The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Dominic, I did a BW8 (which is similar to the BW12) for a customer recently; it depends on the condition of your box. If yours is worn and many parts are shot (eg brake drum, valve block, bent sump, etc), the quote from Whitehouse seems reasonable (they do a dyno test to check everything). 895 is...

Hi Daniel,
perfect, thank you!
I found a similar drawing, albeit from a different servo model.
To make it short: my foto shows the wrong position

Regards
Mark

Hi all, I am just rebuilding a 66' brake servo. The servo push rod is fixed in the primary piston by a pin, and there is a small coil spring in the piston. The manual says that " the spring should be loaded between the heel of the piston and the pin". I am not sure if I understand correctly what the...

Thank you Marek,

I missed that chance, should have known better

nevertheless thank you very much for your support

Mark

Thank you Marek!
I'll check that,
and I ve already got Loctite 518

Best regards,
Mark

Hi all, during the rebuild of the V12 I obviously want to avoid leaks and use some type of sealants. The areas in question are: - liners to block (Loctite 574) - head gasket (yes, there are recommendations using sealant there, eg Beere VHT gasket cement) - general sealant in addition to paper gasket...

Hi all, after having traced water ingress (liners), it was decided to rebuild the engine. Now I am about to start the assembly. My first question (of quite a few to come I suppose) is: timing chain guides adjustment: the special tool from Rob Beere is rather expensive - is there another way to adjus...

Dear Marek and Andrew, thank you for you in depht support! Coolant seemed very good and fresh with no crud visible in the system parts I drained /checked. So I'll have the heads cleaned, checked and slightly skimmed, lap the valves, adjust clearance and refit with new gaskets - and hope for the best...

Thank you all for your input, yesterday I drained the sump and it was completely contaminated as well. I took off the oil cooler, contaminated but no visible cracks, though I have to thoroughly clean it and have a second look. The distributor was completely dry. I was told that the car was bought si...

Thank you, I have to admit that I havent seen defective V12 gaskets yet, maybe the are not ok, so here are photos (top and bottom sides) https://i.postimg.cc/J0kyCqqQ/image3167.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QNwn3JsK/image3168.jpg Marek, regarding the distributor, sorry for the silly queston (I am working...

Hi all, a friend brought his 74 V12 roadster to check the valve clearance. When removing the cam covers I found a beige water/oil emulsion instead of engine oil. https://i.postimg.cc/V6jqFjGK/image2986.jpg I was advised to renew the head gaskets and pulled the heads but nothing seems to be wrong wit...

Still working

Quite a lot of other details obviously not correct, maybe nothing serious, but probably not worth the money in this condition.

I'd get the capillary Smiths lookalike gauge sold by the usuals (I got mine from Merlin Motorsports) - reliable, and if you change over the dial face, it looks like original. If you want to stay completely original, temporarily check real vs indicated pressure: install a t-piece at the block and con...

I have installed the EZ power steering in my S1 E type several years ago, and it certainly helps with low speed maneuvers... I did my own install and found it impossible to get the steering column (the upper section of which is replaced by the EZ unit) mounted fully in the "up" position, which is w...

Hi all, I was just checking a cross reference table Champion - NGK. For the 3.8 's Champion N5 the table gives as equivalent NGK B 6 ES. I currently use a BP 6 ES, which has a longer protruding centre electrode (code P), so is quite different. What does that do to the engine and the combustion? Any ...

Did the car run well with the strombergs? Start trying to get a good idle. I assume that valve clearence is ok and there are no manifold leaks (if you are not sure about brake servo, blank off). Make sure that ignition timing is around 10 btc static. Jets approx 1,6mm down from the bridge, float lev...

Wow, what a story and how much knowledge on the forum! But I wonder how many times Jaguar asked themselves what mess they had with just Etype columns at that time.

accuspark.co.uk still list the dynamator on their website for 180.- for the C42 pos earth (the Dynalite is 525.-)