The 'E' Type Forum

It wasn't me in that red car! But I would like to participate at east once!

This year it's very snowy on the Historic Monte Carlo roads. There is once again this year at least an E type. In my opinion, you either have to be a very skilled driver, or to rent a well insured car to go sideways on the snow on those little roads... I don't know if a E type ever made good results...

Thank you Rory, I may email them.

I just checked on Barrat’s website, and 3.8, 4.2 s1 and 2 use the same eccentric shaft c27189.
Could it be that those new shafts are made with a little bit more offset? I doubt about it…

Hello Steve, I have 3.8 original engine block and head.

I have searched a bit more and a new type of eccentric shaft should be used ( ref C27189 ) when using a thicker headgasket…

Thank you Rory and Steve for considering my problem, your opinions are very interesting.I precise that the flange of the camshaft was so close that it was levering the sproket and giving it a few taps with a soft nylon mallet.Not banging it with a sledgehammer! I have read the post on JL, and that’s...

What I have done is check the torque on the cylinder head nuts, and made a few turns of the engine to screw the sprockets to the camshafts and lock wiring the screws, and now I can press the chain with a finger and see a bit of slack. So I have decided to leave the composite headgasket. With heat, t...

Hello, I am in the process of reassembling my engine and fitted a composite payern headgasket that is slightly higher than the metalic ones. It may not be the only reason, but my upper timing chain is very tight. It was hard to put the sprokets back on the flanges of the camshafts and and bit of lev...

I would sincerely prefer using the Moss box.
I was checking the “drivenman” conversion that looked appealing, and half the price of the t5.

Thank you very much, That’s a lot of information! And “it gets better over time and use” is something that sounds good to me! I will either stick to my not perfect moss box or try to find an alternative as getrag, zf or another brand . I have read that a getrag 265/5 would fit. Any other precise ref...

Hi, I have tried two things with my moss gearbox that is on the bench: Filling it with another oil, and heating it with a heat gun. It makes engaging and disengaging 1st and second a little better, but still very hard. I have seen those tags on the synchro, could it mean that they have been replaced...

Hi Geoff, you’re absolutely right, missing parts can be an issue, and in the end, I think that I will one day put another gearbox, but I like to understand, and that gearbox is a real challenge ! Worn synchro will make it hard for the gears to engage,and would be revealed when the car is moving but ...

Hi, here is my little story with my moss gearbox : Knowing the bad reputation that they have and as mine could rotate until it was blocked after about a turn and a half of the shaft, I had initialy decided no to care about it and to go for a 5 speed.But of course I couldn’t resist dismantling it « t...

Some pictures found online about the "real" Monte Carlo Rally

Many times I have been seeing the historical Monte Carlo Rallye, and here are a few pictures of e types. Do any of you know stories concerning the real rally when e-types have participated? Have you been tempted to participate in the historical event ? I must admit that if I were to do it, I wouldn'...

Hello Chris, and welcome ! I enjoy painting, and from my experience, the prep work as everybody know is very important , and can really be time consuming for parts with complex shapes. So investing in a small sanblasting machine is a good idea. I used to buy special sand, very expensive and found re...

Hello James, thank you for your kind reply, I am also convinced that refurbishing old parts can be the way to go. At the beginning of the restoration project, it wasn't so easy to know exactly what to do , because I have several cars and, even if none of them is in concourse condition ( and some are...