Hi Alec, As far as I can tell after digging through stuff the cylinder on mine is the latest type one, which is the longer length, but was after Jaguar abandoned the hydrostatic setup and went back to a return spring. The information is quite muddled when you can find it, but it seems that the 3232-...

It's worth waiting for the good weather to dry it out and do some tests to rule things out one at at time. The hose (or pressure washer) test works well on any car if you do it carefully. I'd start by trying the windscreen washer when the car is dry inside and see if there is any water after you use...

I have been chasing a niggle with the clutch on my 1961 2.4 since I got it home. I am not happy with the operation on the hydraulic side, and currently cursing a lack of data! In brief, the biting point is either very high, or is slightly variable. The potted version is the car has 37000 miles from ...

This may be relevant or not, but I had a problem with my 2.4 when I drove it home from storage (previous owner had same problem and two garages didn't fix it!). Solexes rather than SUs of course. It was running fine, but a pain in the arse to start, and fell flat on its face and backfired through th...