The 'E' Type Forum

You MAY find that you need to replace them in pairs if yours are original. The newer (SNGB) castings are thicker than the original ones and the difference may mean that when they bolt up against eachother, they may be under a bit of tension. After a few heat cycles, the other old manifold can simply...

Dear Richard, The Pull Air controls don't cause any air to move; they simply open the vent on the picture frame to the air dam, so when the car is moving, fresh (ram) air is directed into the cabin around the feet. If your fan does not work adequately, then the other controls will have little effect...

Dear Dave, This can be done in situ, but you'll small fingers and will have to completely strip the top from that side of the car. If you can remove the studs with their nuts still attached*, rather than just the nuts, then all the beter. Because one (maybe two) of the studs will be captive (the exh...

Don't let it worry you Mike, but the front over riders look to have been fitted "upside down", i.e. left and right mixed up. Have a look at the xke-data website for comparison pictures.
kind regards
Marek

Dear Gary, The gearbox is the same gearbox (even the ratios are mostly the same, except for xj12 s1, I think) and it will fit perfectly. You need exactly the same arrangement at the front of the gearbox (bellhousing, clutch, etc) as the v12 manual gearbox setup. Unfortunately, these are the expensiv...