The 'E' Type Forum

We definitely lived in the time when style was not dependent on the underlying tech of the car. Previously, the body she'll simply housed the mechanicals and if you spent enough, you got a cabin that kept the weather at bay. We drove cars that were mostly weather-tight, looked great, handled well an...

Obviously much easier with the picture frame off the car.

I dunno, with the bonnet, engine and radiator removed. And the car on a lift there was plenty of room to pound on the frame flanges. ;-)

Gorgeous!

Absolutely perfect.

Running the straps through the wood, rather than around, is quite inspired.

Mind if I swipe the design?

Looks nice.

Now where's the properly secured, varnished hardwood?

(Ignore my last post) You won't be able to fit your E-type flywheel, clutch or transmission to the AJ6 or AJ16 engine, but if you fit the Getrag 265 used pre 1990 on the 3.6 or 2.9, or the 290 used on 3.2/4.0 then it won't fit an E-type tunnel - especially not a short wheelbase car like yours. Pat s...

Dag-nag-snap-frigging computers... I tried to search in the Lumps and E-Types archives over at Jag-lovers (I'm a member there, too) and came away with nothing useful. 154,876,543,650 related postings? Google was even worse! Anybody have any clues to a link to somebody that met anyone who seriously c...

Whups! My Bad. You are quite correct. I drove and maintained a1997 XJ-6L for 3+ years and had totally forgotten that the intake was on the left side of the car. That just adds "re-route the exhaust pipes" to the mountain of things that are needed to make it work. I'll dig into Mr. O'Brein's work and...

No, it is not ok. Both sides should behave the same way. Little to no resistance from the bearings. It should take a solid grip on the end of the shaft to overcome the valve springs. Go back and double-check that the valves move freely, the springs are not work hardened, the cups move freely, the sh...

It turns out I have to abandon the engine block for my 1969 OTS. I'm looking to find a slightly later XJ 4.2 block and rebuild from there. However, I was thinking of installing the whole engine (keep the manual transmission) to get EFI and if I found an X300 car, DSI as well. I know the stock XJ int...

As a matter of fact I do have several dollies and a nice selection of metal working hammers. Holding a 3/4 pound piece of steel at eye level with my off hand while swinging a hammer with my lead hand proved very tiring and accomplished little. Weldor or not, I am very lazy and take my comforts rathe...

The wood will be removed during painting then replaced with a varnished piece of hardwood held by wide plastic straps. I cheated quite badly on straightening the flanges. The bonnet is off, the engine is out and the car is 5.5 feet in the air on my lift. Regular and duckbilled vice grips were used f...

OK, you guys won.

I straightened the bottom edges of the lower frame (somebodies jacked the car several times without a block of wood).

I then zip-tied a piece of wood in place. It'll stay there for the duration of the mechanical repairs.

Not just Barrett, anybody that uses computer controlled inventory management will have on hand +\- 2 of what the computer shows. You are quite correct in wanting to have the clerk lie to you that he or she has found the item on the shelf. Sorry for being impertinent, but how much of in inconvenience...

I can understand the controversy... While the reaction plate is unquestionably another strong point in the structure of the car, it is: A) Thin and subject to slipping/settling on the lifting jack's pad B) Very close to the center of mass of the car. Both side-to-side and fore-to-aft. Leaving the ca...

I thought he meant a 'special' with a wider base thread to cope with stripped/re-tapped block hole? Yup, christopher storey, I found the "dowel stud" exactly where it belongs. Between cyls 5 & 6 on the exhaust side. The hole for it has one of the backed-out heli-coils. The wider-base replacement st...

As the former owner of too many sunroof equipped cars, I strongly reccomend NOT fitting one to an existing car. They leak! It may not be in the first year or two, but it will. Aftermarket ones in 1/2 the time of original equipment. Check the price of actually having one installed. Compare that to th...

Yeah, yeah, yeah... "Repatriating" Like what's-his-name and his daughter. A multi-million-dollar hoard shipped 'home' in 3 containers. Custodial parents call it "kidnapping". We bought the cars and spare parts all fair-and-square. Even paid import duties on most of it. Now you get to sell it back to...

Firstly, I have sucsessfully used their product several times in the past. My 1965 Minneapolis Moline Big Mo 500 needed a bottle of it back in 2003 and I can still jump on it for a day's use without cooling system problems. Now to the difficulties of not following the manufacturer's instructions: I ...

Hey! Whoa! Slow down there.. You planning on poaching E-Types from The U.S.A.? You Brits 'stole' an entire Brooklyn warehouse full of cars and parts last Fall and now you are coming back for more whole cars. I say enough! Just because some jerks here call them "XKE" doesn't mean you can take all of ...

Hi Heuer, I browsed the thread. Inspiration? Not a whole lot. Dissuasion? Plenty! I also belong to a forum for weldors (both professional and hobbiest). I posted a copy of my rant there too. So far, between the two forums I've gotten: 1 "Go for it" 1 "wrong car" 2 "huh?" 6 "you are being silly" (and...