The 'E' Type Forum

What car are we talking about? If its a 4.2 then you have to have the heatshield fitted between the servo and exhaust downpipes otherwise the brakes will bind when the underbonnet temp gets too high. We've never needed to coat exhaust pipes or fill the system with anything other than blue antifreeze...

Its the 'True Central Push Clutch Release' on their website.

Just a quick update on the Rob Beere release bearing. Now completed over 6K miles with no issues whatsoever. The clutch feels really smooth. We will only fit these moving forward.

I have checked 2 early cars (47 and 39) and they both have the 'normal' s1 mounts with the long studs. I see in the parts book the mount was changed early on in production but both of these cars were fitted with the first type so it looks like what you have is a hybrid mount of some type. Might be b...

Thanks Geoff! Not sure what else we can do as the cars are so easy to break into.

No issues yet with the roller bearing but we are about to head off to Italy next Thursday so that will give it a good test.

Is it worth trying a dentless repair guy? They got a dent out of the nose of mine. Also, if you have to paint the bonnet, you will really struggle to get a good match.

We’ve just replaced mine with the rob beere upgrade. Really good so far. I just don’t have any faith in the modern carbon bearings any more - seen too many breaking up/coming loose.

Yep, snake oil. We change oil every year (normally) so the oil is always fresh.

JayEmm on Cars (Youtube) has just released a new video featuring a car we restored about 1o years ago. Interesting comments - oh and the steering wheel upgrade disaster was a removable one from CMC.



Angus

I'm more concerned at what appears to be the complete lack of waxoyl/dinitrol in the B Post box panel area!

Gils a great guy and knows his stuff. However, I am not convinced about the LED headlights. I am happy to be corrected but my understanding is that if the voltage falls below a certain parameter, the lights go out, not dim, out. This is the reason we prefer to fit the relay mod and I have to say tha...

I think the big issue is component quality. I don't trust modern repro caps, rotor arms, condensors, points etc as I've seen too many failures. Thats why we fit silicone leads with a 123 tune dizzie.

3.8s never fitted with them.

One of our paint shops has now stopped painting E Types due to there being no money in it. Again, these guys aren't rich - merely getting by. I think for a decent paint job now you have be looking at around £20k (for a full bare metail shell). Price up decent materials for a shock!

Met him on a photo shoot once. Nice chap. Drove my car and reckoned it was the fastest E Type he'd driven. Don't know why, its a standard car.

Things are changing. I had a spare few hours so went to the Knebworth Classic Car show on Aug BH.

One of the features of the arena was to get the loudest cars in, rev them and award a cup to the loudest car.

God knows what Chris Storey would have made of this!

Used it for years with no issues - ever. Important to note that you should only use it with a new system. People seem to have had trouble when DOT4 has been in the system previously.

Hi Ash, all good thanks. The original units were held together with a ring type rivet never a nut and bolt.

Its only held together with bolts because someone has stripped it down previously.