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1. Headlights and chrome.: (Updates); The fromt light surrounds never had rubbers under them before. A bit hard to fit but look great! ...; Created on 07 April 2016
2. Ronstoration: (Updates); ... Shock absorbers? I could have stripped then bead blasted all the bits, had the oil seals redone and reassembled them. But they seem to work and don't seem to leak so they got the Full Ronald ...; Created on 25 July 2015
3. No spark: (Updates); ... the electrode faces for pitting. If any doubt replace points and reset gap. Even when you’re sure it’s not the points, suspect them. It’s always the points. A dead condenser looks just like a good condenser. ...; Created on 24 May 2015
4. Buy cheap parts and save!: (Updates); Bought some cheap points from SimonBBS on Ebay and put them in my car about 500 miles ago. Car dies. In the bus lane on the freeway. In the cold. Towed home. Long and complicated saga getting ...; Created on 23 May 2015
5. Exhaust studs: (Updates); ... then cleaned them both up with a flap disc on an angle grinder and finally painted them. ...; Created on 24 April 2015
6. Are URO branded C15474 senders any good?: (Updates); ... replaced them with the 2 most accurate ORU senders. I will now drive the cars and see what the longevity of the senders is. Sources of error in the study include the inability to positively calibrate ...; Created on 14 March 2015
7. Notes on brake bleeding: (Updates); ... This is a perfect size to make a good push fit into the brake reservoir hose. I steal them from work but I'm sure you could buy them from any pharmacy. A note about reservoirs. ...; Created on 14 September 2014
8. Easter Sunday drive: (Updates); It's not all rebuilding you know..sometimes we drive them. Plug chop after the run; front, middle and rear carbies. ...; Created on 20 April 2014
9. January's efforts: (Updates); ... overflow pipe bracket. Suspension on! Beautiful plating. Martin bought me this coil so it better work! Doors. Will have to hang them soon. Fan ...; Created on 02 February 2014
10. Engine and JT5 gearbox installation: (Updates); ... It is recommended to attach the yoke to the driveshaft and install them in the tunnel before offering up the gearbox. I have only ever installed engines from below, and this is how we planned to ...; Created on 23 November 2013
11. Motif Bar for the coupe: (Updates); ... you can't see them and you can barely get to them. Eventually I managed to remove one with a 1/4" drive 7/16 socket on a screwdriver handle, but the other one was of course too tight. When installing the ...; Created on 11 August 2013
12. More paint photos: (Updates); As Ross paints something, he takes photos and sends them to me. Here's this week's lot. ...; Created on 04 July 2013
13. Engine machining: (Updates); ... fitted. So 4 weeks ago, I ordered a set of 12 oversized long skirt cam buckets from XK's in the US. Mystifyingly, when they arrived, there were only 10. I emailled them and they ...; Created on 03 July 2013
14. Fettling: (Updates); Let the pics speak for themselves. Here, I have shrinkwrapped the ScreenJet bracket. Here I have reassembled the headlight sockets. Here the steering column ...; Created on 23 June 2013
15. Coopercraft: (Updates); ... depending on how troublesome the ball joints are. The originals will go onto the roadster. I'll still have to strip them and reassemble them with new hubs but at least I can drive the coupe in the interim. ...; Created on 18 May 2013
16. Coupe update: (Updates); ... with the 3.8 roadster to see whether the car handles differerently on them. Both sets of wheels are fitted with 205 70 tyres and to be honest there's really not much difference between them. The wheels ...; Created on 12 May 2013
17. There's always one little tiny problem...: (Updates); I thought that I'd be sensible and rebush the throttle shafts. I couldn't do this myself because you need a good reamer so I sent then off to Midel in Sydney, who returned them having done an excellent ...; Created on 02 February 2013
18. Please be seated: (Updates); Got the seats back from Alan the trimmer today. They look fantastic. Hopefully I'll get them back in on the weekend. ...; Created on 09 October 2012
19. The home stretch.: (Updates); ... few teething problems, but with some sound advice it all eventually went smoothly. The two good bits of advice I got were to put the bars in from the front, sliding them back to insert them, and to loosen ...; Created on 05 October 2012
20. Seat re-upholstery.: (Updates); While I'm waiting for the engine I've stripped the seats, ready for Alan Smith to re cover them. He did an excellent job with the trim so he gets the job. Alan suggested that I buy the covers foams ...; Created on 09 September 2012
21. Steering rack back on..again...: (Updates); I have finally mastered the incomprehensible structure that is the steering rack mounting system. Last time I didn't change the mounts and left them in place, but I have now replaced the (probably perfectly ...; Created on 02 September 2012
22. Hibernation and reflections on plating.: (Updates); ... I went to pick up the chrome to discover that the holes in the overriders for the Amco bars hadn't been welded up as discussed. I asked them to give me a call when they had fixed this. As the chroming ...; Created on 13 August 2012
23. More prep: (Updates); ... paint that peel off. So I've sanded the offending areas back to sound paint. I'll have to undercoat some of these areas first before I paint them. Below is the result of a couple of hours of sand/blow/degrease/mask ...; Created on 24 June 2012
24. A worsening of Shipwright's Disease: (Updates); I finally bit the bullet today and started to clean up the engine frames. I am determined not to remove them from the car, but I will put some effort into getting as much grime as possible off them and ...; Created on 10 June 2012
25. Post mortem findings 2: (Updates); ... point (modern) nuts on them, but the original bolts with holes for split pins had been reused. The other main bearing journals look a bit better than the centre main which is quite badly scored. The bearing ...; Created on 21 May 2012
