Hello everyone,
I just signed up to Jaguar Forums yesterday but I've owned Jaguars for years. My 1st was an '89 Jaguar XJS V12, Lucas ignition I bought in '95. (No longer have) Currently I have an '84 Jaguar Sovereign V12 that was imported from Germany in the late 80's and another '89 Jaguar XJS V12 with Marelli ignition, which has turned into a project car on hold. I am contemplating buying a 2016 XJL and was recently looking for information on them, which has brought me to these forums again. I have read some threads from here in the past from google searches and I have finally decided to join. I am excited to be a member.
-Tom Burke (Too Tall)

 

Welcome to the Forums.

Gotta luv the V12, well done.

 

Thanks Grant, I do love the V12, it's such a historic icon. I am fascinated with all things Jaguar V12.
-Tom

 

Welcome aboard Tom.

 

Welcome to Jaguar Forums Tom,

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

 

Hello, Tom.
Some day I'll own a V-12, but it will have to already be well sorted.
Welcome to the forums from ElinorB.
(';')

 

Welcome to the forums.

 

 

welcome to the forum

 

Hello ElinorB,
Sometimes I wish I had that same sentiment.

 

Thanks Graham,

I am making my way through slowly. I set up my Signature and tried the "Quick Reply" to one of the messages, but it didn't seem to add my Signature. I am trying the "Quick Reply" to this message too, and I now notice a "Show your signature" box is checked at the bottom, so we'll see what happens here.

-Tom

 

Success.

Signature changes appear with your NEXT post - not immediately. This catches out huge numbers of members.

Graham

 

Hi. I have been a member for a while now and have only posted for the first time today. Having owned many Jags in my lifetime, my first being a 1966 3.8 mk11 and many xj6's as well as a 1967 s type, I recently bought a low mileage 2002.5 4.0 v8 S type for a very good price as the owner had given up spending lots of money on a few electrical gremlins that nobody could cure. It turned out to be a frayed earth cable to the battery. What a drive!!! Sheer pleasure. I am hoping that I may be of assistance in helping to cure some problems that owners may have.
Thank you.
Kevin Combrink

 

Hello Kevin,
I've read a few times before on the forums about many/most electrical problems on the older Jags end up being poor connections or bad grounds. I can honestly say that I've fixed some of my electrical issues by cleaning up contacts. My '84 Sovereign had a handful of issues that were fixed that way. The older cars don't like sitting around unused either. Drive them regularly and they will develop less "gremlins".

-Tom