Installing the front lights this morning. Is this the correct orientation for the parking light telltale? I know I got it wrong the last time.

 

yes it is.

 

Also might not be ! They are different on different models apparently.

Mark 2 Guide and tell-tales | Jaguar Clubs of North America

have a look at this, other members may also have ideas too

Jon

 

Jon, I liked Jose's answer much better:0) Thankfully this will be a driver and not a show car. Thank you both.

 

aerodinamically-speaking, the tall section goes towards the rear and the low section towards the front.

in practice, the tall section is for the driver to see the turn signals are flashing, but if that was not neccesary, then the aerodynamics prevail, because why would you create a drag-inducing element by placing the tall section facing forward??

 

These are not turn signals, they are side lights, so on all the time when the lights are turned on. The turn signal light is down the bottom of the front wings. So these tell-tales are so you can see if a bulb has blown or not. I installed mine so the slope faced forward. The idea is the thing acts like a prism, so the rear, near-vertical face lights up.

 

a friend in Tennessee had them wired as Turn Signals, so they flashed with the bottom signals too, but regardless, the principle is the same, aerodynamically oriented or drag oriented.

 

Great reply, made me laugh at lot.

Hey Jose, on the point of aerodynamics, have you seen the great big lump these little red aerofoils are sat on top of ?

I like your thinking though, not sure a Mk2 would perform that well in a wind tunnel test !

 

have I seen them Jon? I helped to hold them in place one time, I love the darned things, and I wonder why the S type did not have them. Still waiting for the cam cover pics!!

 

Hi Jose,

I have started the cam covers, found a big groove in one of them poss from an HT lead sat on them in the damp and corroding away nicely !

Had them tig welded on Friday, so will post a thread when I have them a bit further on.

I've been busy getting the rest of the car back to bare metal, so had quite a bit to do !

 

I grew up with an XK140 and a MKII and they both were installed as pictured. I have shown cars throughout the United States and installed all mine this way. I agree with the aerodynamics, but on some models these let you know where the front corners of the car were. some did blink. To me, if you can see the marker plainly from the driver's seat at night, it is installed correctly. The JCNA, the Concours regulators for the States approve mounting either way, as there are so many arguments on the subject. All books from England actually show the original cars with the telltales mounted this way. Some MKIIs had white ones.

 

In Nigel Thorley's book "Original Jaguar Mk1/Mk11" he states that the flats face should be toward the driver to indicate that the side lamps are on.

 

How do you install it? Thanks!

 

See this, use a rag in the lens hole in case you drop it, with out the rag, it is impossible to fish the clip out if you drop it, and you will.
Fit the clip on the lens first and make sure it does just that before attempting to install it.
Use a little clear silicon to seal the marker.

Side Lamp Indicator Lens Clip (C4098/2) (sngbarratt.com)

 

Or follow Callum and remove the whole thing.