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1. Once, and never again: (Updates); Today, the only time all 3 of my E Types have been running and in the same place at the same time. ...; Created on 31 July 2016
2. An update on various projects: (Updates); ... after a hard night out. The crank about to be installed. The bores were taken out to 30 thou oversize, and done properly this time. Here's the completed short motor awaiting the ...; Created on 26 June 2016
3. Why having a car professionally restored costs so much.: (Updates); ... found: no hole (see inset). I replaced that servo with another one from stock; brakes fully bled 10 minutes later. My time wasted: 2 hours. My interruptions to the Chief Engineer: another ...; Created on 25 May 2015
4. No spark: (Updates); ... or fuel or compression. These steps will not help those things. Take each step one at a time, in order. At the end of each step try to start the car. Battery flat. If the car cranks over it is almost ...; Created on 24 May 2015
5. Torsion bars: (Updates); One side of the silver 4.2 sits lower than the other so time to reset the torsion bars. As usual about 10 min each side to correctly calibrate the bars. Pity it took about an hour a side to get the bloody ...; Created on 12 April 2015
6. Are URO branded C15474 senders any good?: (Updates); ... were consistently inaccurate, under reading by an average of 42% at 30psi and 11% at 57psi. The time to reach a steady reading was noted to be a lot longer than for either (a) an original sender or (b) ...; Created on 14 March 2015
7. I'm still here!: (Updates); ... to get the last of the trim completed. There is no room in the shed for my 4.2 series 1, so it is stabled elsewhere and as such can't be fiddled with. Sooooo..... time to repaint my original car, 4.2 ...; Created on 24 November 2014
8. Introducing...my new car!: (Updates); ... interior. An older restoration, Rob's owned her for 10 years. After taking delivery of her last week I spent a couple of hours doing a full lube and oil change. I then spent some time tuning as there ...; Created on 14 September 2014
9. How to take your bonnet off by yourself.: (Updates); ... by pulling it along on the carpet; support it with a hand to stop it falling over. You can now access the front of the car easily. Time elapsed; 10 minutes. ...; Created on 02 August 2014
10. Trim time: (Updates); I've run out of things to do. I have got the doors back together and aligned, put the hood frames in and put the fininshing touches to the engine bay. I've got the carbies tuned and the engine runs very ...; Created on 15 May 2014
11. 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
12. Vale Martin Hawes: (Updates); Yesterday my friend Martin was killed while driving his beloved MGTC. Martin was a kind and gentle man who gave freely of his time and knowledge. He was quick with an anecdote and was always laughing. ...; Created on 09 December 2013
13. Engine and JT5 gearbox installation: (Updates); Finally the time has come to put the engine back in. The unknown quantity was the JT5 box, and how much this would complicate the installation. Prior to starting I measured the JT5 and my Moss box. They ...; Created on 23 November 2013
14. Shimming the tappets: (Updates); Setting the valve clearances on the XK head is a time consuming process that requires patience. I have finished mine. It took me about 4 hours, never having done this before. Each side had to be pulled ...; Created on 26 October 2013
15. Engine building 3: timing: (Updates); Time for the timing chains. Everything has been beadblasted. Locktabs. Gaskets for the new chain cover. Teflon ...; Created on 19 October 2013
16. Got the IRS in.: (Updates); A hoist, a trolley and a little help is all that's needed. This time I took advice and filled the diff with oil and pre-bled the calipers before installing the IRS unit. ...; Created on 22 September 2013
17. First step: (Updates); ... 3 times. Oh and the thread on the captive nut on the repro tank bracket is, you guessed it, the wrong size! ...; Created on 31 August 2013
18. Motif Bar for the coupe: (Updates); When I got my coupe 2 years ago it did have a motif bar, but it wasn't fitted because the special rubberised mounting bolts were broken. When I finished reassembling the car for the second time I bought ...; Created on 11 August 2013
19. Electrical fettling: (Updates); With the arrival of the new wiring looms and the imminent arrival of the car body back from Ross, it was time to sort through the box marked "Electrics" Soldering the bonnet plug onto the new loom is ...; Created on 05 August 2013
20. More little bits and pieces.: (Updates); For some time now I have been unable to find the 8 pin plug that supplies power to the bonnet. It finally turned up today; it appeared to have been sat on by an elephant. Not to be fazed by this I shooed ...; Created on 07 July 2013
21. Apologies and an update: (Updates); ... by the time the body is ready to bring home to my place. Other ancillaries: IRS complete. Suspension complete. Carbs complete. Cooling system complete. Brakes largely complete; trial assembly of the ...; Created on 12 May 2013
22. Here we go again...: (Updates); It's fun when finally the time comes to begin turning piles of parts back into a car. Yesterday I put the carbies back together. As it is with these things, the first one took me about an hour, the second ...; Created on 27 January 2013
23. First steps: (Updates); With pretty much everything stripped down, its time for some plating and powder coating. Will be good if I can get this lot back before Christmas. ...; Created on 10 December 2012
