I think I got them from Martin Robey in England. Been collecting parts from all over, so it's a bit hard to be really sure. The ...   08-19-2009 06:01 am

Current project state: stalemate... A "new" engine will be coming in from England in due time, but is likely to take at least another month before ...   06-07-2009 08:37 pm

Sure you don't have a (major) vacuum leak somewhere? Brake servo, heater core vacuum valve, ignition retard? That would cause idle to rise when heating ...   06-06-2009 09:16 am

I bet you are eager to get the car back out on the road again, Oliver? Miss Jensen has been sitting in the garage without ...   06-04-2009 06:18 am

Esprit2 wrote: The 907's combustion chamber is very tolerant of higher compression on pump gas.   11:1 isn't a problem on the pump gas available in the ...   05-26-2009 08:06 pm

Esprit2: You obviously know these engines well, do you have any experience with upping the compression for the 2.0? SJ Sportscars can provide 11:1 pistons for ...   05-25-2009 08:51 pm

The inner, lower front bushings were like that, simplest ever to install. Wonder why they didn't make the rear ones like that? Could be a ...   05-20-2009 06:56 pm

A word of advice if you haven't installed this kind of bushing before: Installing the Superpros with a vice, I found that what looked really ...   05-20-2009 04:48 pm

Does everyone? :-) Thankfully, rebuilding these engines are mostly a matter of cost, I guess you have to be really unlucky to damage it beyond repair. ...   05-18-2009 09:35 pm

This book holds a lot of information on how suspensions work, and is a good read. It does not offer any silver bullets, but rather ...   05-18-2009 06:06 am

That long weekend could possibly be a long time into the future, I guess, better bet is to get it shipped. We are talking cost ...   05-18-2009 05:25 am

smcmanus wrote: I'd do the head gasket and fix the plug hole.  Take your head to a good machine shop and they will have the plug hole ...   05-14-2009 07:24 am

I am considering my options as I may be embarking on a dangerous journey after I concluded that my head gasket has called it quits. Option ...   05-13-2009 06:23 pm

On mine, the other vacuum tube went to a T piece in the line between the inlet manifold and the brake booster. I have removed and ...   05-13-2009 06:10 pm

Dang! Road test last night, and suspension wise everything was great. What was not so great was that the coolant definately had oil in it, and ...   05-09-2009 04:25 pm

More work done tonight. Right side front suspension done, left side more than half way. The new bushings are sometimes a bit difficult to mount, ...   05-05-2009 09:48 pm

Progress at last! Tonight, I was able to get some work done. Mounted most of the RHS front end last night, today I got new engine ...   05-04-2009 09:16 pm

Got it! The solution came to me while shopping for tools this afternoon. I had tried to do the mounts one at the time, which turned ...   05-04-2009 09:09 pm

I must say it doesn't look like it's the header catching the steering shaft either. I think I'm opting for plan B, dropping the front of ...   05-03-2009 06:49 pm

You mean that the exhaust header is catching on the u-joint just above it? That sounds plausible. I'm not entirely sure on how to loosen ...   05-01-2009 10:03 pm

The motor mounts turned out to be split in two, no wonder there was some movement when revving! Easy enough to get the first (left) ...   05-01-2009 08:53 pm

Back from Las Vegas last weekend, finally got some time to work on the car again. Putting it back together, fixing a few items here ...   05-01-2009 08:44 pm

Finally got to paint most of the rest of the suspension parts today. Only parts not painted now are the lower wishbones. I never thought cleaning ...   04-13-2009 10:44 pm

Mike, you know you can use the switch gear from a late MGB? Check the Moss catalog for pricing, but it's not insane. Just remember to ...   04-03-2009 04:36 am

Just a little update. Progress is really slow at the moment, but it is happening. Prepping the rest of the suspension parts for paint, so ...   04-02-2009 04:17 pm

I know for a fact a federal spec 907 will survive 2 teeth off on both cams... It will run like utter crap and will ...   03-31-2009 06:04 am

The other markings are on the other face of the sprocket, i.e. facing rearwards at the moment. No reason to swap the exhaust sprocket for ...   03-31-2009 04:03 am

If you flip them over, you will get markings 110in/115ex on the intake cam and 115in/110ex on the exhaust cam. That puts another 10 degrees ...   03-30-2009 07:19 pm

Shouldn't you flip them over for 110/110? Hold a ruler between the centres of the cam drive retainer bolts, the timing marks should be really ...   03-30-2009 10:15 am

rossjfox wrote: not sure how to do multiple photos... Use one of the online photo album services, like photobucket.com and link them in using "img" tags. Easy ...   03-29-2009 06:42 am

Jensen Healey wrote: How hard is it to get a bolt??? Don't know, haven't tried yet... :-) I ended up going the saw route, since I encountered some ...   03-20-2009 11:09 am

Apparently, the radius rod is a 70's aftermarket upgrade. I don't know if the improvement is worth changing from a radius rod with fresh bushings, ...   03-19-2009 12:01 pm

Finally got back out in the garage today, tried the impact wrench. Result: diddely squat. Time to start building a tool to press it out without ...   03-15-2009 09:00 pm

I'll be in Las Vegas the week of the NAB show, April 18th to 23rd. It would be fun to meet some other JH owners. -- Joachim ...   03-14-2009 11:59 am

That's the one... I was thinking that using a 11/16 socket as a receiver for the bolt head, and devising a form of caliper press, I ...   03-08-2009 07:31 am

:-) Planning a press tool for getting that d#¤%&¤ bolt from the front lower arm too. If the impact driver doesn't free it, I'll have to ...   03-07-2009 01:43 pm

Dismantling the suspension is almost done, cleaning parts as I go, but I will wait with painting till everything is cleaned and primed, keep the ...   03-06-2009 08:45 pm

Modifying it to double as VR2023 worked out nicely. A 46 mm socket is actually a bit small, so the bushings will get stuck in ...   03-06-2009 08:37 pm

One last bolt, the inner lower arm retainer bolt, is keeping me from removing the last piece of the suspension from the car, crossmember still ...   03-06-2009 08:17 pm

I thought the crush tubes actually carried the load, not so much the bolt? When you torque down the mounting bolt, the crush tube is ...   03-04-2009 05:10 am