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Thanks!

Bugger. Although it could be a Murray Walker moment when he commented on Schumacher's Ferrari being Unique apart from the other one behind it.
Not the clearest photo of the heat shield as you were obviously not taking a photo of the heat shield but it is the same as mine, Stainless steel and has the holes on the top. I have got it back out of the garage and will make a drawing with dimensions for you soonest.

Glyn Ruck wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:07 pm I guess due to precise centre required with variable ratio off of centre with Varamatic.

Yes, spot on, I think, Glyn.

Thanks, Rob, for the extra info from Jim. Yes, your car seems unique and therefore hugely more valuable.

Apart from this 340 I saw at the JDC National Day in 2015.

Yes ~ It's like the push in HT lead coil that is documented for S Type & David Reilly has never seen. His car was supposed to have a push in coil but doesn't. Who knows.

Glyn Ruck wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:04 am

cass3958 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:14 am Glyn in your collection of many photos and in your extensive travels looking at S Types across the world have you come across one of these heat shields before?

No Rob ~ yours is the first one I've seen. I've been watching with interest.

YES! A documented extra that no one else has or has seen. Wonder what the men at Pebble Beach would think of that. Thats put the price of my car up by a couple of quid. lol.
I am going to have to get my old pump rebuilt so I can refit it.

cass3958 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:14 am Glyn in your collection of many photos and in your extensive travels looking at S Types across the world have you come across one of these heat shields before?

No Rob ~ yours is the first one I've seen. I've been watching with interest.

I have copied this across from another topic so it is in the right place.
I spoke to Jim at Classic and Vintage Dynamos to day and purchased a coupling for between the Dynamo and PAS pump.
I quizzed Jim about the heat shields for the PAS pump and he stated he had never come across one before. He stated he had seen some heat shield for Dynamos but not for the PAS pump. He also checked the rear plates on the PAS pumps he had an none of them had the holes that my original pump had for the shield to screw in to. He stated there were two types of backing plates he had come across, a flat plate and a humped back plate which I have not seen. None of his flat plated PAS pumps had holes in the back.
The mystery thickens!

Glyn in your collection of many photos and in your extensive travels looking at S Types across the world have you come across one of these heat shields before?

I find it interesting that with the Varamatic Power Steering that toe is set with the two outer tie rods & the centre rod fixed, whereas with Manual & the first & second type Power Steering boxes the outer rods are set to fixed length & toe adjusted with the centre tie rod length. I guess due to precise centre required with variable ratio off of centre with Varamatic.

Thanks for the info Rob. No hurry on the measurements. Bit too scared to start drilling my pump, tbh, esp after having it expensively reconditioned a few years back. It would be interesting to know what Jim has in the way of heatshields, though. Should have asked him myself on Sunday!