I got my then 83 XJ6 in 2001. soon thereafter, it suffered a major engoine catastrophe in August in California's very hot central valley. it never ran again as all holes showed zero compression. Where the coolant went, I never knew!!

Now, it is powered by a 94 Cadillac Fleetwood brougham LT1 and 4l60e transmssion. I refer to it as English elegance with American power.

I hope I am not looked mdown on as a butcher. The alternative was the wrecker.

I've lived and worked in Northern California's greater bay area since 1975.

I am a grease monkey and got oil in my blood with my forst car a non runnig T Ford in 1946.

AKA Carl Hutchins

 

Welcome to the forum Carl,

You're not alone here in having alternative power plant and transmission. The only thing that's totally unacceptable is not keeping the Jaguar clean.

Remember to add vehicle details to your Signature to help others to give relevant advice. Go to the User ID button on the left of the top menu bar, then Settings & Options under Your Control Panel. Select Edit Signature and enter the details.

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum.

Good to see you

Kudos for keeping it alive.

 

Welcome to the forum Carl,

Good to have you with us.
As long as you enjoy the car it's all good.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

 

welcome aboard Carl, good to have you here with us

There's always the purists out there, but I think we take a much more liberal view, and after all, you saved her, so kudos to you!

There's a really great mix of information, camraderrie and fun here.....

I have manually upgraded you to full forum access so you can better view the whole site and all its features

Jump on in and enjoy the site.................