The 'E' Type Forum

I was of the understanding that for every litre of petrol burnt the internal combustion engine produces a litre of water. The black water is most likely this water contaminated with soot from the exhaust

robin

Thanks Dave i have new carpets inc these items, doubt entered my mind when i viewed a couple of websites with trim restorations, now going for carpet without felt. Unfortunatly my wife has just fallen and broken her upper arm at the shoulder, so dont know when i will get in the garage in the near fu...

Hi

can anyone advise when the cross member trim (beneath seat) changed from vinyl to carpet. My car is a 1964 3.8 fhc. Also does vinyl or carpet have foam or felt under them as all the photos i have seen have sharp corners which suggests they don't

thanks in anticipation


robin

Just been on another asbestos awareness course. I was unaware that the bitumin pads used for sound deadning in the automotive industry and beneath stainless steel sinks contained asbestos. So wear appropriate PPE when removing them, disposable overals and mask especially if using powered wire brushe...

I thought about covering the sills with leather but decided that vinyl would be harder weaing and not scuff to the same extent. Also worried about dampness. Any thoughts

Thanks Chris/Steve going to give it a go, the previous solution didnt impress me, so how bad can i make it? Looks like i will be lying down for some time. At least i anticipated this, i thought i would have to replace the bulkhead heater pipes when i found water in the passenger side footwell, turne...

Hi just stripped old headlining out of my car, and note that the rear hatch should have a pvc surround, this part is available from BAS etc in black. Has anybody fitted this and have photos of the final result or what have you done instead. I have previously read its a real pain to install and any h...

Hi Dave the horn push assembly provides the earth connection, this is working ok. I appear to have an additional cable fitted to the switched side of the relay which is permanently live, this i have traced as the fault. I have been unable to trace the other end or source of this cable so have discon...

Most electric cars on the market use Li-on, perhaps Nissan etc have got it wrong! Yes i know main stream manufacturers dont fit them to standard ranges but thats for economic reasons, why fit an li-on when a conventional lead acid can be fitted for 20% pf the cost. With regard aircraft, the envirome...

Hi all old cables were oversized to restrict volt drop (VD) this is as a result of cable resistance,if the vd is excessive the heating effect on the cable may be beyond the capacity of the insulation. Early insulation was rubber and later PVC. Mordern cars with alternators operate at higher voltages...

Just got car back following investigation into fault, i was advised that the cam timing was out allowing inlet and exhaust valves to be open at same time. This resulting in a back fire? At first i thought this unlikely until i thought about the end of the exhaust stroke and the begining of the intak...

Hi Simon thanks for the contacts, i will be contacting them as the sun roof doesnt slise as well as other Webasco roofs i have had. my main concern is the appearance and fitting of the roof lining, on a non sun roof carthe main headlining is affixed to foam and then the roof with a section between t...

Hi i used John Skinner when retrimming my TR2. Very helpful, however the door cards needed a lot of work, not surprising as no 2 cars were the same. I always keep the old ones as templates, as long as they were a reasonable fit when you removed them from the car they make modifing the new panels so ...

Hi i am also about to embark on a retrim. My FHC has a webasco roof. Can anyone send photos of theirs my car does not have the normal flar centre panel with side curtains located by the rubber tube, but a single section held by the sun roof and the cant rails.

Any help appreciated

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Hi David

the air filter is ok the carb su's all operate in sync when the air filter assembly is removed with all pistons risong and falling.

I have taken the car of the road now for unrelated issues once these are resolved i wo will sort this out and report back


regards

Robin

Thanks for your reply, i had replaced the HT leads to no avail and looked at the rotor arm. This appeared ok but i suppose you cannot tell at the voltages present,being a conversion the distributor is a 45D6 so the rotor and dist cap aer different to the standard And the ones i bought. Had come to t...

I agree the most likely cause is either the fuel gauge sender unit or fuel pick up gaskets. Both are below the fuel level when the tank is above 3/4 full. Both gaskets are cheap so i would start there. personally the fuel pick up unless the sender has been out or replaced

Rob

Hi all hope you can help. I have a 64 fhc 3.8 fitted with a lumitron optical ignition. The car ticks over and will rev happily under no load on the road it revs and behaves well up to 3500 however it misfires upto 4000 (more hesitation) it wont go above 4000 i have just replaced the HT leads to no e...

Hi all have just got back home after a few days away and had a look at the wiring in relation the s1 dia. The horn relay has 4 spades W1 and 2 serve the coil circuit with C1 and 2 being the switch circuit. C2 is the feed from the fuse, this is via a brown cable with a purple tracer on the dia, my ca...

Thanks John having a few days in Somerset so not with the car, will jack car up when i get back and check clearances, i had thought it could be the dampers with excess travel but could not see how this could affect bump stop. I will contact mot station after i have checked to see what they have to s...