The 'E' Type Forum

Hi Rob. From what l can see, (through the original underseal) the oval washers in the photo have oval washers on the other side, same with round washers, both sides. APART from where the NEARSIDE inner wheel arch fixes to the side of the wing. oval as in photo but round washers on inner wheel arch s...

Blue streak. A couple of photo's of the underside of my bonnet. there are 3 round washer on both sides the rest are oval. My bonnet has original paint and has never been taken apart. If you need additional photos let me know. Cheers Phil. https://i.postimg.cc/dtrVW7Lr/DSCN2406.jpg https://i.postimg....

Thanks for your reply's.
Update. I replaced the B1E needles with B1AR needles and it made a big difference, after a 40 mile drive I checked plugs 2 & 5 (see photo), also idle is much smoother.

Cheers Phil.

Hello All. I have a late series 2 E Type. I have B1E non adjustable needles in my Stromberg's and its running very rich (plugs are very sooty after a 10 mile run) I've just ordered a pair of B1AR needles, hoping that's going too make a difference. Just wondered what everyone else on Stromberg's were...

Hi Chris. I went through this procedure last year. I had my application returned 3 times. The main problem was, my car is a California car. When a Jaguar E Type was registered in California,, They put a "J" and "71". J =Jaguar, 71= year of registration, in front of my VIN number, therefore it didn't...

Hi Paul. I had my M/S cylinders and servo unit refurbished and re sleeved by Past Parts. I also found they had fitted the large spring. The reason I found it was because while I was bleeding the brakes, the brake pedal pumped fine, but when the engine was running and I had vacuum the pedal was solid...

Thanks for your reply Steve.


John......Any chance of a photo. Hole size, location ect.

Cheers Phil.

Thanks for your reply Joe. Does a Pertronix or 123 distributor not need a vacuum source

Cheers Phil

Hello All. I have a late series 2 E Type with a vacuum retard distributor, as I've removed all of the emissions, I've been advised to change the distributor to a vacuum advance distributor. I had a chat with Joe Curto in the US regarding this and he recommended I contact Rob Medynsky from British Va...

I've found these Tim. but cant find the oval type
Phil.

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Thank you all for your reply's.
Thanks for the photo Tim. also looks like there's plenty of room under the filter for the brake and clutch pipes.
Tim / Geoff. when you removed the emissions on your car, did you have to make any adjustments / tweaks to your Stromberg's.

Cheers Phil.

Hello All. I'm converting my series 2 E Type to RHD and wondered what others who had carried out this conversion had used as an air filter for twin Stromberg's. Being a late series 2 I am unable to use the original air filter as its obstructed by the pedal box. It seems I have 2 options fitting 2 K&...

Thanks Tim.
Ive managed to get the pipe between the bulkheads but cant get it low enough to fit in the 2 existing holes in the bulkhead. I'll try again tomorrow.

Cheers Phil.

Hello all. Just started on the conversion of my series 2. I have the bulkhead servo pipe that runs behind the dash. I can see where the 2 ends of the pipe exit the bulkhead. I have to remove the 2 end dash sections for the conversion and wondered if it's is possible to install the pipe then. Or is i...

Thanks Robsan.

I've just downloaded their catalogue.
Cheers Phil.

PM me if it's of interest. Delighted to help.

Thanks Ash
I've PM'd you.

Cheers Phil.

Thanks Simon. Yes, I've seen Chris Vines blog and bookmarked it along with Mike Cassidy's post. Handy to know Hutsons will reshape the pedals. With 3 SU's and a manifold fetching around £4 to £5.OOO. So don't think Ill be joining the SU club just yet. At sometime I'll be looking to change the rear a...

Thanks Greg.
That was just the photo I was looking for. If you don't mind, I'll take you up on your offer of more photo's once I make a start.

Cheers Phil.

Mike. Barrie. Thanks for your reply's. I've checked E Type Data, I found a couple of photo's that are helpful but most are LHD cars. I'm looking for detailed photo's around the bulkhead area. also the routing of the brake/clutch pipes. I've managed to get a genuine steering rack, accelerator pedal a...

Hello All. I've recently purchased a series 2 E Type from USA. While waiting for my registration documents and age related reg. number from DVLA ( Could be another month or two due to covid-19) I've decided to convert to RHD now, rather than wait until l take it off the road during the winter months...