Purchased a 1985 Jaguar V12 no start for 350 dollars with wires unplug as well as things missing ( see attatched photos ) been reading alot of post from all of you on here thanks to all the post
I reconnected what i learned so far and replaced spark plugs gapped at 0.025 as well as the wires, fuel pump fuel filter and some fuel lines
wasnt able to get power to the pump at key position 2 or 3 but was able to get power to the pump by running a wire from the ignition amplifier to pin #18 of the ecu ( 6cu) will be upgrading that to a 16cu as some research says they are better,
so here is where im at and need help

-now i have spark and it fires up for about 5 seconds or so injectors are not firing and i also want to know if anyone could help me figure out the vaccum advance hoses and where they go and also how to get the injectors to fire up, oh yeah i had to delete the cats because no airflow was able to get through thats when it fired up

would greatly appreciate it.

 

Welcome to the Forums.

STRONG suggestion, get on bended knee and ask GGG (Graham) AKA "The Boss", to move this to the XJS Tech Section.

I have "stickies" at the top for just this.

I can and will work with you on this, as will others, BUT, not in this section.

These are SIMPLE cars, so dont over think it.

 

Welcome aboard Justin….listen to the Guru above, Grant Francis.

 

Welcome to the forums Justin,

Good to have you with us.

With Grant's hint, I've copied your question to XJS forum for advice from members with the same model. Here's the link to it:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...firing-268580/

Follow this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/xjs-x27-32/ to the main XJS forum for help, advice and information. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues. You can also use the US Southwest Region forum by following this link https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/us-southwest-37/ to find other members in your region.

Please read the guidance for new members ( https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/n...ned-up-241802/ ) which answers many of the most frequent questions about getting started.

Enjoy the forums.

Graham

 

appreciate it thank will do.

 

welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!!

 

Hello, Justin,
What a Steal you have there!
I say that because, even though right now you have a $350 piece of Junque, Grant Francis above is one of our Gurus who knows V-12s inside and out. You could not do better than to learn at his knee.

Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Justn,

Good to have you with us.
Enjoy the forum.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
If you need help with getting around and using the forum follow this link for some help Forum Help

 

Got lucky with the car and the Wisdom of Grant Francis.

thank you Elinorb.

Justin

 

greatly appreciate that i will try to do that and write to get this thread moved by GGG and also not to over think this restoration and repair of the XJS V12.
thank you Grant Francis

Justin

 

Justin,

I COPIED your thread to XJS forum rather than MOVE it. This gives the opportunity for all members who follow Intro's to see yours here and for the XJS experts to follow the troubleshooting in XJS forum.

Graham