The 'E' Type Forum

Und ich besuche hoffentlich bald wieder mein Vaterland.

My dad has a lovely flat in the Black Forest! My parents have just returned from a visit there. And I have family close to Lueneburg.

Thanks Patrick.

I've ordered one - hope it does not get lost in the mailing process, as many things (books, DVDs) do between the north and the tip of Africa. It's a bit of pot luck.

Ta to all.

Brilliant, I'll have a look. Ordered the Kelsey Book, downloaded a really interesting 2017 CMC restoration manual publshed in April 2017 (David Barzilay), and ordered a similar thing by Chris Rooke.

Will see!

Excellent, thanks Chris

I posted a similar request on another forum. I would very much like to know what kind of instructional video material is available on the market (DVDs) on the inner workings of the 3.8 E Type, or at least of the XK6 engine. For someone with my degree of ignorance, a combination of workshop manual an...

Thanks Steve Ja, but many things can go seriously pearshaped in such a process. Especially if I have anything to do with it. Just found a nice insurance package that includes roadside assistance even for non-risk events, i.e. your common garden variety run of the mill "the damned thing has stopped" ...

As the big day draws nearer, you guys scare me more and more. Sometimes I think "breakdown" would be an apt name for the forum. "E Type Victims Support Group" would do as well. I have a realistic expectation of experiencing several inconvenient breakdowns in severely inconvenient locations, especial...

Seems like it makes quite a difference what compression ratio you have. The 8:1 can handle a lower octane far better than the 9:1.

We don't really get anything above 95 at pumps here...

Thanks Pete, I got your PM.

I'll PM back!

Hi Peter Don't be alarmed by the heading - just for attention. Read on. I am intrigued by the timing, and the atypical direction of travel of your stunning car. I am in SA. From early this year, I started seriously looking for a series 1 4.2. There was, as far as I could ascertain, nothing available...

Thanks Jaglex As these things go, I am still waiting for various parts to wend their way across the ocean. Retrim being done (assuming kit not also delayed beyond expectation) first week in July. So I still don't have her. I will have to see how it goes (along with no doubt several other little and ...

Thanks Alex.

Testing of the axle and diff revealed that it was and still is 3.31, so I'm sticking with that.

Leider gibt es hier keine Autobahn ohne Grenzen. Our top speed limit is 120 km/h. But there are areas where....ahem.... the trapping and cameras are less active than others.

Heritage Trust Archive confirmed my car would have had a 3.31 axle (diff) ratio.

Thanks to all who contributed. Heuer's info re August 1963 onwards proved correct.

Thanks Tag.

Way down at the southern tip of Africa, Rotherham and the USA are much of a muchness. My guy is a Barratt vendor, making Barratt supplies easier. Things sometimes disappear on their way to us...

Great, if the Kenlowe does not work too well, I'll get a Coolcat. I think the Coolcat is a US product, and the Kenlowes are more easily obtainable here, but presumably SNG Barratt also supply the Coolcats. But first, I need the CAR! Lots happening to her as we speak. Looks like the garage constructi...

Thanks guys

That's reassuring.

I may even see if I could get a halogen option for the lights

Hello people. According to Jonathan Wood the original electric (lawnmower) fan on the 3.8 drew between 6 and 7 amps. It was notoriously feeble. My recent acquisition is currently undergoing various surgical sequences before she gets taken into my custody. One of the things that had already been done...

Last update on this and then I shall let it go: I read the JNCA guide wrong. They were referring to the shift boot (i.e. the gear lever gaiter), not to the boot floor covering. On pristine cars, the hardura in the back looked like part of the leather trim, which was what confused me, and the rubber ...

Thanks Tag If it was Hardura, then nothing lost by getting the Barratt kit. Photos in Jonathan Wood and Hemmings certainly look like leather..... (same colour as trim). Does seem a weird place to put leather, though! My colours are in any event not factory original. Factory was opalescent maroon and...

Thanks, good idea. I have a heritage cerificate, but it says nothing about axle ratio. From what I've read, the UK and European 3.8s came out with 3.07, and for the US they had 3.54 for some reason. But in a Hemmings buyer's guide publication there's an enigmatic suggestion that the axle ratio was a...