1973 Jaguar E-Type Steering Wheel Adjustment

[@michaelb.42112]

I don't work on cars, but I KNOW good content when I see it. You are awesome.

[@ThisWeekWithCars]

I appreciate that!

[@fepatton]

This is an aspirational video for me, as I'd love to have an E-type of any vintage at all. 😂 I did have to do this operation on my Ford Pinto as a teenager, though!

[@jeffpurtell5676]

Really love the Jag E-Types. Cool video.

[@grayfool]

The V12 is a wonderful engine in the saloons, I still haven't had the pleasure of tryin it in an E type. Hopefully, one day. . .

[@richardgreene3460]

LOVE your E-Type! I love my 62 OTS and 69 Coupe! I also love the way you explain everything so simply!

[@ThisWeekWithCars]

Thanks so much!

[@johndavey72]

Lucky you ! I have the "ugly duckling" series 1 2+2 . But it's better than nothing ! I've driven V12's and the're exactly as Steve described.

[@richardgreene3460]

@@johndavey72 Disagree John! I love the 2+2 as well. It is just as much an E-Type as the coupe and roadster!

[@thirdcargarage2951]

I really enjoy this type of short and informative video. Good job.

[@JourneymanRandy]

Air bags make that impossible today. I like old car simplicity. Good stuff Steve. Take care

[@rocketeng1888]

Most modern day vehicles have a key way or centering position on the shaft, it’s easy to remove a steering wheel with an airbag. The airbag is not the problem.

[@nedkline886]

but what beautiful cars,even enzo thought they were the most beautiful

[@mikego18753]

Good vid Steve. Thanks. (just need an e type now lol.)

[@johnbutler3141]

On the E-types and XJs etc you should centralize the rack first before any adjustments. On the steering rack there is a grease nipple on the adjusting pad. Remove the nipple and use a pin the same size and push it in the hole. Move the steering rack left and right and the pin will line up with a purpose hole in the rack. The rack is now centralised. Leave the pin in place. Line up the front wheels with the back wheels then set your toe in. Remove pin.

[@2H80vids]

Beautiful cars!! The word "iconic" is used very freely nowadays but the E-type has to be classed as a truly iconic car. Funny that probably the most famous quote about the E-type came from a Ferrari guy, rather than someone from Jaguar. I do think Enzo was right though.

[@larrymcsorley9899]

I had a 1978 MGB, I bought new, that developed a similar problem after being aligned. The selling dealer told me the problem “couldn’t be corrected” when in fact, he just didn’t know (or bother to find out) how to fix it. I took it to an independent suspension shop and they WERE able to fix it correctly.

[@thomasmiller1650]

I had two brand new MGBs during the 1960s and both had the steering wheel a little off center.

[@michaelvandermarliere7820]

Sorry Steve, I didn't mean you should have got a ticket, so I apologize. I was only making a comparison to the speed. I'm a big fan and I like and watch all your videos.

[@steves4639]

I can't say about rack and pinion setups, but most older american cars with recirculating ball gears have keyed steering wheels, so you have to set the steering wheel by centering the tie rods...although i have seen steering wheels jammed on and stripped out the keyway.

[@TheBababa420]

Would have like to have seen an overview of the Jag.

[@dcallan812]

Nice easy fix, but male sure you refit the nut and locking nut before you test drive it. I like the V12 out of the Jaguar range. I had a Daimler V12 very nice car and no slouch really. Jsut been watching Richard Michael Owen putting an old Jag back together after rerpainting.

[@johnmoruzzi7236]

So all of the Series III E types had the longer 2+2 chassis ? Ever seen / driven a US one with the 4.2 straight 6 ?

[@hughbishopnh]

But on a series 2 it's a different procedure. 3 grub screws to get the center boss off. Which is not the horn button as that is on the indicator stalk. Why did they change? Then just as you demonstrated. Good point about the Series 3 not being a sports car. In your auto with A/C you are looking for comfortable touring. Thanks for the video, a bit different from the Sprites.

