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1. Another tardy update: (Updates); ... stripped. Crank on standard and looks OK, bores on +20. I'll wait until I have the body back before I start on it. I have decided to reuse the Moss box that came with the car and this has been rebuilt. ...; Created on 30 August 2017
2. Britney update: (Updates); Apologies for a lack of posting the last few months. Current state of play: car arrived without incident car has been completely stripped to components body shell is due to be sent off to Minus ...; Created on 09 March 2017
3. Goodbye 1E34749!: (Updates); ... there's always another project around the corner! I'm in the process of preparing my 3.8 OTS for sale as well, and it will hopefully be on the market soon. This will leave me with my silver series ...; Created on 09 October 2016
4. 5 year anniversary: (Updates); It's 5 years since I bought my first E Type. Here she is in her previous owner's shed. And here she is yesterday after the detailler has finished with her, prior to sale. ...; Created on 30 July 2016
5. An update on various projects: (Updates); ... for the previous and now deceased owner, so the culprit will never be known. A nice demonstration of hairline cracks between the bores. The crack demonstrated with UV light. The extent ...; Created on 26 June 2016
6. Shipwright's disease again: (Updates); ... me with the car was that it was always a bit tappety. Otherwise the engine is strong, and runs and pulls well. Of course the patented Jaguar undercar anti corrosion system is working well, it leaks oil ...; Created on 07 May 2016
7. Slowly getting there: (Updates); Ross is geting on with it. Maybe by Christmas.. ...; Created on 05 November 2015
8. Ronstoration: (Updates); ... Central and loaded it up with bits of MGA.. Then when I got home I simply painted everything black. Well not really. Actually yes I did but I did do other stuff.. I stripped ...; Created on 25 July 2015
9. MGA??!!: (Updates); ... up to Jag Central. I don't think anyone but Marty actually believed that it would ever get road registration with the MX5 engine so we will put the original engine back in. Chief engineer and I stripped ...; Created on 05 July 2015
10. Why having a car professionally restored costs so much.: (Updates); ... get into the mix. I pressure bleed brakes with a syringe. Takes 10 minutes. But try as I might I could not get the front circuit to bleed. I tracked down the problem to the servo. Fluid would not go ...; Created on 25 May 2015
11. No spark: (Updates); No spark. Symptom: car won’t start or run at all. NOTE: assumes NEGATIVE earth, points in distributor. To Confirm: Put a plug tester in series with a plug. It should flash when engine is cranked. ...; Created on 24 May 2015
12. Exhaust studs: (Updates); The way the E Type exhaust manifolds connect to the downpipes is poorly engineered. The mainfold has a threaded stud screwed into it. This thread is 3/8" UNF and the problem with the fine thread is that ...; Created on 24 April 2015
13. Torsion bars: (Updates); ... ball joints apart! Last weekend I replaced the front anti sway bar bushes with some "NOS" ones. Hmmm. They seem to have evaporated during this morning's 60 mile drive... I guess they were "nasty old s#*t" ...; Created on 12 April 2015
14. Are URO branded C15474 senders any good?: (Updates); ... with greater inaccuracy at lower pressures. The inaccuracy was such that it would not preclude the use of the sensors as a safety device in the case of a real loss of oil pressure in the engine. Materials ...; Created on 14 March 2015
15. Test pilot: (Updates); ... 0910 hrs. Steering and brakes are surprisingly very good..but the engine coughs and misses with all but the tiniest bit of throttle. Bugger. 0945 hrs. Mayday to Stately Jag Manor. Chief ...; Created on 30 January 2015
16. 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
17. Introducing...my new car!: (Updates); OK so two E Types clearly aren't enough. My friend Rob was kind enough to sell me his original RHD Australian delivery Series 1 FHC. Beautiful car in opalescent sliver grey with original red leather ...; Created on 14 September 2014
18. Notes on brake bleeding: (Updates); ... (or another clean one) with 60ml of brake fluid. The less air in the syringe the better as you will be able to generate more pressure. Push the syringe firmly into the hose. 4. Attach a clear PVC ...; Created on 14 September 2014
19. How to take your bonnet off by yourself.: (Updates); ... Thread a loop of strong cord through the rear bonnet vent. Tie this loop to a rope that is securely attached to the roof. Use a knot that you can undo with one hand. ...; Created on 02 August 2014
20. Relay: (Updates); ... work out what the problem is; it's the wrong relay. Once there was power to both C2 and W1 all was good with the world. ...; Created on 27 February 2014
21. January's efforts: (Updates); ... Lovely new otter switch hole cover made for me by Alan Turner. New battery support. Brake fluid reservoirs with natty yellow striped hose. Spin on adapter and original carb ...; Created on 02 February 2014
22. 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
23. Engine and JT5 gearbox installation: (Updates); ... are both 66cm long, although this is without the slip yoke fitted into the JT5 box, which adds a minimum of 6cm. The installation instructions warn against trying to install the gearbox with this fitted. ...; Created on 23 November 2013
24. Engine building 2: pistons: (Updates); Machined, balanced rods. New standard pistons. Rings have been checked in the bores by the machine shop. Assembly lube, slide the gudgeon pin in with ...; Created on 15 October 2013
