26 August 2010 | Mechanical, Mechanical, Mechanical, SM IE, SM IE
Since I have this car, I can’t get rid of some vibrations I feel some times on the brake pedal, when I brake. After a few bleeding operations and because I don’t know how old is the brake accumulator, I thought it should be a good idea to replace it,...
26 August 2010 | Uncategorized
For a few years now, I plan to install a “123 Ignition” electronic ignition system, on my SM(s). This is the only system I know that allows to get rid of the original distributor and its approximate performance (at least because of its age), with a...
31 December 2009 | E-Type, Miscellaneous
In September 2009, I went to the “Art and the automobile” event in Ogden (Quebec), this is a 1h30 drive south from Montreal. There are not so much cars there but we can find 5 Jaguar E-Type, that’s pretty unusual. Some photographers were covering the...
31 December 2009 | E-Type, Mechanical
Starting this car has always been quite tricky. Since I use it on a more regular basis, I’m more successful, but I noticed a few times that the starter motor used so much current that the ignition was poor and some times the engine seems to fire correctly only...
21 September 2009 | SM IE
We had a quite bad weather this summer, but I’ve been able to drive the SM on a regular basis, going to classic car meetings organized by my club or others. But there is always something to do on this kind of cars, so here is a summary of my latest...
