The 'E' Type Forum

My painter wants me to take of the vinyl sliding part. I remember the whole roof is bolted into the roof with small nuts hidden under the roof foam. Can the sliding vinyl part be take off solely, if so, how ? My car is to be sent to him after our holiday in iceland, in mid - august, when he‘s back a...

…. Music-wise I‘m off to Paris tomorrow. On 3.7.21, 2 days after my 50th, I‘ll be visiting Jim at Pere LaChaise.

Carsten

Bonnet to be painted within 8 weeks, Pilkington told me my windshield will be delivered soon, so maybe after 13 years…

Carsten

Could not someone here just buy a tatty Hillman Imp or an Allegro with a quartic wheel (buy british!), insure it and loan it to Pete ? If anything happens it was a short term loan like „I gave it to him for 2 days“ or so - in germany that would be ok.

Carsten

Guy : we have this problem fairly regularly in our touring club when we have tried to lend cars to overseas members . It is very difficult indeed to insure a non-hire car for an overseas resident to drive in the UK . Don't ask me why this is, because I don't understand it ! …because you drive on th...

If you happen to come along northern germany drop me a line in advance…
(Felix is now 18, so I put him in Susanne‘s 1990 MX5. He loves that small fun car a lot).

Carsten

Yes, BJ means Baujahr which means year of built. I thought maybe the dissi drive is 1 tooth of inside the engine ? Carsten P.S - my car is also a 1966 / March S1 2+2. I am sanding the bonnet for painting this summer, and I’m still waiting for the windscreen „to be made in England“….for about 7 month...

I have now seen it. And I liked it (though the term „rubbish“ used on the Imp, hm, ok, maybe). And it motivated me to go on sanding my bonnet / due to Covid the painter found some time helping me out, so I am trying to really get it done. Oh and l‘ll write another mail to Pilkington where the heck m...

Hm, available online for non - Britons ? Bbc iplayer say „uk mainland only“…?

Would love to watch as I also have an Imp based kit…

Carsten

Yes - I once saw a documentary about merc in the post war years, and their Chief Developer said they had „on the road failures“ reported back to the factory, and went after each issue - every time a car failed to limp home he said they felt that as their personal failure. Those days are gone… Carst...

Yes - I once saw a documentary about merc in the post war years, and their Chief Developer said they had „on the road failures“ reported back to the factory, and went after each issue - every time a car failed to limp home he said they felt that as their personal failure. Those days are gone… Carste...

Or a W124 leave alone the indestructible car… the W123, sometimes called the „full metal merc“.

Carsten

There‘s a song about John / Johnnie Walker in german, made by Westernhagen, of course about Alcohol…

Carsten

Being too young to have whitnessed it, I can of course not argue - all what I know comes from media. Clarkson said „it was them all“,- the products were not up to international competition, many strikes, bad decision from gov and industry leaders, oil crisis - was / is he wrong ? At Citroen, it was ...

That would be SAE20W50, then ?

Carsten

I have the weber tool / for the SM...I‘ll use it.

Currently I have ATF in the carbs, and not SU‘s own oil. And I‘ll check for the 1.5 mm jet height below the bridge.

Carsten

Ha,

Ici c‘est un autre Citroen SM...vive Robert Opron !

Carsten (allemand)

Tried to start it today, and it did not - until I unscrewed the dampers on the domes. Then instant success. What would be a remedy for this - where to look ? Does it mean „worn pistons“ so „not enough vacuum“ above them ? Or too strong springs, or anything else I should look at ? I drove it today on...

Here‘s the U1 photo I promised. Hope it gets through. These are longer I think, and the tip is different to the UM. I tried to measure the diameter on top and tip, and they differ as well. https://i.postimg.cc/66gc22cj/A6-A15-F33-4853-4-C2-F-A16-B-D96-A140-C9-F44.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/02SfpkH8/F6...