Recent content by Ginja

Oh, I'm with you there, its been apart - most of it, just not the axle. As a relative beginner in 3 years I've had an engine out for the first time, replaced the trans, rebuilt the whole front steering system (inc cutting the column to add a Borgeson box), replaced drums for discs (spindles...

Thanks for your replies and bear with me I'm learning as I go here - lots of 'firsts' on this car - axles being one of them. Red - U-Joints have slight play, as in I can microscopically move the opposing parts with my hands - I presume that's bad? 747 - do you mean pull the differential out...

Wondered if any of you have experienced this. In crawling traffic my car (69 Coronet 383/727) has a clunk that sounds something like a wheel weight hitting as it goes round. Its either not as audible or doesn't happen (I think it does but my car is loud) while rolling, but I think its much...

Thanks all, this is exactly what I have - the twin capped plastic tanked reservoir with exactly the same symptoms. The lid seems to seal but when I originally fitted it I was surprised at how easy it was to fit the cap - not really a 'compression fit', but the seal bears witness marks all the...

Hi all, I upgraded to discs on my 69 Coronet using a kit with wilwood calipers, a bendix booster and master and oe style master cylinder from Cass. Kit works great, but I've an odd leakage problem from the master cylinder cap - wondered if any of you had experienced it? If I start with a...

I don't believe its in any way different from any other motor - there are no 'Jensen' specific markings or otherwise on it - it was just a crate motor at the time with Jensen valve covers added. There have been a few Jensen 440's that have popped up for sale here recently, I think a Jensen...

Wonderful, thank you - I did search but did not find this thread.

Thanks. I have a 383 in the car (Coronet) already which has a cam and some funky rocker arms but which I know very little else about other than its loud and smelly and doesn't burn the tyres 'at will'. I had planned to stroke the 440 but with Covid I'm wondering about just dropping it in the car...

Thread revival... I have acquired a 440, on the pad is 6T 440 E HP, its a 1976 engine taken from a Jensen Interceptor (I'm in the UK). I don't think or expect the HP to mean anything but cannot find any information to identify what I have. I believe it to have 98k miles on it and it seems all...

I recall someone over here posting that they had found an electric fan and shroud combo from a Kia in a breakers yard that fit perfectly. Can't recall which one, but the idea is there.

I bought a Grant wheel earlier this year. Lovely wheel but after 9 months on the car the chrome horn cap is rusty, and not a little bit either. Having imported the wheel into the UK makes it hard to send it back... I'll probably clean it up and paint it.

Argh... Really want but shipping to the UK will be horrendous...

Ah, so my cunning plan of using what I already have simply results in needing more.. In which case, I cannot find a new wheel hub (for drum brakes) anywhere. Is it possible to buy these new? My new replacement 'outer' bearing is loose in my current hub in what I thought was going to be a simple...

Quick query. Without a booster will a standard manual master cylinder (1") allow me to stop the car with 2.94" diameter disc brake pistons (recon GM FRC4417). Brakes are OK at the moment with drums but my wheel bearing has spun in the hub so seems like I may as well just fit the disc kit if it...

No, we had the front end of the car raised for ground clearance of the output shaft on the ground. I had to remove the engine mounts for the extra clearance needed then it slotted in nicely.