25. Engine building 1: (Updates); With this car I really wanted to be involved in all aspects of the rebuild, and Chris the engine builder has kindly agreed to supervise me building the engine. Today we got a lot done in 5 hours. ...; Created on 11 October 2013
26. 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
27. First step: (Updates); With some trepidation I installed the very first part onto the body; the fuel line. I then moved on to the front mounting bracket for the fuel tank. Needless to say both had to be removed and reinstalled ...; Created on 31 August 2013
28. Exciting: (Updates); It's all coming together. The body should be here within a week or two. The shed is bulging with rebuilt parts. Every week brings more mew parts from overseas. We're ready to rumble.... ...; Created on 16 August 2013
29. Motif Bar for the coupe: (Updates); ... a motif bar fitted at all when I got it; presumably it had suffered the same fate but had been lost. I sent the coupe's bar off to be rechromed with all of the roadster trim, and bought a repro one, and ...; Created on 11 August 2013
30. 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
31. Windscreen wipers: (Updates); Cold and rainy today. A good day for small jobs. So I stripped the windscreen wiper motor. Inside it looks pretty good with almost no wear on the brushes. I suspect it has seen very little use. ...; Created on 22 June 2013
32. Kelsey Hayes: (Updates); ... was easily fixed with some gentle linishing in the lathe. The rest of the assembly was easy given that I'm used to servicing scuba equipment. For good measure I painted the brake and clutch cylinders ...; Created on 15 June 2013
33. Coopercraft: (Updates); ... from CooperCraft in the UK. I haven't got around to fitting either as it's a fiddle. Essentially you need to pull down the whole axle unit and rebuild it to replace the hubs. Then, with all of the front ...; Created on 18 May 2013
34. Coupe update: (Updates); I've been sorting out a few irritating problems with the coupe. First and formost has been poor tune, with a miss under load. This has been going on since the engine rebuild and I finally admitted defeat ...; Created on 12 May 2013
35. Apologies and an update: (Updates); ... and will then reassemble it with the newly replated bolts and screws. Body. All of the metal work on the tub is complete, and Ross has filled it with fish oil and painted ...; Created on 12 May 2013
36. Starting to come together: (Updates); ... carbies look fantastic with the pipes polished. ...; Created on 24 February 2013
37. Ross has been busy: (Updates); Ross has been very busy with the bodywork. The floor sections under the seats have been replaced with new panels from Robey's. The rust holes in the boot floor have been cut out and repaired. ...; Created on 17 February 2013
38. There's always one little tiny problem...: (Updates); ... to drill the shafts to fit the old throttle stops with existing holes. It's easy; you just use the existing holes as guides. But I'd never been confronted by a virgin stop before... After a lot of thought ...; Created on 02 February 2013
39. 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
40. Jigsaw: (Updates); ... the spare room, on my desks in my study and in ever increasing piles in the shed. Within a week or so I'll start having complete sets of bits, and then I can start putting it all back together again. ...; Created on 23 January 2013
41. At the body shop: (Updates); ... and today Ron and I took a couple of bonnets down to Ross at the body shop. When we got there we found Ross has been busy with the tub. Sexy original lead. So ...; Created on 08 January 2013
42. Pinging begone!: (Updates); ... things I can fiddle with. I'll install it this weekend. ...; Created on 12 December 2012
43. 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
44. Timing: (Updates); ... has resolved but any more than half throttle produces obvious pinging. I'm using the distributor that came with the car, which as you recall had Strombergs fitted. I'm wondering if the problem is related ...; Created on 28 November 2012
45. Off to the Beauty Parlour: (Updates); With 300 miles on the clock I've decided to give her to Ross, the paint man, for a bit of a tidy up. I don't want a respray. Rather I want to get the little dings and scratches sympathetically touched ...; Created on 03 November 2012
46. Warming up: (Updates); ... have it back to me by July 2013, so by then I plan to have the IRS and engine rebuilt, along with all the other bits. I'm particualrly looking forward to locking horns with the Kelsey Hayes servo. Watch ...; Created on 28 October 2012
47. Running in: (Updates); ... by its own coil 3. Missing and backfiring; fuel starvation due to a combination of fuel filter blockage with crap from "cleaned" tank and fuel line compression by spare wheel. 4. Alternator failure; ...; Created on 23 October 2012
48. Back together...but..: (Updates); ... in another distributor; started straight away. Somehow I've managed to fry the brand new Pertronics Ignitor. I've never even driven the car with this one in.. Now, of course, despite the timing ...; Created on 14 October 2012
49. Pop the carbs back on, Sir?: (Updates); ... weren't going to peel off easily either. Eventually it took me about an hour with scrapers, razor blades and a soft wire brush to get the manifold clean, but in the process a lot of crap had found its ...; Created on 07 October 2012
50. 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
51. Ohloh Tracking of Joomla!: (Search - Weblinks / Other Resources); Objective reports from Ohloh about Joomla's development activity. Joomla! has some star developers with serious kudos. ...; Created on 01 January 2011

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