The 'E' Type Forum

I have a 2 post hoist with roof height about 2800mm at its lowest. I do all of my work on the car sitting on a chair or stool so you don’t need to get it up so high that you can walk under it. If you can get a 2 poster in at all then it’s what I’d go for. Also once it’s in you can use it to lift you...

Hi all, I have a silly issue that's bothering me as I cannot remember from the days I was working on these cars how the header tank is earthed? It doesn't need to be. The otter switch circuit is in itself an earth. One wire goes to the motor and the other wire is an earth. The otter switch complete...

Odd. I've fitted any number of the seals from SNGB and they've always been fine. They're not PVC but soft rubber.

Have you reached out to them?

Alternatively try David Manners.

They're only a few thou thick. No problem with using them at all.

That’s my read of it.

This is from the Mk2 manual.

They’re usually a good fit. Are you sure you don’t have M12 bolts by accident?

There is a thread of mine on battery charging failure in my 3.8. https://forum.etypeuk.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=22046 For posterity I eventually found that the problem was caused by my using a LED globe on the alternator light on the dash. The alternator light connection feeds power to the field coil...

Tom I spent some time on the earth connections. Initially I had about 0.7v drop on earth with cranking. I fiddled with the engine earth strap, installed a second strap and replaced the battery connector on the earth cable. This brought the voltage drop down to 0.2v. Now with a fully charged battery ...

Problem solved. I think. I had fitted LED globes to the gauge. On Steve's advice I've changed out the LED for a standard globe. Charging now works perfectly off the key with the Dynamator. I'm guessing that my original problem was the same; somehow not enough voltage feeding back through the LED to ...

Again Tom good advice.

I hope to get to it on the weekend.

I have a voltmeter in the cigar lighter socket.

You should be able to slide the coupling up and down on the shafts, but there should be little or no side to side movement.

Thanks for that Steve. I bought a pulley from Tudor. I'll change out the globe too. Yesterday I noticed that when I pushed the starter button the voltage dropped from 12.8 down to 6 or 7 volts while the starter was going and the engine was turning over much slower than normal. I'm not sure what this...

I'm going to make up another wire to bypass the loom. And probably replace the engine earth cable under the car.

Realistically, it has to be the wires. There's nothing else.

I'll keep you posted.

Good thoughts both. I did wonder about the engine earth.

I’ll go and have a look.

I'm perplexed by a charging problem I'm having with a fully restored 3.8 coupe. This car had a standard Lucas dynamo wired through an RB340 control box with entirely standard new wiring from Autosparks. Over the last few years I've had intermittent failure to charge the battery, with the generator/c...

That's very clever.

Is something getting hot?

Sounds like brake fade due to brake fluid boiling.