The 'E' Type Forum

Bill, I welcome comments and improvements. I think it is important to get the descriptions right exactly to your point of not confusing newbies...or anyone for that matter. What I hope to do with the comments, both here and on J-L, is to edit the original document to make the description clear and n...

<t>Oh dear me! Yes of course I goofed. Not sure if it's Freudian, but clearly it is incorrect. A THINNER shim is required if more Pre-Load is desired. It may be counter-intuitive but not if one looks carefully at the drawings. <br/> <br/> I edited my initial response to correct my mistake. The Hub i...

I do agree with both Steve and Bill as to using a dial indicator to check the setup. That is an excellent suggestion and absolutely no reason not to do so in my opinion. This method Dick uses is not a substitute or a replacement for Jaguar's method. It is an alternative and perhaps not for everybody...

Thanks Steve. I know you're following on the U.S. topic and it does concern me that the earlier XKs used a 14 tpi shaft. I have checked this over and over with my thread gauge and it does not fit a 14 tpi gauge, nor an 18 tpi, and it fits perfectly for a 16 tpi. I've ordered a 1"-16 die and I'll mak...

thank you Christopher. I do believe that is correct. 1"-16.

Well, sometimes I get my numbers confused! Must be an age thing!! My measurements indicate the output shaft outer (major) dia. is 0.991" at its most. This does not suggest the shaft nominal size is 15/16" which has a major dia. of 0.9375". So I don't know what I was thinking. It does suggest the out...

Does anyone know the diameter and pitch of the differential output shaft for a Series 1 E-type? I measure the pitch to be 16tpi. I also measure the major diameter as between 0.987" and 0.990". This would make the thread a UNS for Unified Special that does have a nominal thread diameter of 15/16" and...

I think perhaps you already have the answer to your query, but in case you don't here's a pic of the bulkhead on a left-hand drive. The heater cable for the water valve is directly behind the valve. The cable for the heater air control is 2" above that and it makes an immediate bend to go through th...

Yep Stuart, it bothers me too to modify the car as I am striving hard to maintain its originality with modifications that cannot be undone. Nonetheless, in this case it was dent the floor and hurt the underside paint or drill new holes in a simple bracket. I chose the latter. I wonder how it got thi...

Well, it is done! Sheesh, just 2 days to put the switch on a handbrake. Must be a record, huh? I mounted the front of the handbrake, with switch, into the two factory threaded holes and let it fall where it may be at the aft end. The aft mount for the handbrake is welded to the tunnel. The slotted h...

Some additional information. The switch, sourced from SNGB, is made by Lucas. Stamped right on it. It is dimensionally nearly identical to the original dated 1962 that came from my choke. The most critical to me is the vertical height of the switch casing and the new one is marginally shorter than t...

Thanks Andrew and Richard. I appreciate the comments. WRT raising the bracket. The front bolt holes are threaded by the factory. The rears however are slots that require a nut. So, that is a possibility. Perhaps I can gain a mm that way and that might be enough. Good idea. I'm sorry Richard I don't ...

I'll be jiggered! This is going to work. However, the switch still hits the floor before the rear bolts line up. Tomorrow I'll caress the floor into moving downwards a bit with a pry bar, not a hammer. It needs about 1/4". Hopefully I won't crack the paint on the bottom side. It just goes to show ho...

Thanks Gents. That is a good idea. I'm going down to the shop to try it right now! I hope I don't have to relieve the floor.

I had ordered a new handbrake switch, mount and latch spring and attempted to install it today. Thanks to posts by @chrisvine and @1954Etype I found some old threads that had useful dialogue and even pictures. Here's my handbrake with the switch and components installed: https://i.postimg.cc/y6wT5q3...

Thank you Geoff. I think perhaps "upsets" are a part of the game with this car?? There's been many just to get to this point but it's not the problems that count but what is done with them! We'll see where it goes from here but if I don't finish it soonish, I'll be too old to shift it! BTW, road in ...

Thanks Richard. Yours has been one of the ones I have tracked for the past year and I have read many of your early posts. I thank you for those. https://i.postimg.cc/SKh255gh/IMG-20200907-125511055.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/kgdgXSKN/IMG-20200907-125354199.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/mrgzBMWX/P1080866.jp...

After 30 years in hibernation my E-type, 887030, runs again! I thought I'd share some points. This is a rust free (truly!) FHC from the southwest deserts of the U.S. that has been in my family since 1990 and in my hands since 2003. It has been indoors all that time. A year ago July, I uncovered it a...