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Refurbishing an E-Type Door Hinge How are your door hinges holding up? When your door hinges become worn, getting your door to shut properly may become difficult. Try this. Open your door and pull upward on the end where the door handle is. If you can move the door up and down by a 1/8″ … Continue reading
CHECKING CORNER WEIGHTS ON MY 1967 E-TYPE 2+2 Introduction After reading the book “How to Make Your Car Handle” by Fred Puhn and knowing that I had a HPDE track event coming up for the 1967 E-Type 2+2, I got motivated to check the weight distribution on the tires i.e. I wanted to check the … Continue reading
Technical Article 7 Tuning the Carburators If you have been with me for my previous articles on troubleshooting the XK engine, you will know that we have throughly gone over the cam timing, valves, and the ignition system. I have saved the carburators for last. There is an adage that says “most carburator problems are … Continue reading
Tech Article 6 Troubleshooting your XK Engine – The Distributor Advance Mechanism Last month we looked at the operation the distributor in the XK spark ignition system. In this month’s article, we are going to discuss an area that can be confusing, that being timing advance mechanisms. As we established in our last article, the … Continue reading
Tech Article 5 Troubleshooting your XK Engine – The Distributor Last month we started looking at and understanding the operation of the spark ignition system. In this month’s article, we are going to look at the maestro of your XK ignition system, the distributor. The distributor directs the bursts of voltage from the coil to … Continue reading
Tech Article 4 Troubleshooting your XK Engine – Checking the Spark Ignition System In the course of the first 3 articles on how to troubleshoot your XK engine, we have concentrated on the mechanical components that pump fuel and air into cylinders, namely the valves and the pistons. Now that we have established that the … Continue reading
Tech Article 3 Troubleshooting your XK Engine – Checking Cam Tappet Clearances I approach the old lady hoeing weeds in her garden. “I understand you’ve got some old cars stored in that barn out back. Mind if I take a look? Go ahead Mister” she said. “I’d be glad to get rid of them so … Continue reading
Article 49 Odds and Ends The restoration of the Jaguar E-Type 2+2 over the last few months has occurred sporadically, with various odds and ends taken care of. Isn’t it oh so “odd” that this restoration never seems to “end”! One item that I dealt with was a resistance to the steering effort as I … Continue reading
Windshield Installation I’ve reached that annoying phase in the restoration of the 1967 E-Type 2+2 where I’m finding things that I need to do over. Maybe I hurried through it the first time and did a poor job or maybe things are not holding up to the rigors of actually using the car. Case in … Continue reading
Restoration of a Jaguar E-Type – A Respite Last month was a watershed moment for my E-Type restoration project. I took the car to the CJC concours event in Little Switzerland. I decided not to enter it to be judged, as there are so many incomplete or missing items that the judges would have needed … Continue reading
