The 'E' Type Forum

I am looking for information on Bell housing for my XKE series 2. The engine and gear box was recently removed. The bell housing had serious cracks around the clutch. I obtained a used bell housing, that I was assured was from an E type S2. It trial fitted perfectly, one noted difference was that it...

There is a resistor in the circuit, it services the oil pressure and the voltage. It is on the left towards the front of the pull down dash panel. If it is shorting then both will over read. I was never sure why it was put in place by Jaguar. I found little about it in the manual, if you need voltag...

I finally solved this issue by purchasing a 4 wire alternator from Raeelectric. Works fine. I uncapped the stowed wiring and reconnected them. It took a little thinking about but is not rocket science. The 3AW was toast, so I replaced it with a simple 6 volt relay, It cost me $9.00 plus $7.00 for a ...

I have a 1969 XKE series 2 roadster. The attached photo shows a very ugly plate extending aft of the bonnet top skin. I removed the chrome grill to investigate. The plate is sandwiched between the bracket and the bonnet outer skin. Also the bonnet line seems to cut slightly forward in the area of th...

I have recently purchase a 1969 XKE Roadster. I have Robert Bentley Manual with an electrical circuit diagram for the series 2. It shows 4 wires on the alternator, mine has only one, the other 3 have been capped and stowed. I have no ignition light, I checked the local light wires, there is 12 volts...