The 'E' Type Forum

I recall that on my 2+2 ( now sold) it was fitted with replacement door skins. These came without the holes punched for door locks ! It was a bit tricky cutting the holes for locks . These ended up round without flats. I ended up shaping a thin plate with flats to fit around the lock and secured tha...

Have a search through the forum, i think you will find many comments on sill profile issues. Hutsons seem to be recommended.

I’ve just checked the link in the forum technical section regarding how to rewire but this link doesn’t work any longer. It’s mainly focused on L to R conversion but has a great deal of useful and I would say essential information. If you wish I have a PDF copy I could email you - just send me a PM ...

I’m planning to rewire mine over winter (time and weather permitting) like most I will use Autosparks for the harness items. They can also provide a booklet showing the colour coding etc for each of the connections. This is very useful. Autosparks website is clear on what you may need. In the techni...

Mine is a 4.2 and I have no experience of 3.8 but… When I first dropped the sump with the reaction plate in place I used a cork gasket. Result was a good leak. On removing the sump it was clear that the cork had become slightly dislodged during sump fitting. I refitted with a rubber gasket and all w...

In which case it is as you say just a simple matter of undoing the nuts

Assume then it’s the rear manifold? No need to remove the cylinder head. The bolts that attach the downpipe can be accessed from below using an assortment of extension bars. Or from above with a selection of ring spanners. The crossover pipe will need to be removed and the manifold to head nuts undo...

Is this a car with twin strombergs and the crossover pipe from inlet manifold?

Is it the front manifold that’s defective or the rear?

This seems to be the way things are in today’s world. Everything is rented. Brings me back to the days when all television sets were like this. Nowadays its phones, cars, broadband, everything on the “ monthly” Being a miserable old bugger I won’t be subscribing and will just have to live without th...

Pleased that you’re moving in the right direction if not a full solution.

The only other possibility that I can think of is Adrian at Realm. I know his main business is replicas but he is ( to my knowledge) an old school guy with a wealth of experience.

Steve (MGCJAG) knows him I think.

Tim

Maybe speak Zeus ? I read somewhere that Coopercraft based on the same (or similar) designs.

Tim

Thanks for all the comments - useful stuff.
I may well go to the stoneleigh spares day and have a chat with the guys.
I’m not afraid of wiring issues and am competent with a meter and iron but this is a fairly involved job

Tim

Thanks Danny, yup that’s in place

Tim

Thanks Mike,
I’ve done the fuse boxes , the grommets is thing I hadn’t thought of.

Tim

Evening to all, Over the winter I’m planning to replace the main and dashboard harnesses. I’ll probably buy the parts from Autosparks . My existing cables have been modified many times - quite often by me and during the RHD conversion I extended the existing and also swapped to toggle switches. So I...

I saw the initial posting about these programmable dash lights, this was a while ago. Did it ever come to fruition?

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For some time I’ve been aware that the screen wash nozzles on my car are loose and facing strange angles. So I’ve now sorted it, dash top off, cubby box out, wiper rack disconnected , rev counter out. Shoved my hand through that hole in the bulkhead and sorted it. I actually removed the jets and rep...