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Hello, Something I havn't thought about, but when the choke is adjusted properly it lets enough air petrol mix in to get to 800/1000 revs, does yours start easily, and then bog down, as if it's getting too much petrol, that would slow it down, have you tried adjusting the mixture needle on the choke? the choke mixture should be adjusted with the engine hot, richen it (anti clockwise) till the engine starts to falter, and that's it, and see what it's like when cold, in any event I put a few revs on with the throttle and get the choke off as soon as possible, to prevent bore wash, and just warm up on the throttle, cheers PS

@@peternedsmith Hi Peter, Yes It starts but then seems hesitate. I have seen the needle you mention with the lock nut etc... The car is wrapped up for winter but I have taken a note of what you mention. when hot turn needle clockwise until engine falters. Like you I normally only leave it on for a minute or two at most. I noticed when you were pulling the plugs to check mixture. Is that the way you would adjust each carb. weaken or enrichen based on a run with clean plugs etc... I bought one of those colortune and its a hit and a miss to be honest.. thanks James

Hello, yes it is possible, but whether it's worth it I don't know, to do it you would have to drop the back of the front axle down to let the engine drop enough for you to get the bell housing bolts out and get the bell housing to clear the body, Iv'e done it before many years ago, but I think taking the engine and box out in one lump, either from the top or the bottom would be easier. cheers PS

Hello Gary, As I remember, I think they were from SNG barratt, There were 2 to choose from £50ish, and £80, I got the £80 ones, as I didn't fancy doing it twice.

@peternedsmith Hi Peter...thanks for replying. I enjoy your channel🙂

Gary, if you need it spot on, adjust each jaw a little with a clock on the part till you get there, (each jaw moves independently) and has a much better grip than a 3 jaw

Hello Gary, I replied to that, I just use a good quality HSS drills, carbide are very nice, but expensive

Cheers, it keeps my 75 year old brain from dissolving

Gary, When I started serving my time as a diesel mechanic, I was on £2.50, don't know how I managed

Gary just the normal run of the mill HSSteel, carbide would be nice, but expensive.

Yes very similar, and facinating to watch

Hello, Evo Stick, in liquid form, cleaned and painted the recesses beforehand

Gary, used soapy water on the screens, no sealant on as yet, the rubbers were a good fit, so need to test with water first, fortunately on the seat base there were no broken springs, but it was a bit of a twat getting the vinyl clips back onto there original possition

@@peternedsmithI always prefer WD40 or similar as soapy water contains salt which leads to corrosion, but each to their own

Good luck with it, I had to take the offside one out again and shim it 3mm, stands OK now, not the sort of job you want to be doing more than once.

I just dropped my front subframe and rebuilt the suspension. I used tge ratchet stap method when removing the spring, but on reinstalling it, I put the subframe back in first and used 4 threaded bars. I then jacked up the spring, tightening the nuts as I went until I could get the 2 bolts in where there was no threaded bar and replaced each stud with the bolt while still supporting the spring with the jack. Took about 1 1/2 hours a side.

Gary, I had thought of that, by fitting a PCV valve going direct to the manifold, but I didn't want anything that was going interfere with the carburation, or possibly cause a weak mixture if it failed, there is not much stuff comes out of that vent, but it does smell a lot Why make things easy, when you can do it the hard way. Cheers Heath.

Hello Gary, Yes a mouthful of spring is not recommended, fortunately I was far enough away to avoid any contact with it, but just laziness not fitting the guide pins to remove the spring, the other side worked a treat.

@@peternedsmith thanks to both you and Gary and for the videos that you do, it's a great help to anyone doing there own stuff on these cars. Thanks gents!

A lot of the time , the set up takes longer than the job, in the case of the above, the vice must be set square to the machine axis, the block in the vice was machined square on 4 sides, then drilled and tapped for the cover mounting studs, the dimension for the semicircle that had to be removed was taken from the old 3.4 rear cam bearing housing plus 0.010", and centered between the stud holes, then just a case of increasing the boring head to the desired diameter, the reliefs for the O rings were located from each stud hole individually and were not critical, I never show much of the setup because a lot of it is much of a similar thing every time, but the next vid of interest that I do, I will include it

Hello, yes, I had a couple of guide studs in the top, because it is very easy to knock the thrust plate off the clutch cover, and those 3 little springs are a twat to get back on

Well I quite enjoy making stuff, it stops my 74 year old brain from dissolving, a lot of the stuff on the market these days is shite, to get decent parts you are sort of into the bottom end of the competition department, keep up the good work.

cheers, not the nicest of jobs, but I think using a jig is much easier than trying to measure from where????

Hello Ray, probably something Jaguars should have done in the first place, (but were O rings invented then?)

Hello Al, those cam covers are fetching silly money now, so I had to buy a pair needing some work, I never liked the later ones, but they were much stronger, nowt wrong with the smooth ones as long as you don't go daft tightening them down. PS

Peter I love the Jag we’re I work the owner is into BMW he has a old bmw his mate is working on an old bmw in the ware house, Keep putting vids on of your work on the Jag it’s great and rare to see someone making parts to fix there cars most TH-camrs just buy parts there’s no skill in buying parts 👍👍

Yes, still just as insane as I have always been, still rattling spanners, what you up to?? email peternedsmith@tiscali.co.uk

Hello Simon Where are you at now?? Yes it goes well with a bit of 30s music, had a lot of problems with the engine, unfortunately I got stuck in a 3 mile traffic jam one day, and it overheated, tried new head gaskets, but still the same, I ended up dropping a derated 350 chevy into it (just because it was available locally) but managed to get an adapter plate from the states, £110 which made it a bit easier, original clutch plate and release bearing, and a Bedford truck clutch cover, it all went together quite well, I altered nothing on the car, so it can go back to original if needed. With the V12 in I experimented a bit with the timing, and they run a lot better and cooler on todays fuel if the ignition is advanced 3 degrees from standard on the timing jig, it is easy enough to do if you have the timing jig, (it also does the V8s), I tried at 4 degrees but it sounded rougher. Cheers Peter Smith

Hello Peter, I'm down in Suffolk now. My friend with the '37 Coupe is in Norwich. He rebuilt his from a shell he shipped over from the states. It runs a late flathead V8 now - pleanty of power in it too. My Coupe is a RHD from South Africa, with a later '42 Engine in. I've also got a '37 Buick Limo. I lived in Shield Row, Stanley for 7 years back in the early/mid 1990's, but still have friends in Tantobie & Dipton. I thought I recognised where you were as soon as you hit the main road into Stanley - are you in Anfield Plain?

@@simoncook9416 Hello Simon, I am at the Stanley end of Kyo, although the address is Oxhill, I was going down to see a mate of mine who owns Burn Garage, at Herrington burn. I do like those straight eight Buicks, had a 39 special when I was 19, lovely car, but at the time I could not afford to run it, sold it for £25, but now I am the wrong side of 70, so I can squander my pension. The Lincoln has been in this country from new, it was unsold in 37 (£460) but sold in 38 as last years model for £350, a lot of money then, it was bought by a plant hire dealer in Manchester, and lived there most of it's life. It has been a bit neglected this year, Iv'e only had it out once, as I am restoring a Mk2 Jag, (can't have too many toys). Cheers Peter Smith peternedsmith@tiscali.co.uk

Hello Frank, hope you are well, there were a few videos on here of the Brewery demolition, I thought it might be nice to see some pics of the people and places when it was working. Peter Smith peternedsmith@tiscali.co.uk

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