The 'E' Type Forum

Hello Colin,
All pages 59 to 100 are there in consecutive order, with page 60 being blank and without number. Page 61 marks the start of the Emission Control Service Instruction. The copy I have is 100% authentic.

Best regards,

Bill

Jonathan Wrote: I actually sourced an original outer set in decent condition, (as mine were too pitted) and swopped over or re-used my original innards and reflectors to keep more parts original…and then once the body was complete and the shape of the housings settled I had them re-chromed So your e...

Jonathan Wrote Can be bothered arguing as I have my own experience to go by This is far from my first rodeo. Not so much an argument, but an effort to guide Richard away from heading down a rabbit hole that is the most expensive, with no guarantee the re-chromed, New Taillight, is going to be any be...

Hello Jonathan, The material used in Zinc based die cast of today, hasn't improved to any real extent over that of yesteryear. If any polishing takes place, as would normally be the case after stripping the existing electroplate, there is every likelihood that the dense outer skin of the casting is ...

Andrew Wrote: Looking at them, it strikes me that our graphs are the mirror image of each other... Hello Andrew, I'm not reading the graph incorrectly. They're only mirror image in appearance, not in what they are expressing. Typically, clearance is shown as a plus value, therefore, it follows that ...

Hello Andrew, Following is a graph grabbed from an SKF Manual and clearly indicates that bearing life is significantly improved as the bearings are placed in pre-load. Granted there is a sharp drop off in bearing life as pre-load is increased past the optimal point, but even at circa -0.0055" pre-lo...

Jonathan Wrote: If you want the best fitting and you are concerned about quality….although it may seem OTT I would buy a new set….test the fit…grind to what profile you need….and then re-chrome Then you're nearly in the same boat as re-chroming the original units. As work is being done on the body, ...

Andrew Wrote: I would be ensuring that you have the bearing clearances set correctly and that they are well lubricated. Endfloat should be of the order of 4 to 6 thou. The method for setting this is in the manual. Hello Andrew. That is way too much end float for a Taper Roller Bearing. 0.001" to 0....

No Plating business will guarantee re-chroming of Zinc Based Die Cast. In practically all cases the plating will fail with the same defect that you're wanting to have fixed by re-chroming, only it will fail in shorter time period than the original failure. Out of the die, the part has a close grain ...

Hello Chris,
Pictures will be a big help.

Regards,

Bill

Paul Wrote: There should just be enough space to get to it via a square hole in the clutch cover. I'll be testing it can be done so I know the clutch is disengaging correctly before I fit the engine and gearbox. Hello Paul, In the majority of cases a remote bleeder pipe is provided with the Throw Ou...

Paul Wrote: I took the slave cylinder off, and this is what it looks like. There is a number on the shaft T0120 15 What do you recon? Hello Paul, That looks like a one piece shaft and if its the same spline as the E Type, then that's a bonus; I wasn't aware they were available off the shelf with the...

Paul Wrote: The first motion shaft has this concentric clutch slave cylinder on it. So without taking it off, you can’t see if there is a weld. I do need to test the slave cylinder before I put it on the car, that’s kind of the downside with the concentric type, if it fails it’s an engine out job. H...

Paul Wrote: Yes the first motion shaft is the same, so that S1 clutch disk also fits on it fine. Just the wrong diameter. Hello Paul, Its likely that the shaft is made by welding two sections together. It's easily determined just by examining the section of the First Motion Shaft between the rear en...

Hello Paul, Is the spline of your T5 First Motion Shaft, the same as the Jaguar Gearbox? Its hard to tell for sure from the picture of the two clutch plates, but it looks like the spline diameter of the new clutch plate is smaller than the unit from the S1. If so, the spline of the First Motion Shaf...

George Wrote: With reference to your above post I would be grateful if you could give an idiot proof explanation of exactly what you did to the Mustang first motion shaft and why you had to source the Ford 10 tooth spline rather than use the one supplied with the kit. Was the clients car a V12 and a...

Hello George, Be wary of the first motion shaft being supplied with the T5 Gearbox. I'm aware of one vendor supplying a first motion shaft made by welding two sections together and examples I've seen, the work has been poorly executed. I have a client's car currently in work to convert from Auto to ...

Hello Ray, If the gears are crunching when attempting to engage Reverse, it means that the First Motion Shaft and therefore, the Lay Cluster gear are rotating. This is due to the clutch dragging and may be cured by simply adjusting the Clutch Slave Cylinder stroke; there is much information on this ...

It's Posted in the Series 3 section, therefore, presumably the car is an S3. With an S3, there is no Reaction Plate per se, but an " I " Beam anchor members bolted to the floor. The engine will go in just fine with the suspension totally in place.

Regards,

Bill

Chris Wrote: I've just checked and the configuration in my car, S1.5, is the same as the "correct for S2 cars" layout as in your second photo. So I just need to remove the spring and replace it correctly. The window winder mechanism always felt too stiff so maybe this will help. Hello Chris, I suspe...