The 'E' Type Forum

Hi All,

My name is Brian and I am new to the forum and to building E Types. I build other cars and have unfortunately inherited the completion of this E type, she is a 1961 series 1 and my Brother in Law who bought her from a Swedish car enthusiast stripped her down completely, re sprayed her then passed away and I have now been tasked with building her back up, but I have no notes or diagrams, just loads of parts and nuts and bolts.

My first of many problems is the clutch, the gearbox is ready to be mated to the engine, but it was never marked coming off, so I was wondering does the clutch bell housing have an orientation? I know the flywheel does and thankfully to a few videos on YouTube, I found the bottom mark on the flywheel and how to get the engine top dead centre for bolting on the flywheel, but I am unsure it the bell housing can just be fitted on, there are 3 pins, so I have a 33% chance of it being correct, but I am unsure and thought I would ask the experts before I go installing it any old orientation. I have the alignment tool for the clutch plate, so just checking before I bolt everything together.

many thanks in advance for any info you can give me

Brian

Brian, welcome to the best place for all things E Type
First off do you have one of these?

Jaguar E Type Service Manual https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51N ... L1333_.jpg

If not buy one straight away. Pages from the manual can be downloaded from the Knowledge Base but you really need to have the original book to hand. All the information you’ll need is in there, but someone on here with greater experience than me can probably answer your question directly.

Look in here: viewtopic.php?f=16&t=700

Good luck and don’t hesitate to use the search facility and ask further questions

Geoff

The opening for the clutch lever wher you attach the clutch slave should be on the right horizontal plain looking at the rear of the engine

Thank you both for your replies, Clutch bell housing, clutch plate and gearbox all fitted, now foraging through all the bits to find the clutch slave cylinder and the main drive belt pulley, then hoping to put engine into the chassis, is there anything else best fitted to the engine before installing into the car? I have already fitted the drive shaft to the car

Brian