[@eggy1962]

What happened to the Blue Jag that was underpowered? last i saw you put it on rolling road to find it not delivering the power

[@ernieleithes6545]

When i was a apprentice we had to move the cars not being worked on out of the very long workshop i would always go for the nice ones reversing a E type out was a challenge thats a long bonnet when reversing past cars that were up on jackstands my boss caught me one day and demanded i let one of the older guys take it out.

[@mikego18753]

i did that to,old porches jags ect,happy days

[@graemelliott3942]

Nice Video Steve! You know so much about so many different British cats! Do you have a RR Silver Shadow? If so show a video on the brake actuation linkage assembly!

[@ThisWeekWithCars]

I used to have a Silver Shadow II the yearly maintenance on it caused me to finally get rid of it even though I was fixing it all myself the parts were not cheap.

[@robertturner6651]

Some cars i.e. GM are clocked so that you can only mount the steering wheel in one way. So to set straightness on the wheel may need suspension manipulation

[@johndavey72]

Hi Steve . I didn't think you had an "e" type , so was this for a customer ? I had a XJS V12 and l called mine the elastic band . As you pointed out the power is relentless and turbine smooth. And well done ! An "e"type not "XKE".... I've said it before l'm sure you have British blood in you lineage somewhere ! The series 1 2+2 was the first auto way back in 1966 !

[@stephenholland5930]

He also correctly calls the car a Jag-u-ar.

[@ThisWeekWithCars]

I had two V12 XJS but the black coupe I had was one of my favorite cars I have ever owned.

[@ProjectFairmont]

Nice car!

[@dennisbranam3847]

I had a chance to buy a really nice 71 in 1980 for $3500. My now ex-wife threw a fit and I passed on it. Wound up getting a divorce 4 years later. If I'd known that, i would have gotten the car and let her go early. At least she didn't get my TR6 or TR3 in the divorce.

[@raoulduke6043]

Great and gorgeous car, but I would be upset with an automatic transmission

[@ThisWeekWithCars]

A V12 with a manual is very rare.

[@raoulduke6043]

@@ThisWeekWithCars In the USA probably, I guess. But as far as I know in Europe that's the norm. I don't think Ferrari sold in Europe many V12 cars, in that time, with an auto gearbox. They were known for their marvelous manual gearbox, with a beautifully crafted H pattern plate.

[@rexkars6740]

Pretty clearly the problem is with the nut behind the steering wheel. :)

[@ragnarocking]

I'm surprised to see an automatic transmission in a 1973 Jag. I thought they really didn't gain any traction until the 1980s?

[@ThisWeekWithCars]

Almost all E-Types were automatic starting in 1971.

[@Thanos.m]

I would say that over here in the UK there are hardly any automatic e types I guess Jag knew what the US customers wanted

[@makelikeatree1696]

@@Thanos.m you are quite right, Most US drivers do prefer automatic transmissions. As a US driver who actually prefers standard transmissions, I have nevertheless always found the British preference to be tinged with a sense of moral superiority. Tell me I am wrong, and I will beg your pardon.

[@johndavey72]

Steve 's not quite correct . The first "e"type available in Automatic was the series 1 2+2 introduced in 1966 specifically to meet the demands of the North American market. I don't think the standard wheelbase could take an automatic . From 1971 when the series 3 was introduced either box was available .

[@johndavey72]

@@makelikeatree1696 You're right ! I do prefer manual but one of my past favourites was a series 1 XJ6 auto ! ( back in 1974) And in today's traffic it has to be an auto ! Of course being English l drive manuals ! 😂😂😂

[@williev9267]

Shame that it's an automatic slushbox Poor man's jaguar Shouldn't be over 35,000

[@nedkline886]

the auto trany in that car makes me want to puke, and they made alot of the, yuck