The 'E' Type Forum

My '67 4.2L coupe engine has been going through a quart of oil about every 125 miles. It's not burning it, it's not leaking it out - it just disappears. Engine was rebuilt by the PO maybe 20 plus years ago but has no more the 20k miles on it. It has short skirt AE pistons with a chrome plated 2nd ri...

All XK cylinder heads fit all XK engines, some of the later ones require some mods to fit the eariier slightly shorter block. Visable external changes to the heads began by late '66 (approx), year of manufacture, when they stopped stamping serial numers into the head and stopped painting them. There...

Thanks Layne. Are the knockoffs that Vintage LED offers the same depth as your old Hellas?

Hi Layne I was wondering how the LED bulbs from Vintage Cars Led worked out, now that you've had them for a couple of years?

Terry

Thank you gentlemen. I've sent an email to ClarkSpares, just waiting for a response.

On Oct 13th I celebrated 50 years of ownership of my '68 ots. It was a German delivery, purchased by a Canadian Air Force officer in Germany and brought back to Canada several years later. Many miles and all the years later I still enjoy long trips in the car, rally and autocross. The car had a mino...

I've been looking at the multitude of Loctite products, to see if any are suitable. I think the one to use is 648, a retaining compound. It retains it's strength reasonably well with heat, has great radial strength but not much in shear. I watched a video of the use of 680 a product that seems simil...

Thanks Steve. I have the manual by chance and it does mention using a locking compound - Loctite. It doesn't say which Loctite and as there a many, including some that are like welding (See https://www.henkel-adhesives.com/ca/en/products/industrial-adhesives/retaining-compounds.html?utm_source=ppc&u...

Does anybody know what compound Jaguar used to lock the inner splines to the rear hub, and if it's still available? I've used blue Loctite but it doesn't last, and am reluctant to go to red or higher for fear of extreme difficulty in strip down. I don't have the ability to heat soak parts this size.

It's oil Chris - It drips from the bottom of the studs under the head where they go through the chain cover (front studs) and the crankcase (rear two)