The 'E' Type Forum

Hello and welcome to the forum. The car looks great

Understand the figures now! I don't think there is anything wrong with 60 from cold. I have a capillary guage, which has been checked against a workshop professional guage at various rpm. It is spot on at all revs. My cold pressure hits 70 psi - higher than my original guage would read! And it is co...

Did you say your running pressure was 2.5 to 4 pounds? Do you mean 2.5 to 4.0 psi, or a different scale of readings? What range does your guage read?
I must be misunderstanding the units you are measuring I think.

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I know you said the car is level, but how sure are you? A few degrees makes a lot of difference. I laid a bubble rule on top of the engine with car in my garage to ensure it’s horizontal

Don't discount Admiral. I have 4 cars with them. The E has agreed value, named driver, full European cover (and they got me home from Belgium last year!) and it's about £150 p.a. I also have a Jag XFS, an F Type, and a Toyota Yaris. All with named drivers, all European cover. Total premium for all 4...

I had the same coolant leakage on my ‘69 4.2 when I put the head back on. A bottle of Bars leaks sorted it, never had a problem since

I used a color tune (Gunson) to start, got them all to the colour recommended, and it ran like rubbish.
Fact is, the E likes to run a bit rich and using Colortune puts them all too weak.

Hi, and welcome to the forum

I've got the identical clock of course, '69 2+2. Still run mine on battery. I don'tr bother adjusting the time keeping much, because it simply speeds UP as the battery runs DOWN (pendulum, so it would) It stops now and then, so I tap it (hard!) and it starts again. Incidentally, I get the batteries ...

I use Pirelli Cinturatos on my series 2. Very pleased with them.

My pick would be 1 (of course!), 8 (I like a lot) and 10
The Bugattis look like something Cruella DeVille would drive! I can almost smell the Dalmatians

It's probably in David's list, but fan belt of course

Well done! Both look great

Welcome to the forum, any question answered - by people more knowledgeable than me!

Hello and welcome to the forum

I had Vreds for a long time, always liked them. When they got too old, I changed them for Pirellis

Understand about testing the leads, but when the car was at test they were fine. When it was underway and thus under load is when they started to miss. The cost of swapping them for new was only small and fixed the problem. I also had issues with copper-cored leads interfering with electronic igniti...

I had a similar problem when I had plug and king leads breaking down when hot. Have you changed all leads?

Agree, always liked him and his attitude to animals