The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Marcus,

I have ordered them from Jaguar (extremely expensive). But they are also available from other suppliers. Just search for the original part no. BD39698
Best regards Sven

Thank you for your help!
I have ordererd grilles from Jaguar which should have an "original" look.
Best regards
Sven

Hello John, could you post a picture from your car?
Best regards
Sven

Perhaps someone can post a picture of the original speaker position and grille of an S3 coupé.
Thank you in advance
Sven

Dear forum colleagues,, reassembly of my E has started and I'm wondering if the speakers have been in the right place when I bought the car. Does the S3 from 1971 have the speakers in the radio console or in the rear behind the seats? Attached is a picture, how it looked before disassembly. Thank yo...

Hi,
you won't find the bracket alone at the known dealers.
Today only spare parts with attached (welded) brackets are available.

The early V12 have a seperate, screwed bracket (like mine)

So you either find a used part or replace the complete pipes.

Best regards

Sven

Dear forum colleagues,

soon the shell of my S3 will be ready for the paintshop.
Now I'm thinking about underbody protection.
Do you use clean wax or how do you protect your car?
Or should I leave it just painted?
Best regards Sven

I also installed the coolcat version.
Works without problem.
sven

Hallo Marek,

Strange indeed. My car is an early S3 and the Waso key doesn't fit.
Here is a foto of the key that belongs to my car.

Too bad I can't ask the pre owner.
Best regards

Sven

Dear forum collegues, fixing electrical problems with my oil pressure gauge I have found a key behind the dasboard, screwed with the fuse holder for the rear window heating. First I thought it could be a 2nd ignition key but it doesn‘t fit to any lock of my car. So my question is if a 2nd key has be...

I have grinded the washer to a 19mm diameter and could finally press the spring into the cup. The spare part is machined from aluminium.
So now the filter is mounted and I can wait for the coolcat part.

Best regards
Sven

Hello dear forum colleagues, so today I received the spare parts for my oil filter canister from a well known big german parts supplier. Never having seen how the original parts look I tried to mount the filter assy. After half an hour under my car I realized that it is impossible to mount the assy ...

Thank you so much, that‘s what I have expected.


Sven

I have ordered the coolcat adapter now. Until it arrives I want to use the original system. No I‘m wondering if the picture in the parts catalogue is correct that the rubber seal 12905 has to be put under the screw head. I think it should be between the washer and the canister. What is correct? Or d...

As always I get very quick and helpful response here.

Thank you so much!

Best regards

Sven

Dear forum colleagues, i have read a lot of posts concerning conversion to a spin on oil filter. Originally I wanted to keep the original parts but yesterday I found that the previous owner of my car didn‘t mount an oil filter. He has thrown out everything including spring, washers etc. (obviously h...

Hello Marek,
thank you for the hint.
I'll check the valves before connecting them to the manifold.
Sven

Hello Marek, thank you for your quick response. The last owner of the car has closed a hose that connects there with a screw. Looking at the length I think it could be for the thermostatic valves in the air filter box which switch to pre warmed air when the engine is cold. :thankyouyellow: Best rega...

Dear forum collegues,
I‘m trying to find out what has to be connected to the small pipe at the intake manifolds. Perhaps someone can help me with that.
Best regards

Sven

By the way, on my early S3 they dont seem to be silver.

Best regards

Sven