24. Warming up: (Updates); ... Chris's on Friday and got stuck into stripping a Series 1 4.2 OTS. Once this one's done it's time to start my Series 1 3.8l OTS! I plan to have it stripped by the end of November. Body shop reckons they'll ...; Created on 28 October 2012
25. Running in: (Updates); 250 miles on the clock now and it has only broken down twice. Well 3 times. Actually 4. No. 5 if you count frying the rubbish SimonBBC dizzy as well, although that only took 30 seconds and the car ...; Created on 23 October 2012
26. Pop the carbs back on, Sir?: (Updates); ... one piece is a little tricky and last time took me around 30 minutes. BUT it's much easier than trying it this way! ...; Created on 07 October 2012
27. 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
28. Paint it black: (Updates); In preparation for blowing some colour over the frames I've put some new sound deadener in the tunnel and on the underside of the guards. In the past I've used the bitumen based schutz, but this time ...; Created on 17 June 2012
29. More bits off: (Updates); ... should tidy up the paint on the frames and the firewall while the engine's out, so it's time to source some paint. I hate doing fiddly cleaning and sanding jobs. I'm much better at bolting things together. ...; Created on 26 May 2012
30. Post mortem findings: (Updates); ... driving off into the sunset have been shot to bits. It's time for a lovely new rebuilt engine! Good thing I've got a spare crank... ...; Created on 19 May 2012
31. Engine teardown time: (Updates); The specimen is on the slab Igor! Turn up the voltage and let the procedure commence!; Created on 19 May 2012
32. ..until somebody loses an eye.: (Updates); ... the car started well, but there was now a horrible noise from within the bell housing. Dead clutch. Boo. Ah well. Engine out time. Will keep you posted. ...; Created on 08 May 2012
33. On with the SUs!: (Updates); ... all up finger tight before having to get a spanner anywhere near them. This easily halved the time it took to get them back on. Access to the exhausts is a lot easier and they went on easily, as did ...; Created on 18 March 2012
34. "All the leaves are brown..": (Updates); With autumn upon us a man's thoughts once again turn to converting a road going car into an unwieldy pile of rolling junk. With this in mind, I have decided that the time to install the triple ...; Created on 17 March 2012
35. Phoenix reborn: (Updates); ... she was sold on 31st October 1967 to her original owner, Mr Arthur McGill, 965 Mangrove Avenue, Sunnyvale, California. I was a 2yo at the time. There are lots of rattles and squeaks, half the interior ...; Created on 11 March 2012
36. Please, Sir...: (Updates); The time for action is past. Now it is time for the paperwork.. Over the weekend I had the engineer and the Historic secretary from the Jag club look at the car. Both have reported favourably. I have submitted ...; Created on 07 February 2012
37. Clock repair: (Updates); ... communication has been excellent, the turn around time across the world (I'm in Australia and he's in the US) was quick and at US$110 including postage, given the quality of the job, it was cheap. ...; Created on 16 January 2012
38. What's that noise?: (Updates); ... about 10 minutes, not including gasket making time. And the noise was still there. Bugger. It's the alternator. Now I have always regarded electronics with a great deal of suspicion, and alternators are ...; Created on 12 January 2012
39. End of electrics: (Updates); ... Assuming that I'd somehow damaged the gasket I took the pump off, cleaned facing surfaces and reinstalled it with a new gasket. And it still poured coolant. By this time I was worried that I had somehow ...; Created on 06 January 2012
40. We have a steering wheel!: (Updates); ... to proceed. Armed with knowledge, a drill and a good strong arm the job was done in an hour. Prosaic really, and very Jaguar. It'll get there, but in it's own sweet time. I will need to swap the indicator ...; Created on 02 January 2012
41. 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
42. In the Doldrums: (Updates); ... fitting the SUs. Well at least I have had time to watch us thrash India in the Boxing Day Test. ...; Created on 29 December 2011
43. 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
44. 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
45. Lots of fiddly little jobs: (Updates); ... plate. This is the first time I've used the TIG in anger and while it would be mendacious to say that it went without incident, I am quite happy with the result. ...; Created on 09 October 2011
46. Electroplating: (Updates); Pulled out the Jane's Zinc plating kit and fired it up; a big success. I'm still waiting on my old collection of GKN bolts to return to me, and in the meantime I hate putting rusty bolts back in. ...; Created on 29 September 2011
47. Every cloud...: (Updates); ... of TV..out to the shed. A couple of hours of sanding and painting bits, this time in lovely hammertone silver! ...; Created on 26 September 2011
48. Waterpump on: (Updates); ... rebuilt waterpump. Rob had rung as he was passing to ask if he could drop in, so no time like the present. A few minor adjustments were needed with the alternator bracket but otherwise it all went well. ...; Created on 19 September 2011
49. 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
50. JA: Jagaholics Anonymous: (Updates); Phone call: Andrew: "Rob, I was tempted today. Really tempted." Rob: "Yes?" Andrew: "Well, I couldn't help myself." Rob: " It happens sometimes. What did you do?" Andrew: ...; Created on 23 August 2011

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