63 car there is original paint on both the frame end plates and the bulkhead

thanks Peter i cleaned the inside of the bell housing this evening to try and find out more and found a number of scratch/gouge marks...the most visible just around the ends of this mystery hole, which correspondent to a bend outwards of the edge of the metal when viewed externally http://i130.photo...

i took the clutch cover off this evening flywheel is original, with the same numbering as shown on the cylinder head, and with a discoloured and slightly pitted surface to both it and the pressure plate 9i hope i have that name correct) the friction plate doesn't look particularly worn, with around ...

i took the clutch cover off this evening flywheel is original, with the same numbering as shown on the cylinder head, and with a discoloured and slightly pitted surface to both it and the pressure plate (i hope i have that name correct) the friction plate doesn't look particularly worn, with around ...

Thanks guys.. Let me have a good look at the clutch mechanism and see what I can discover.. That must have made some bang when it happened..!

I removed the engine from the body this weekend, and revealed this ragged hole is there any classic reason why this would have been done to the car...?...a known botch modification of some sort to do with replacing a clutch perhaps gearbox is likely to be original as it is dated stamped 1/1/63 and t...

Good idea Andrew, will try them tomorrow

all done... :) as with all these things it became easier the more I did....i think I just got the worst one first...inners were easier than outers.... http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p266/jtparr/etype%20restoration/UJ.jpg now a question please...there seem to be various offerings of UJ's from SNG...

Fantastic find Richard...I have grown to like this pale golden sand more and more...Ian's restored car and the one over on the E Type club stand at Bicester were both stunning....hope you might be able to save the interior...you can't buy patina...!
Regards
Jonathan

+1...Same principle we have for the DDK early 911 web forum I have used for 10 years

Hi guys One side done..the outer 4 were the first 4 and they were more tricky..inner 4 much easier..although by then I was belting the socket with much more confidence ..!..angle grinder cutter also has come in useful I should say So far 3 different styles of circlips...😎 Will post pictures of the c...

Good to know it's OK to push them inwards.....Brute force with a socket and a lump hammer has shifted 3 of the cups slightly, so at least the principle seems to work...garage floor is taking a pounding and showing the marks too..😊...have left them with some penetrating oil overnight...lets see what ...

Hi Tim
So what did you do then....?...so long as they are not tapered I can safely try a press..the vice isn't generating enough force I can tell already having tried..!

Hi Tim
So what did you do then....?...so long as they are not tapered I can safely try a press..the vice isn't generating enough force I can tell already having tried..!

Evening all I have tried to remove these using the method in the maintenance manual, but I suspect that if original these universal joints have 50 years holding them in place and need something more determined than taps Are the UJ cups tapered...or can I try the other approach of a pair of sockets a...