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- Tue May 21, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Brake Issues - S1 4.2l OTS
- Replies: 6
- Views: 105
Re: Brake Issues - S1 4.2l OTS
The handbrake light issue can also be caused by a fault with the spring actuator on the handbrake switch, or the switch itself. More likely just the spring, which can be replaced separately from the switch. Does need the console removed to accomplish this, so not a trivial undertaking.
- Sun May 19, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Overflowing Fuel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 837
Re: Overflowing Fuel
It takes a certain perspective, perseverance, and mechanical sensitivity to own/maintain a 50+ year old machine. Old cars aren't for everyone. I know I need an occasional break from my hobby cars to refind that perspective, especially when they misbehave.
- Sat May 11, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Clutch worry.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1426
Re: Clutch worry.
Your earlier description of the bite point being just below halfway seems in the normal range to me. That said, I fiddled with the actuating rod length to get my pedal where it seemed right for me. My car does not have a spacer, though I'm contemplating adding one (1/8"-1/4") to lower my pedal. Spac...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Cam Cover sealing...again
- Replies: 55
- Views: 22262
Re: Cam Cover sealing...again
NO sealant with Cometic gaskets other than a very small dab at the loose ends near the tach generator. Cometics will not leak if the gasket surfaces are true.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:13 am
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Scraping Sound from rear wheel s1 fhc
- Replies: 14
- Views: 951
Re: Scraping Sound from rear wheel s1 fhc
I left my U joint shields off during my recent IRS rebuild. My car very rarely sees rain, and always stays on pavement, and after shield hassles with all three of the E types I've owned, I decided "enough".
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Clutch slave cylinder- delay in retracting
- Replies: 13
- Views: 874
Re: Clutch slave cylinder- delay in retracting
The return spring does not appear to have any tension on it when at rest with the slave piston fully retracted. You want a bit of tension present when everything is static, as evidenced by a small amount of visible separation of the spring coils. You can pivot the plate under the slave lower bolt to...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Scraping Sound from rear wheel s1 fhc
- Replies: 14
- Views: 951
Re: Scraping Sound from rear wheel s1 fhc
There should be almost no perceptible wheel movement when you grab the wheel side to side or top to bottom when the wheel is raised of the ground. Can you determine if the wheels are loose on the hubs? (caused by very worn splines, or an aftermarket wheel nut (spinner) 'bottomed out' on the threads ...
Re: Headlight
If it's not the lamp, then it's a wiring issue. Have you tested the lamps off the car to determine if they function on both low and high beam? If lamps have been verified good, and the issue only applies to the one lamp, then it's a wire or connection in the nose of the bonnet, downstream from the b...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: Series 1
- Topic: Scraping Sound from rear wheel s1 fhc
- Replies: 14
- Views: 951
Re: Scraping Sound from rear wheel s1 fhc
If the water thrower comes loose (which is not very likely), you should be able to reach behind the wheel and feel for its movement. It's right at the outside end of the aluminum casting, and right up against the rear of the wheel hub. More likely is the cover over the outer U-joint, which is just t...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Rear main oil leak -help please!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 444
Re: Rear main oil leak -help please!
But how many quarts are in the sump? Seems you missed my point about dipstick readings.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Rear main oil leak -help please!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 444
Re: Rear main oil leak -help please!
To answer your question about the inlet manifold pressurizing the crankcase: No. How would that even happen? the inlet manifold and the airbox are seeing negative pressure when the engine is running. You first need to positively identify the source of the leak before you and all of us on this forum ...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: E-Type Fabs / Classic Fabs Exhaust System Price?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2412
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:36 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: E-Type Fabs / Classic Fabs Exhaust System Price?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2412
Re: E-Type Fabs / Classic Fabs Exhaust System Price?
Andy, FWIW-Having owned three E types almost continuously over the last 40 years, I found the factory style center muffler hangers to be a very poor design, prone to failure in shear. The OEM originals were marginal, and the repros available today are much worse. The Classic Fabs style are the way t...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: seat attachement 67 fhc (blocks to raise seat)??
- Replies: 6
- Views: 451
Re: seat attachement 67 fhc (blocks to raise seat)??
Blocks of wood were not standard. There was originally a spacer (about .25" thick) under each mounting point that sat directly on the floor pan to prevent crushing of the floor covering.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Difficulty refitting carburettors
- Replies: 5
- Views: 563
Re: Difficulty refitting carburettors
Try it with the distributor removed. I found it much easier to reach in from the front.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Overflowing Fuel
- Replies: 13
- Views: 837
Re: Overflowing Fuel
Hmm....in the last 50 years or so, I've owned 60 some automobiles and motorcycles that used carburetors. I currently have 6 older cars with 16 carbs between them. I've always checked the metal floats for fuel ingress as everything I read said to do so. And yet I've never experienced a defective/leak...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:14 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Automatic air bleed valve.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 219
Re: Automatic air bleed valve.
While I wouldn't say it's not worthwhile, I've had 3 E types (2 3.8, and 1 4.2) and never had an issue with overheating or feeling the need to bleed the last few cc's of air (if in fact it exists) from the intake manifold. Quite possibly it would have value on a competition engine, something about w...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:04 am
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: tach wire generator wire placement? (pic included)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 339
Re: tach wire generator wire placement? (pic included)
There is a fix for under reading AC tachs-and that is to send it off (to Mike Eck in the US-see the US JagLovers Forum) to be modified to use the tach generator signal as a pulse input. The mod is an internal circuit board, and requires a switched +12v wire to be added. Not other wiring mods, so it ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Over torqued head nuts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 833
Re: Over torqued head nuts
A permanent elongation of the stud would be accompanied by a reduction in diameter, however slight. But how did that reduction manifest itself? A consistent reduction along the entire shaft? Near the center of the stud? A reduction of the root diameter of one of the threads? In several places along ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: Technical
- Topic: Over torqued head nuts
- Replies: 15
- Views: 833