So I picked up a used engine to rebuild and found out on delivery the oil pan and block were cracked. I was able to locate a 67 4.2 short stud block and a good friend of mine is a welder(for the pan), he added a little bling!
Going to get it powder coat it then paint in the flag.
Hoping the road kill will enjoy their last image 
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So I picked up a used engine to rebuild and found out on delivery the oil pan and block were cracked. I was able to locate a 67 4.2 short stud block and a good friend of mine is a welder(for the pan), he added a little bling!
Going to get it powder coat it then paint in the flag.
Hoping the road kill will enjoy their last image …
Oh - I should add: Are you sure that oil pan will work on an E-Type? It is the later type with the wide rear on the sump (and possibly a different location for the oil pick-up).
OH SNAP!
So the short stud 4.2 block and a long stud 4.2 block don’t have interchangeable oil pans? Is it a bolt up to the block issue or oil pump issue?
I plan on using the uprated oil pump form CJ.
I’m not an expert here - but I think the issue is not short stud v long stud - but rather that the 4.2 with the cracked block came from a later Jaguar, not an E-Type. Perhaps an XJ6, but again this is an unfamiliar area for me.
That pan will probably bolt to the block you have (though the oil pick-up may be off) – but as I recall that wide section at the rear will foul on the torsion bars.
You are right!
What a waist on time and money! The oil pan is an XJS oil pan!
When it’s all painted and looking pretty, it’ll serve as a great reminder of buyer beware.
It’ll be ab expensive piece of garage art that will hopefully save me thousands as I take on this journey.
Hopping someone has a extra pan out there!!!
The block is a E type 7R39420-9…
Indeed the same as the sump on our XJ6. Like the flag! Unfortunately the big subframe under an XJ6 or similar will cover it. 
OHHH the pain 
Fill it with ice. Use it as a beer cooler.
Mmmmmmm beer.
Working on uprating my alternator today losing the 55 amp lucas. Need around 120 amp to run my radio.
That must be studio sound - like the Sydney Opera House. The system in my daily driver might make 120 Watts - about 10 amps. Paul
What did I do today?
I put the front of the car on ramps and the rear on platforms so I could easily lay on a creeper and slide under the car to remove the rear brake pads, spray the backsides with anti-squeal stuff and reinstall them.
Opened the box from Alberta Plate Chroming who re-chromed the rear bumpers on my S2. 3 week turn around time and as they stated they came out show chrome quality. This will be a xmas present to myself!
I walked on mine: every day, I am reminded of Tweety whilst walking on the beautiful new laminate flooring he made possible!
Dog legs for scale…
changed oil and filter, took Lily for a shakedown drive …no new leaks, tucked her away for the winter.
They look great! If you give the car a name (hence an identity) you can rightly claim something else in you’re own right. My E is Eliza. We also have Jeremy and Wilson - they’re definitely blokes. They get gifts and so do I. Paul
