The 'E' Type Forum

For me I couldn't get any fore aft movement of the bolt, the foreward flat of the bolt is a snug fit against the reaction plate, which is clamped in position by the tb and the teardrop so it's fixed in postition regardless of where the bolt is. I think it's like that to allow for some tolerance in a...

Also rock the wheel horizontaly front to back. That will elimimate reading play in the uj's.

I used peel pop rivets which worked great, also flattened on the back

I found suitable nylon hose at a hydraulics supply co.

Yes but the header tank itself needs to be earthed because, as the OP mentioned, it's rubber mounted.

Having grown up with 50's & 60's British cars and also owned Mk VII & Mk I with Moss boxes it's no problem, just don't rush it. Makes a delightful sound in 1st. As above shift into 2nd or just toward 2nd then straight up into 1st when stopped.

The 3.8 has a separate earth wire attached one of the otter switch attachment screws.

The S1 3.8 has a fan relay, as does my '64 3.8, and also shown in the service manual.

881261/850843/890251/861557 Something amiss there. Maybe the change was from slotted to phillps. My car is 861460 and has slotted machine screws, definitely not self tapping.

I just use a modern 20w50 in my moss box, works fine, good shifting when cold or hot.

I don't think ethanol is detrimental to the white nylon pipe, which is available from hydraulic supply companies at next to no cost.

SAE 30 is the specified oil for a moss box. BMC & Triumph cars also specified SAE30 for their gearboxes.

My 64 3.8 has white nylon pipe with tight barbed fittings, as I believe most other models have, also same pipes through to the glass filter bowl and then on to the metal carbs connector pipe.

Those filler strips are generic to a number of older British cars, some of which did not have a chrome finisher but used the chromed filler strip e.g. early Mini's.

l know who the original owner of my car was and have spoken to his son but dvla won' even give him subsequent owners details.

I read it as a misstamped 6

Are there any witness marks on the cam sleeve? Look all around the sleeve, if the sleeve is loose it can turn, so the marks won't be where you expect them to be. Also check all the sleeves it might not be the one you're looking at. Also note that a loose sleeve will not affect the valve gap.

Also do you have a vented or unvented fuel filler cap? If vented check that the vent hole isn't blocked or blocked by the gasket.

I have a similar problem. The difference was in the doors. These cars wern't welded by bots. You can put some shims under the frame where it attaches to the top of the door to even them out, or just live with it because you cant lower the frame without some cutting/bending/welding somewhere.