26. Post mortem findings: (Updates); ... at the head it looked OK although you could see that the front three combustion chambers had a lot more soot in them than the back three. Presumably this is the result of poor tune on the Strombergs. ...; Created on 19 May 2012
27. Engine's out: (Updates); It took a few hours but removing the engine was pretty straightforward. The job I was most worried about was getting the torsion bars out. Fortunately the last person to remove them must have put ...; Created on 14 May 2012
28. On with the SUs!: (Updates); ... a gear reduction starter. Because of the tight access to the lower row of inlet manifold nuts I replaced all of the lower studs with new ones. This paid a huge dividend as I was easily able to do them ...; Created on 18 March 2012
29. Finally....: (Updates); ... rusted in place. I had to remove the overriders and use screw extractors on both sides to shift them. Add another 2 hours to the hours worked. Today I tackled changing the windscreen wipers to ...; Created on 29 January 2012
30. Tanked: (Updates); ... in at some stage, one between the tank and the pump, and the other past the pump. Looking at them, the one from the tank looked to be full of...well...mud. I pulled it out and replaced it and mud came ...; Created on 14 January 2012
31. What's that noise?: (Updates); ... at the top of the list. After all your auto electricial always "sends them off" to be overhauled, usually by someone called Keith, or Werner. The conversation usually goes something like this: Auto electrician ...; Created on 12 January 2012
32. End of electrics: (Updates); ... misinstalled one of the 9 water pump bolts and cracked the water jacket in the block. Given that I had photographed them on removal I thought this unlikely but... Lacking any credible cause I decided to ...; Created on 06 January 2012
33. Exhausting day: (Updates); ... them to the muffler. The new muffler and downpipes will get done when I put on the SUs, which involves replacing the rear exhaust manifold. This is the first time in 6 weeks the poor old girl has actually ...; Created on 31 December 2011
34. In the Doldrums: (Updates); ... rebuilt front calipers leaked all my expensive silicone brake fluid onto the ground while I was trying to bleed them. Back to the brake shop with that one. Probably can't get parts until the new year. ...; Created on 29 December 2011
35. Rear vision: (Updates); ... to buy. No one seems to have them.. ...; Created on 20 December 2011
36. Exhausted: (Updates); The bits of pipe that join the mufflers to the hotdogs were in poor condition so I got some new ones made up to replace them. Sadly when I tried to remove the old bits of pipe from the hotdogs it ...; Created on 18 December 2011
37. Glove Box: (Updates); ... that putting them together wasn't going to be entirely straight forward. This has been the first time that I've had to drill holes and bend things so that they fit, and make bits to hold other bits in ...; Created on 17 December 2011
38. Glove Box: (General); ... that putting them together wasn't going to be entirely straight forward. This has been the first time that I've had to drill holes and bend things so that they fit, and make bits to hold other bits in ...; Created on 17 December 2011
39. I knew I had children for a reason: (Updates); ... jointed arachnodactylic pygmies solely for E Type assembly. My theory is that a tragic epidemic killed them off in the late 60's, leading to the demise of the British sports car as we knew it. ...; Created on 30 October 2011
40. Heater finished: (Updates); ... bits went where. So I glued them in where it looked like they might go. Hell, no one will ever see them. ...; Created on 30 October 2011
41. Front suspension finished for now: (Updates); ... shock. Their one drawback is that they are not adjustable on the car which is irritating but does keep the price down. In the past I have used Spax shocks but SNG Barratt didn't stock them, ...; Created on 29 October 2011
42. Another busy day.: (Updates); ... no doubt. Rob looked very confident. Satisfied with the destruction Rob headed home, but I soldiered on. The rubber strips were removed along with the rivets holding them ...; Created on 30 September 2011
43. Electroplating: (Updates); ... of the original, for which they charged me about $100. Needless to say I won't ever buy anything from them again. ...; Created on 29 September 2011
44. Busy Sunday: (Updates); ... cleaned and refitted all of the front brake pipes; then realised that they didn't need to be reversed, so put them back the right way fitted the new braided front brake hoses refitted the rebuilt front ...; Created on 25 September 2011
45. Heating up: (Updates); ... pedals were cast from, and that if they were cast iron they might simply shatter. Needless to say they didn't. Once they've cooled down I'll paint them. ...; Created on 20 September 2011
46. It's Christmas!: (Updates); ... arrived. Everything is there apart from the bits still on back order. Then 2 hours later, the first of my wheels arrived too. Off to get them now. The wheels look terrific. ...; Created on 05 September 2011
47. First bit of reassembly: (Updates); ... point for the cooling system. All I can see them doing is leaking at an inopportune time and making the car overheat, so I turned up two brass blanking plugs, removed the silly taps and replaced them. ...; Created on 27 August 2011
48. Gloss black enamel hides a multitude of sins: (Updates); I managed to spend about an hour removing and cleaning the radiator supports and the horns. Evenrthing has had a good clean up and tomorrow I'll spray them in the car restorer's version of the Philosopher's ...; Created on 24 August 2011
49. Them's the brakes...not: (Updates); A very busy week at work has prevented me from any play in the shed. Rob rang me yesterday; hadn't heard from me; was I dead? Back brake bleeding commenced and took under 30 mins. Shock removal ...; Created on 20 August 2011
50. Why buy this car?: (General); ... it makes it hard to find a suitable restoration project in a reasonable period of time. There are probably perfect cars out there, but finding them when you want them is hard. There are lots of E Types ...; Created on 14 August 2011

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