The 'E' Type Forum

Wow! That's excellent. I will work on that tomorrow. I am sure I can find a piece of soft metal I can file down to fit that thing enough to screw it down tight.

Thanks so much for your help.

After I got the car back from the latest rebuild by my mechanic, the ignition switch is loose. It had had to be replaced, and the escutcheon (that metal ring that screws down to hold it on to the air conditioner) is just not quite tight enough to hold it from turning when turning the ignition on and...

Done! I received the box in the mail Saturday about noon from Terry's Jaguar Parts. I had to take the passenger side seat out of the car to figure out how the thing goes together, as the Haynes manual does not cover interior parts. I figured out that the big springs have to be bolted on with the hex...

It took me all of about 30 minutes to disassemble the seat. I slid the seat all the way forward to get access to the mounting bolts, removed the two bolts on the floor, slid the seat back, removed the seat from the car, removed the screws holding the plastic covers over the sides. Then I removed the...

I decided to fix this myself. My mechanic had the seat disassembled and reassembled in one day, to tell me that he didn't want to fix it. I figure if he can do it, so can I. So I ordered the part from Terry's online, should be here in a week or so, and then I can remove the beach ball and the inner ...

The driver's seat recline mechanism has broken. Sudden increase in pressure, such as getting out of the vehicle, results in the seat back releasing into the rear of the vehicle. My mechanic tells me this will cost $1000 to repair, including labor. Is there any way to lock the mechanism in place by w...

Well, I did come up with a sort of a solution to my headlight problem. I did replace the headlights with new ones. The new bulbs did exactly the same thing as the old ones. When I got the low beam (dipped) adjusted right, the high beam setting was, again, all wacky. The left light went high and left...

Yeah, that's what I thought. It is not only not supposed to be like that, but dangerous to not have the high beam setting available, especially for high speed highway driving. I am pretty sure these are sealed beam lights, but I will have to check this out. Most likely solution here is to replace bo...

It was a foggy morning a couple days ago, so I checked the headlights to see how they are aimed. The low beam checks out great, they converge about a hundred yards out in a nice patch of light. However, when switching to high beams, the left one goes left and up in the air, and the right one seems t...

I spent some time under the dash over the weekend searching underneath the a/c unit trying to find any kind of drain for the condensate, but cannot find anything. I assume that is because it was not designed to have one. Has anyone run into this already, and have you come up with a possible solution...

Sometimes when I run the A/C it drips cold water onto my dear wife's feet, which is somewhat disconcerting to her. I suspect that it is supposed to drain the condensate through some kind of tube to the outside, but where would that be? Perhaps that drain tubing is blocked? Where do I look?

Nope. Not from Ohio.

First, thanks so much for all of you who have offered possible solutions to the problem. I am convinced that the poor gas mileage stems from two issues. One, that the two carbs are not set up correctly. I believe that the mechanic is competent, but he may not be as competent to adjust the carbs as m...

I know this sounds like a silly question but am I being unrealistic in expecting better gasoline mileage? I usually get between 13-14 miles per gallon on 91 octane gasoline. I have read on Jaguar forums of people getting much better mileage, like 25-26 mpg. Is that possible? And if so, what could be...