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1. Why having a car professionally restored costs so much.: (Updates); ... wheel to a new boss and installed the accelerator pedal box and connected it to the firewall linkage. If all went well this should be less than 2 hours work. That's until poorly manufactured repro parts ...; Created on 25 May 2015
2. No spark: (Updates); ... plate. Check that the distributor turns freely and is mechanically intact. Check that there are no small screws or other foreign parts loose inside or causing a short. Other things If you have ...; Created on 24 May 2015
3. Buy cheap parts and save!: (Updates); ... in the car... Lesson; buy brand name parts. ...; Created on 23 May 2015
4. Are URO branded C15474 senders any good?: (Updates); Object. To test the accuracy of URO Parts replacement oil pressure senders for the E type Jaguar. Results. All 4 sensors measured consistently at 2 known pressures, however all under read, ...; Created on 14 March 2015
5. 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
6. 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
7. Jigsaw: (Updates); ... in a couple of months. The new 5 speed box is there too. There is a steady stream of parts coming from the UK. I'm continually dropping off and picking up lots of plating, powder coating and chrome. ...; Created on 23 January 2013
8. Nearly ready to reassemble IRS: (Updates); I'm still plugging along fettling bits of the IRS. I'm 95% ready to start reassembly. Just need to get a few more bits plated and I can reassemble the driveshafts. I have all of the new parts and all ...; Created on 12 January 2013
9. The home stretch.: (Updates); ... parts that I have already put on before. Ron came around to help me put the exhausts back on yesterday, and today I have reassembled the front suspension, torqued everything up and bled the brakes ...; Created on 05 October 2012
10. Back from the machine shop: (Updates); ... back to proper tolerances. I decided early on to replace everything else, and I've spent around $2000 on new parts. Around $2500 in labour and I have a $10000 engine. All things being equal though ...; Created on 26 August 2012
11. Hibernation and reflections on plating.: (Updates); ... to replace bolts were lost. Happily though I did get some extra parts that weren't from my car at all, so that was maybe compensation. I ended up getting all the zinc replated elsewhere, and it now looks ...; Created on 13 August 2012
12. More plating: (Updates); Did I mention that I love freshly plated parts? Can't actually do much with these until I put the engine back in though. ...; Created on 26 June 2012
13. I like plating: (Updates); Waiting for parts, la la la. Got a bucket of stuff back from the platers; I love this stuff. ...; Created on 31 May 2012
14. Washing dishes: (Updates); ... with a light drizzle and wind straight from Antarctica. Cleaning and fettling parts is very therapeutic even in less than ideal weather, especially with good company. Alan helped me to complete my tasks ...; Created on 28 May 2012
15. Post mortem findings 2: (Updates); ... on an XJ6 series 3 big valve head anyway so it doesn't really matter. Chris is going to pick up the bits this week and take them off to the machinist. I have ordered most of the parts apart obviously ...; Created on 21 May 2012
16. Don't say the "F" word: (Updates); ... would have the crash panel in too. So in 6 months I have achieved the following: LHD to RHD conversion with all new parts Cooling system including heater fully reconditioned Car fully ...; Created on 21 January 2012
17. What's that noise?: (Updates); ... dusty, rusty car parts. Morning glory vine grows over the roof and in the one window. In amongst the confusion is a small elderly man with wild hair and thick glasses, wearing a grey shop coat. Wordlessly ...; Created on 12 January 2012
18. End of electrics: (Updates); ... put the old (probably servicable) water pump back on in place of the newly reconditioned one from SC Parts. Unbelievably, no leak. Even more unbelievably, the recond unit had a rust hole in the cast iron ...; Created on 06 January 2012
19. 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
20. Glove Box: (Updates); Getting the passenger side dash and the glove box done has probably been the fiddliest job of all so far. First I ordered the wrong parts. Then, when the right parts eventually arrived it became clear ...; Created on 17 December 2011
21. Glove Box: (General); Getting the passenger side dash and the glove box done has probably been the fiddliest job of all so far. First I ordered the wrong parts. Then, when the right parts eventually arrived it became clear ...; Created on 17 December 2011
22. Clutch: (Updates); ... inside by rust and (b) missing some internal parts! New one required. Another $50 to Mr Barratt. Ho hum. Given that every piece of hydraulics I have looked at so far has been completely ...; Created on 09 November 2011
23. Front suspension: (Updates); Craig and Jarrod came over this afternoon, and fired with enthusiasm and beer in equal parts we replaced the front upper and lower ball joints. Getting the top joint circlip in did require a little thought ...; Created on 08 October 2011
24. Another busy day.: (Updates); I had no work today and so have been able to devote the entire day to the car. I went out early, bought some rubber to replace the perished strips in the wheel wells, picked up the latest box of parts ...; Created on 30 September 2011
25. Electroplating: (Updates); ... have got the pedal box assembled and ready to install. I put the steering column cover in first as access is rather tight. It is a repro from SC Parts. It is a really crappy plastic copy ...; Created on 29 September 2011
26. Busy Sunday: (Updates); ... is very satisfying opening bags and boxes with new parts in them and putting them on the car. ...; Created on 25 September 2011
27. No more steering wheel.: (Updates); ... is that the actual bits used for each car vary and when ordering parts it's hard to get it all right. For example I ordered series 1 RHD dashboards; they're the wrong ones. My car is looking ...; Created on 11 September 2011
28. It's Christmas!: (Updates); I had become a bit bored and despondent, as work has stopped pending the arrival of the parts necessary to continue. I wasn't expecting anything for another week but this morning my order from SNG Barratt ...; Created on 05 September 2011
29. Wax on wax off: (Updates); Unable to do anything constructive at the moment as I'm waiting for parts from the UK and the brakes to be ready, so I decided to wash and wax the car. I haven't had to do this to a car for 25 years ...; Created on 29 August 2011
30. First bit of reassembly: (Updates); ... I ordered all of the parts for the RHD conversion, plus a new Lockheed master cylinder and some other bits last night, from Barratts. I sent an email for a quote to both them and XKs Unlimited ...; Created on 27 August 2011
31. Cooling System v1.0000: (Updates); ... bonnet. I'm still in two minds about whether I do the RHS conversion before or after getting the car registered. I calculated the cost of parts for the conversion today; around $2k plus freight etc. ...; Created on 22 August 2011
32. Why buy this car?: (General); ... Footwells, transmission tunnels and the firewall need to be changed or moved about. RHD steering components, dashboards and other parts can be scarce or non-existent. So you may have to modify or fabricate ...; Created on 14 August 2011
33. The plan: (General); ... MG, a PA or PB. These I eventually rejected as too scarce and too hard to get parts for, as well as being horrible to drive. A Swallow bodied Wolesley Hornet appeared, but it was an unrestored rolling ...; Created on 14 August 2011
34. About the Series 1.5 E Type: (General); ... was a transitional series of cars built in 1967–68, unofficially called "Series 1½", which are externally similar to Series 1 cars. Essentially these cars were built using more of the parts destined ...; Created on 13 August 2011
35. My 67 E-type: (General); ... in such a way that the car can be either left or right hand drive. Conversion from one to the other does require purchase of a new steering rack and other parts but is otherwise a “bolt on” affair. I ...; Created on 13 August 2011

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