The 'E' Type Forum

Quite a late answer , but I had this problem on my S3 OTS, mainly when driving top up and driver window slightly open. The major issue is turbulence of airflow and exhaust coming back in the cockpit. S3 also usually leaks oil from the valve covers to the exhaust manifolds, originating nasty fumes. I...

Dear all, Philip, Marek , I came across this thread with a couple of years delay :geek2: Very interesting explanation and discussion :thankyouyellow: . One question remains unanswered though, for those willing to add advance (in my case S3, I had long removed retard). It seems to me that there must ...

Indeed Marek, too rich fuel on the A Bank when idling - but I had previously ruled out the choke during previous tests as I had disconnected the pipe connecting the chokes on the 2 carbs and still spark plugs in all A-Bank cylinders were fouling and no change to CO2 levels. Only one thing to do: car...

Indeed Marek, very well observed as usual :-) All the carbs are the same, but as I reported some time ago I do have a problem of over rich mixture on the A bank, with the spark plugs fouling mostly when idling while in the B Bank spark plugs are always nice. And I can't set the mixture any leaner on...

The “metering devices” that you refer to, shown on the diag. as “orifices”, I’ve always imagined that these are how the system was crudely calibrated/balanced so that flow was not all through one carb. I had to disassemble the pipes connecting the carburetors to the crankcase ventilation. There are...

Hi Bob, Reading this with delay , after having installed a new high-torque starter from Lucas. I reported all works here https://forums.jag-lovers.com/t/r-i-p-lucas-starter-v12-i/426208/26 some time ago. Meanwhile if you say the starters all had 9 teeth, then the starter i got from SNG back in 2011 ...

Hello, My starter died and I am working on replacing it by a high-torque unit I bought 10 yrs ago at SNG Barratt but never installed. That Unit is the same as the one shown by 'ole-xke', but it has the plate adjusted at a different angle . https://i.postimg.cc/mZN8zRsJ/IMG-20221010-224154.jpg Howeve...

I had an issue with the tachometer (S3) , it behaved erratically , sometimes not at all. I have a Petronix ignition system. I went a long way to find the reason, changing condensers etc in the tachometer to no avail. Inside there is a small IC from Texas Instruments that eventually stops working. Yo...

Many thanks Steve, I will check with Alan. My Differential is in such a good shape (or at least it seems) that it will be a shame replacing it for any other unit, also because the car is so original . I will contact Alan , I was in contact with Roger a couple of years ago on EFI transformations. (PS...

Hello, (apologies for double posting) Does anyone know where in UK can I source a replacement for the differential output shaft of a Series 3 ? They are not anlylonger made, reference is SKF 41444 , which has a 29mm width with double ball rollers . Some suppliers have a replacement that it is 2mm th...

Hello, Does anyone know where in UK can I source a replacement for the differential output shaft of a Series 3 ? They are not anlylonger made, reference is SKF 41444 , which has a 29mm width with double ball rollers . Some suppliers have a replacement that it is 2mm thiner but need shimming , but I ...

It may well be the tachometer. In case it is, the tachometer has a Integrated Circuit from Texas Instruments which is not produced any longer and it may breakdown. I retrofitted the tachometer with a device you can get from spiyda.com, in the UK,, attached to the back of the case and it has been wor...

Barry,

Did you get your car ready ? I would appreciate some hints / photos of the loom routing, I am also planning to do the same.

Many thanks
Rui Meneses

E-type S3 1973
XJ6 S3 1985

Thank you Bob and 'goodoldgranddad', i went through the same saga and thanks to this thread and the photos I managed to replace the kickdown wire o-ring, redress the sump flanges and install a new gasket. All should be ok but i now realised that it leaks from the selector shaft. Have you tried to ch...

You should get your car registered at the JDC, 70euro/year and then get insured at MARCH Classic cars - you will pay 125euoro for your first classic and 25 for each additional one.

Keep me in the loop for any drive around, I have a e-type V12 form 73 and live in Auderghem

Rui

@Gary : thanks, also Roger Bywayer told me something similar, and there is an article on the AJS engineering site. Indeed with fuel injection everything becomes easy controllable. @Pete: will make a test in a few weeks/month when will have some time and will report back. Thanks ! BTW on a more impor...

But by the way Peter, did you note significant mileage increase?

There is a fuel loop indeed but it has a T to feed the carbs, so enough to replace the bottom part of the T with a loop fit with a XJ6 LH fuel return valve so fuel can be controlled with a switch. This is actually the only modification needed on the fuel delivery part. As for the opening of the thro...

Jaguar did some testing in the early 70's to try reducing the fuel consumption of the V12 running on carbs, recall the engine was supposed to have had fuel injection BRICO from the beginning.One of the trials involved running the V12 on a single bank. Today I went for a short ride after having remov...

They go through the inlet manifolds to the exhaust ports. Air is injected on the outlet ports therefore not changing the mixture in any way.
Rui Meneses
S3 1973