The 'E' Type Forum

Craig Balzer wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 04, 2025 9:16 pm

The switch is a simple 3-position one: off-dim-bright
Just left of the headlight switches:

If it's anything like mine was, the three positions are "Off, almost unnoticeable, dim"

I had bullet mirrors on a TR4 and found them useless in terms of rear vision. Maybe the one you found is better, but bullet mirrors don't tend to have the same field of vision as a rectangular in my experience.

Quite right, although this latest engine is not bad. At the speed we were going in the clip it returns 4.5 mpg.

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Yes, I had a mechanical guage fitted because the normal sender was so misleading. It was a dream to see 70 on start up, 40 at idle and 50 plus at anything above 2000 revs - and to know it was correct (Checked against a workshop pro guage and read identical)

The Jaguar drivers' club have a Truro area, they meet in Blackwater Truro on (I believe) the first Tuesday of each month. The area rep is contactable at jameschristopher2@sky.com If you join the JDC, you will also have access to an E type expert in John Burton. You can get his phone number after joi...

E600 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 22, 2025 2:00 pm

I have an Admiral multi quote policy and they wouldn’t quote me to add a 1962 E Type FHC to the policy as their data base doesn’t recognise the car!

Were you doing it online and being too specific? I did it by phone, and she was happy with E Type

If you're getting 12.8 volts with all lights on, that sounds ok to me - although I may be wrong! The key thing is as mentioned above; with lights and other heavy discharge units off, and with engine running at about 1500 revs or more, you should see 14 volts or a little more at the battery. Does thi...

Yes, I had a few faulty senders which can be quite alarming! I fitted the mechanical one and was delighted - I always knew exactly what the real pressure was.

I've driven thousands of miles across Europe in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands - never once have I put lights on in the day in my E and never once was I stopped and queried. Been stopped by a few Gendarmes and Polizia who said "Nice car", but never mentioned lights.

What electrical system do you have? Standard dizzie, 123, or standard but with electronic points? (Like Pertronix) I ask because I had a missing engine under accleration at higher revs, despite all electrical components being new. I had Pertronix - type points. I had standard plug leads which interf...

Not sure how much I’d worry about the compression if they are roughly the same and it ran well before. My compression was lower than “normal” after a head refurb and it went like a train. I’d check much more as per previous post before going the head off route.

Well done Chris, good effort

I recall I set mine at about 75 thou. Again, it needed fast idle until warmed up properly. Ran beautifully, and returned about 22 mpg. Was also one of the faster (standard) E's at Goodwood. Plugs always a bit black'ish but seemed to like it.

I left the E Type Club some years ago when they simply started to become too greedy. I understand they are a commercial profit-making organisation, but at one stage it was also run for the benefit of members. now it's purely for the benefit of Phil's pockets

I had stone chip. Think it looks good.

I agree with Geoff - the over revving sounds like Driver malfunction

Like Randall, I'd like to know where you found cylinders 7 & 8?

I as out with the JDC. Overnight stay and visited the McAlpine private railway collection on the fawley estate near Henley - fantastic stuff on display, and a ride on his steam train.