Purchased this a few months ago from a lady who was complaining of a service light being on and went out and bought a new Mercedes. With 48K on the odometer I figured maybe it just needed to be driven. Sure enough, driving it on a regular basis and all is well.

It lived it's life in either an underground garage at her residence or a parking garage at her work. I don't think it ever really saw any of the real Texas heat. So consequently after a few weeks of sitting outside during the hottest of the hot times, the headliner has detached from the board.

Only other problem was replacing a bad headlight. I did both so they would match. Those wire clips are a pain in the butt or fingers in this case. I ended up making a tool that was basically a wedge between the clip and the radiator core support to help get the clips in the proper place so I could get them hood in.

I'm fairly mechanically inclined so I'll be trying headliner replacement soon myself. I tend to take lots of pictures and post step by step procedures on the other board I'm a member of. So if the headliner replacement work, I'll be sure and post up.

Other than these issues, I'm very pleased with the car. It get's better mileage than I thought it would.

 

Welcome to the forum cabtop,

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Welcome to the forum

 

If you're already inventing tools to work on your Jaguar, you're well and truly hooked!
We'll like to see your headliner operation too.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

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welcome to the forum - enjoy!!!

 

Thanks for the welcomes. Time to tackle the headliner, if successful I'll post a complete how to (hopefully not a NOT how to) in the appropriate section.