The 'E' Type Forum

John

I have just seen that Norman Motors 0207 4310940 are advertising a "complete washer bottle assembly as original" for ?69 inc VAT in the Jaguar Enthusiast Magazine. May be worth looking into, seems a very good price.

Steve

Hi Schutz, I have had a similar issue. The easiest way to check is to disconnect the flasher unit, there should be a green live wire, 2 light green wires joined to the same terminal - these feed the flasher warning lights on the dash and 1 green/brown wire which feeds the indicators themselves. Link...

OK thanks very much for those recommendations. ?153 sounds very reasonable - I've probably spent that much already chasing round in circles! (and much cheaper than recently advertised Recon ones) I did measure my flange to flange distance as suggested with the engine and box in place and it was spot...

Hi and thanks to all those who replied with information. I tried fitting the engine and gearbox today but found as I suspected that my longer propshaft was indeed one inch too long even at it's shortest, something I must say I was prepared for from my initial measurements to the gearbox mounting. So...

Thanks very much Chris & Jim, just the info I needed, it at least rules out the shorter of the two shafts I have. On the point of re-aligning the two parts of the shaft after seperating them, casting my mind back to my apprenticeship days the yokes at either end of the shaft must be in the same plan...

Many thanks Chris, thats exactly what I need as a confidence check before fitting the engine and gearbox. With different length shafts I don't want to get everything in place and have to remove it again because I've put the wrong one in. Either max or min length will be fine as long as I can compare...

OK, sarcasm and out of context quotes aside, can anybody answer my question - "What is the length of a SI 4.2 FHC propshaft"?

Hi, can anybody tell me the correct flange to flange length of a 4.2 FHC propshaft? I am reliably informed that all propshafts are the same length with the difference in wheelbase being taken up by the overall length of the gearbox. The trouble I have is that I have 3 propshafts all of different len...

Many thanks for the info, I have seen an explainantion of the reversing and parking process somwhere before. I think the act of writting things down in a logical process half helped to clear things up but confirmation of the purpose of the black wire is just what I needed. I just had a nagging doubt...

Hi, please could someone give me some advice on the wiring connections for the wiper park switch on my 1966 FHC. The switch is the type on the wiper rack inside the cutout behind the instrument panel. At the moment the switch has a black lead atached to it with a male bullet connection at the free e...

Hi, just a quick hello to introduce myself. I recently found this forum while searching for info for the restoration of my 1966 4.2 FHC and have found the site very informative and helpful. I am nearing the end of a full restoration of a serires 1 4.2 FHC having previously restored an XJ4.2C and Aus...