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US made spring and damper kit I remember reading about a kit, not from Carl Nelson, that improved the handling and suited the car just fine. I thought I had noted it somewhere, but cannot find it. 4 springs and 4 dampers if I remember correctly. 1" lower and very good dampers/shocks. Anybody...

Jaguars With one foot in the XK and E-type world, I can only say that sensible mods/upgrades add value to the car. OK, don´t mess with a rare alu bodied 120 or a flat floor 3.8, but for the rest of them, the usual modifications add value. Even a change of colour, if totally unvisible, is fine...

Too big I think that it is far too big to fit in the E9. A wonderful box that I have in the Jaguar 420G (Mk10), originally installed in the XJ40. 4th is overdrive. Worth a try, or at least look into the measurements. Don´t forget that there will be numerous modifications before it all...

Trial and error I have a very good upholstery shop that have replaced the headliner on several cars during the last year. As the front and rear screens need to be removed, we have taken the opportunity to change to new glass and new rubber seals. The rear window is easier and usually fits on...

Not the disc´s fault The old hard rubber disc is fine. It was the UJ between it and the upper steering column that had a small play in it. I will change the rubber disc while parts are out, but doubt that I will use the red poly one that I ordered years ago along with yellow rubber mounts for...

Found the culprit It turned out to be the UJ above the pedals. The one which has two threaded pins which mount onto a round hard rubber disc. A small play in this old piece gave me the play in the steering wheel, esp at highway speed. I ordered new ones for several cars. Easy to change esp...

I need that transparent, angled/bent plastic tube that exits downwards between the gas tank and rear body panel. Anyone got one lying around? Thanks, Peder

How tight? I think the issue is the tightening screw on top of the box. I know that it is not to be overtightened. The question is: how tight should it be? Perhaps best measured with the correct torque, whatever that value is...? Measured at the steering wheel edge or with the box on the...

I have this on several cars. I have both the CSL version, ending in 108, and the E3 version ending in 153. On one car I have too much movement, as measured at the rim of the wheel, before the car actually begins to turn. With the bonnet open, I can see that the steering arm moves immediately...

Sun visors you know that ..... "when you tell a passenger not to touch it, when he wants to fold down the sun visor". Spent time today sorting out several visors that have been repainted. Everything is so fragile and to make them fit properly takes patience and care.

Only on E3s/Bavarias My understanding is that they are not for our Coupes. I might be wrong, but don´t have any on my cars.

Why do you need to replace 6 electric motors on 2 cars? My experience is that the early, sardine motors are faster than the sturdier, later ones. Problem up front is that the mountings in the doors are different. I.e. you cannot use the earlier motors in later (>74?) doors. As you surely...

No cutting of springs I have not cut any springs on Coupes (just on a heavy 60s Jaguar). The height of the original CSL was about 75cm back and front, perhaps even 76cm as measured from the ground to the bottom of the beltline trim just forward of the front wheelarch, and rearward of the rear...

Progressive springs W&N definitely have them. They require triple dimple rear pads (it´s only 5mm between 1 and 2, and 2 and 3 dimples). I go with the later stock, 23mm stabilizers, but you could put the US made ones (ST is the make). You know that the early, carb CSL, cars had no...

Thanks for giving me a good laugh...

Tiny input CSi in Colorado 10 CSL in Turkis 5

Which equals the 95mm that I had in mind. Thank you. Peder

I think it is 95 mm but cannot find the information in my small "Blue book". Have done this operation in Switzerland many times, but am now in Sweden, and will do it here. Can anybody please confirm? (Or give me the total lenght to fit the 5-spepd box. I know that there is at least 15mm of...

US bumper extensions What a pity they didn´t sort this out during the restoration. Just removing the spacers will still call for new holes on the rear fenders as well as filling/repainting the existing holes. At least it doesn´t have those horrid side markers, esp the ones up front about 3"...

I have them on several cars, CSLs and normal, heavier cars (I buy them at W&N and they are tapered or progressive as we call them in Europe). They are fine on the heavier cars, but make the rear end very low when you load the trunk (even with just at 40 pound suitcase). They are also good on...