The 'E' Type Forum

Hi There are a lot of more recent cars out there with very low overall final drive ratios. My Mercedes SLC 250d had a nine speed auto box (9G Tronic) with 0.601 top gear and a 2.47 final drive ratio. As a result, it would return 65mpg at 80mph cruise. IIRC the power was 201bhp and torque around 360l...

Hi Steve Randall is right. Originally, for the 4.2 cars, there will have been white translucent plastic tube from the fuel pickup to the pump and from pump to rear bulkhead connector. From the rear bulkhead connector to the fuel filter on the front bulkhead it was originally a steel pipe, now common...

Hi Steve

I have all the Daimler 420 books if you need any help.

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I may be mis-remembering, but isn't the Zeus conversion based on London Taxi calipers?

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I replaced the guts of my ammeter with the movement from TIM Super Dash 60-0-60 ammeter. Was easy enough to do and looks more standard than a voltmeter. Although a voltmeter probably tells you more about what's going on than an ammeter does.

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Any thoughts? Yes, the shuttle valve in the slave cylinder is pushed forward, stopping the fluid from flowing to the front brakes. I chased this fault on my 420 for ages, must have used 3 litres of brake fluid before I reverse bled the front brakes, which must have pushed the shuttle back to allow ...

Never having driven one, is scuttle shake a thing on E Type roadsters? I don't remember ever hearing or reading about it in connection with E Types. I think that is probably because the tub is so well designed from that point of view. As Steve has already said, it's more likely to be wear in suspens...

That definitely isn't an E Type on the lift. Just look at the curvature of the windscreen and you'll see it is nothing like an E Type screen.

I think Steve's suggestion of it being an XKSS is spot on.

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Sat Mar 14, 2026 9:10 pm

Repro repro….the quality and problems don’t seem to go away…..

That's because most repro manufacturers have neither the wit nor the wisdom to do the job properly.

Annoying, but unfortunately true.

115.9 Interesting. How did you arrive at this figure? Surely, you need to know at least 2 of the 3 distances between the inner fulcrums and the distance between the 2 outer fulcrums? It's essentially a 4 bar link to control camber change and we don't know what the camber settings are meant to be fo...

I find that surprising because it is normal practice to fit thread inserts in aluminium parts, especially cast parts. Even more so if the thread is being used to secure a replaceable item, such as a thermostat. It strengthens the thread and makes it much more durable. Also, if galling or corrosion h...

If you do the job properly, you line bore the camshaft bearing journals and fit oversize bearings.

I assume that the reputable engine reconditioners do that. Or maybe they have some other way of getting it true?

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All these suggestions are fine but Rory is spot on, as usual. Why over-complicate the problem when replacing the offending helicoil with a like for like item is the easiest and least invasive means? You can buy a helicoil extraction tool for around £20, which will remove the remaining part without a...

The same thing happened on my 420, which has pretty much the same braking system as the Series 2 E Type. It was the reaction valve on the front of the master cylinder, supplied by you know who, that had been assembled with the piston the wrong way around and therefore maintaining vacuum on the brake...

I've dealt with Gil and bought his a LED kits for all the dash and panel lights, including the fantastic blue instrument lights he developed for Jaguar Classic. He is a great guy to deal with, as everybody says. At the time, there was a dichotomy of views on LED headlights and I decided against them...

Are they legal? Or do they just introduce yet another car that dazzles everybody travelling towards them?

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:yeahthat: There seems to be an underlying opinion that Jaguar were incompetent and penny-pinching but this simply can't be true, otherwise the marque would have sunk into obscurity a long time ago. They produced cars that out-performed many of their rivals costing double the price or more and had b...

Maybe, but watch the tracking index of the material you use. It isn't something commonly quoted in filament properties. Also, the layered nature of the print may provide an easy tracking path through the part.

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Not cardboard, probably Nomex card, which is a high dielectric strength insulating material.
Would you really believe that a motor manufacturer would use a piece of cardboard in a motor? If it really was cardboard then some bodge monger has been there before you.

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Would Sean need to fit flat hub wheels if he changes the uprights, discs and calipers for Series 2 parts?

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