The 'E' Type Forum

You may never need this, but given that my autocrossing brings me to redline from time to time I do depend on the rev limit feature and have been probing its limits. Looking at the tachometer on a run, I saw it was indicating more than 6000 RPM! Ouch! The rev limiter was set at 5500, as delivered. D...

Alan, FWIW, getting a rotational type noise in there has been for me an indication of the chain too tight. Too loose resulted in a chain-y slapping sound. But that's just my experience. I have a Boxster, too. For me it was a shining light of style after decades of dreary looking cars, so when they g...

Alan, It's not the direction you turn the engine but exactly where the cams stop. I loosen the nut until it's just free and tighten the adjuster until all the slack that can be removed is out, letting the pin hold position (why release the tension?). Then I crank the engine a little and repeat takin...

I have enough problems at the moment so I don't want to open another can of worms. Brake master cylinder problem and because I used silicon brake/clutch fluid in the brand new clutch MC the seals disintegrated last week leaving me with a dodgy clutch and a 100 mile drive in rush hour traffic. A job...

Hi, Dave! Have you checked the alignment of the banjo and bolt? I was surprised but given the design of the banjo bolts it's really always a concern.

Jerry

I got mine from Classic Jaguar, but I am pretty sure it's produced somewhere else, possibly Rob Beere.

Jerry

There are holes in the bulkhead stiffener plates so yes, there is a specific factory location on each side for a fully-retractable antenna. Get it wrong and you run out of space below the skin after about 4 inches depth. Later they switched to the right rear quarter on S3 and late S2 I think. Do an...

Modern Champion 'Bow Ties' are suppressed. Also you don't necessarily need suppressed cables and plug caps - one or other will do. The only thing I have found that is affected by unsuppressed plug caps/leads is the EDIS/Megajolt system and possibly, though never confirmed, SatNav and mobile phones....

Thanks chaps, I think I'll go for the SNGB braided ones, I accept your point Marek but for the small increase in cost this should avoid a repeat of the leak. Ian A caution on the braided units. I had one of these installed and based on measurements by Dick Vandermeyden I checked the interface betwe...

Can anyone tell me how difficult it generally is to get the cam-covers oil-tight ? I'm used to all sorts of leak-issues in a variety of engines made over the last 50 years, and some, and some locations, are more prone than others, hence the question. With new gaskets, seals, flatted cam-cover surfa...

Don't be non-plussed. The tensioner operates on that length of chain which naturally lies between the sprockets . When it is turned it moves eccentrically downwards to increase the distance that the chain travels between the sprockets . Unless in so doing it moves a camshaft ( which ideally it shou...

Silver - the gold Lucas coil was the 'Sport' version and was after-market not Factory. Thanks! I had painted it in the right colour then :) FWIW, the Lucas Sport coil back in the day was silver coloured alloy just like the original one. The gold anodizing is a disappointing later "enhancement". IIR...

Eric, Not sure where those "snap-raising" seats came from, but I have never seen them on a '64, they are not shown in the parts book, and my car sure did not come with them. No felt anywhere back there, no third plywood panel over the IRS either. Mine is exactly as Angus demonstrated above. Now, the...

Hi, Erik, Thanks for the kind welcome!

Jerry

Moe, I can recommend the color, and the red interior provides just the right balance. The shades of "white" have subtle differences, and the cream brings out the shine of the chrome on a sunny day. The blue sky and dark reflections show up so well. But then there are no really bad color combinations...

Ginger! See, I told you there was another nice E Type forum to be enjoyed! Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Ginger Corda, good friend of Norman Dewis! And editor of a very popular Jaguar newsletter in Florida. Owner of two very nice E Types, a 3.8 OTS, golden sand and a V12 (color forgotten). Thanks fo...

Thanks for the kind welcomes, gentle listers! Clive, Isn't that XK-EE unbelievable? In fact, I have not yet decided whether to believe it, but I have to admit it was published well before there was a Photoshop. Happy the photos will be useful, let me know if there is something not photographed and I...

Well, my experience is a little different. I have a CJ lightweight flywheel, installed pretty much as a fluke and by the very generous assistance of CJ as they were rebuilding my engine at the time and gave me an incredible deal -- and did not have my original flywheel in Texas. I threw a rod big ti...

Thanks, Dave and Andy! Small world, eh?

Dave, glad the photos were of help. I always see more areas that I have not covered...

Jerry

Stradman, Congratulations on the car. I have had my Moss box for 34 years now, and I would not trade it for a 5 speed. (That said, I'd happily get another E Type and put in a 5-speed!) The Moss box is unique in that it takes some skill to drive well. With rev matching and double-de-clutching all gea...