The 'E' Type Forum

Hi John That’s an interesting approach. I’ll certainly give it a try, although I’ll use multiple clamps to hold the top of the sill under a trial fit. I have new MR closing panels for the outer sills as the flanges were shot on the originals. A profile gauge to check the fit against would still be u...

I’ve got a Series 2 2+2 E-Type and I’m currently working through the bodywork. I picked up two brand new outer sills from Martin Robey, but the profile isn’t quite right — it’s close, just not where it should be. I used to have a profile gauge taken from my original outer sills, but those were in po...

Hi Geoff The repair panels I have are from Chuck https://i.postimg.cc/BQNNgD42/IMG-4758.jpg You can see the drain is formed on the same edge that the skin will be formed around. Im just not sure if I have to notch the door skin or if there is another way. The non 2+2 cars have different drains - the...

Hello all.

For the series 2 2+2 door - My doors were pretty shot and I have no references for how the door lower drain and door skins come together.

I’m not sure if I notch the skin to go around the drain point.

Could someone provide me with a photo for the original layout?

R

I collect my Etype from Gallery Aaldering in the Netherlands in 2019. I trailered the car back and at arrival in Calais, they were only interested in me having paid for a car with trailer for the crossing. There were no questions about the load. I had an open trailer so it was obvious that I only ha...

Hi Geoff, I did have a look but I couldn’t find a definitive. Some questions raised about the affects of the exhaust heat on underbody coatings too, just something I’m now mindful of. However, on the Jaglovers forum I found this image https://i.postimg.cc/sXhF3bTb/Etypeunderside.jpg Credit from link...

Hello all, My tub will soon be in epoxy primer, but prior to final coating, how do people finish the external boot skin? I.e. should I apply stone chip (I’m looking to use U-Pol Raptor (other paints are available…)) before the finishing coat or should I not worry about any stone chip? I’m just not s...

Hi John, that’s very kind of you to help. However, like your friend,I wouldn’t want to split good condition parts. A quick check on eBay for previous sales shows that they could be worth north of £100 each. I have my eye on a Morris Minor mechanism, as Steve has suggested, circa £20 new, I’ll report...

Thank you. I have dropped him an email. I have found quite a few items for corvettes but nothing for a jag. Sometimes referred to as a clock/flat/recoil spring. R

Does anyone know where I can get a replacement spring for the window regulator? The rest of the mechanism is in good working order.

Thanks.

R

Hi Steve,

I’m in the process of restoring my car at the moment but I’ll be using a catch tank for the breather system. I’ve seen previous owners place the catch tank in the location of the original air filter canister. R

I use colourtune, successfully, on my Westfield kit car which has a Weber DCOE 45 setup. My S2 also has a new DCOE setup but I am yet to use colourtune on it as the engine has been freshly rebuilt and is out of the car. When tuning my friends MG with SUs I use two colourtune plugs as the carb feeds ...

My 1970 S2 2+2 has a butchered panel above the IRS. View from below: https://i.postimg.cc/N0pMKnF5/0-DBA6-A32-8212-468-A-A99-B-7-F2-C21187135.jpg I have a replacement panel that I can either cut to carry out a full repair or turn the repair panel into a removable access panel? It would appear that h...

Choke 32, mains 1.45, f16 tubes, air correction 220. Paul, Do you have the Dyno printout? Ideally with the Air Fuel Ratio (AFR) overlay - always ask for this after a Dyno run. I would suggest that the choke is far too small. Your 32mm choke will cause a significantly richer running from the 145MJ t...

Hi Simon,

I got mine from here:
https://www.thexmod.com/item_detail.asp?id=3328

I’m not affiliated to the company. These are genuine jaguar items for the J60 engine. They fitted my 4.2 engine perfectly! You can’t argue at £25 including VAT too!!

Hi Nick, If it helps I have taken some measurements for you. The drill bit is 6.3mm. I have 6 of these on each side. https://i.postimg.cc/FKYvBzRv/978-DFD4-B-F423-43-B0-959-D-529-F73-D5-F2-BE.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/FKMMCx8b/image.jpg I’ve been playing with the chassis again. I knocked out a lot of...

A quick update, but firstly thank you for the support on this! So, while plan B is to just replace the floors and rails… I couldn’t help going back to my military roots and seeing what I can do with what I have to hand… with a little yea-ha thrown into the mix! :bigrin: The picture below will explai...

Thanks gents. Just finished the first round of cleaning the waxoyl form the car. A little over 6kg of muck in the waste bag! The floors are surprisingly good! Only a small area of rust and damage at the front jacking points, but the B posts will be fun!! The frame rails are almost corrosion free, ju...

I’m just starting to strip all the old waxoyl from the chassis as part of the cars restoration. The car is mounted front and rear (at the IRS points) on a rotisserie. The chassis, a S2 2+2, is out of alignment. The chassis stiffener rails are best described as to be sagging. With a straight edge hel...

Simon, Before you drill your camshafts just keep in mind that if you increase the flow rate out of the camshaft you will reduce the oil pressure in them which could increase bearing wear. What grade of oil are you using? If you’re looking at replacing the cams, change the tappets and cam bearings to...