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CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/22/2008 9:59:42 AM

lcyoung

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I JUST BOUGHT A 2003 JAGUAR XKR. AND LAST WEEK MY AIR HOSE BUSTED ON MY TOP. THEY CHARGED ME $1250 TO FIX. NOW THEY SAYING MY AIR PUMP GONE BAD.. AND IT COST $2000 FOR THE PUMP AND $500 TO FIX IT. THE DEALER CHARGE TO MUCH. IT WONT LET MY LATCH ATTACH AND IT WONT LET MY TWO BACK WINDOWS RISE UP.. I TRIED MANUALLY LATCHIKN IT BUT THE LAST OWNER STRIPPED THE HOLE... I NEED HELP..LOL.. BUT I DO... ANY ONE WITH SUGGESTION

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/22/2008 8:24:32 PM

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Buy a used or rebuilt pump and put it in yourself. Otherwise take your car to an independent Jag expert. Dealerships are not the place to get your top or pump fixed.... As you are finding out. gordo

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/22/2008 10:22:07 PM

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thanks gordocatcar.. but where can i find one and anyway of findind out how to put it on

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 5:42:30 AM

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I found one by searching for used auto parts. Paid $150 after several at up to $800.

Check the by-pass valve and fluid level first.

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 8:19:12 AM

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test point can u tell me where the pump, by pass valve and fluid level located

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 9:50:08 AM

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In the trunk, on the right hand side, behind the pull out panel.

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 2:55:53 PM

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I''ve lost three long posts trying to address your issue. Kicks me completely out of the site.

Anyway, hopefully you have found the pump by now. By-pass valve is the brass ''T'' handle on the trunk side of the pump body. Closed is clockwise. You want it closed. Open is for manually raising/lowering top. Check fluid level also. Should be about an inch from the top. It is marked but difficult to see.

If you really have a pump problem, which I do not believe you do, I have one I will give you for the shipping charges. It has a bad solenoid due to a previous owner tearing off the electrical connector and will require your reservoir as the used one I bought leaked.

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 5:31:19 PM

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the fluid is like three inches from the bottom of the reservoir.. can this be on e of the reason the latch wont lock....

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 5:59:35 PM

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Way too low!

The two horizontal lines on the side of the reservoir are the MAX/MIN fill lines.

If you paid someone to fix the top latch they should have left the reservoir properly filled. Otherwise, Pentosen CHF 11S hydraulic fluid available at NAPA for $17 a liter. Fill with a turkey baster from the Dollar Store and $0.50 of plastic tubing from a hardware store. Requires a small diameter tubing.

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RE: CONVERTABLE TOP HELP - 7/23/2008 7:38:42 PM

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this can cause the latch from locking test poiint.. did u see the picture i attached to the message

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