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First i apologize because i never take the time to introduce myself since i registered to this excellent forum for jaguar.
So let's do it (i will do my best to write in English correctly):
I'm Guillaume, 41 years old, i live in France in Aquitaine and after looking for month for a great car, i bought a Jaguar Xk8 from 1998. (We, my family, love cars). I owned this car since January 2013.
When i had the car, i first want to check if everything was done correctly on it and if the maintenance was done as well. What a surprise, the last owner payed for that, but the job was not or never done, or not as expected !
So i decide, with all your help in this forum (i thank you all of you so much for the knowledge sharing) do to this. I'm not a mechanic but a DIY guy.
So first i had to change and refill all the fluid and filters, engine, trainy, diff, coolant, brake system, fuel. The trainy was reseted to shift as a new car. The airbox has a greenfilter.
Upgrading the thermostat housing and the water pump and some front hoses
The secondary timing chain tensioners, seals/gasket, spark plugs, breather
All the bushes front and rear (complete kit)
I painted the headlights in black (and tryed to fix the moisture issue) and install a mesh grille like the xkr
Then the rear wheels bearings because the noise came from the rear (i know now that is my diff )
Some trim like ring and gear selector surrounder
A Cat back from miltek non resonated (woaw, the sound is amazing !)
The upper spring mounting plate
The tires (Goodyear asymetric 3) 245/45/R18 Y front and 255/45/R18 Y rear
The car had geometry and alignment.
Next steps:
- I bought front wheel bearing but didn't replace them yet.
- I bought the gauge kit from TheJagwrangler and should install it asap
- Change all the hoses of the coolant system and the heating system
- The heater pump (rebuild)
- AC compressor rebuild with a new set of seals
- The complete set of the timing chain (primary, secondary tensioners and chain)
- The diff rebuild, swap, buy a new one or upgrade it with lsd (if you hav any advice, please help !!!)
- The rear view mirror (leaking)
- The headliner and arm
- The trainy rebuild and why not the complete set of seals and solenoids
- A xenon kit (not sure)
- Install lowered springs (improvement)
- install xkr brembo brakes (not sure)
- Paint the brake caliper
- Cleaning the engine compartment
- Change the hood liner
- ECU remap (why not, if possible)
- Everything i forgot
- Make a new paint of the car when everything will be finished
Last car picture
My main goal is to have the more efficient and reliable car as possible and drive it as long as possible.
If you have any recommendations, please let me know.
If some of you want to have more pictures for each step described, i could make a thread for this.
If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.
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You have certainly worked though all the usual trouble spots on your XK8. It should now be ready for some long and enjoyable driving.
I can see you've already found your way to the XK8/XKR forum so there's no need for a link to it from me. The 'HOW TO' thread at the top is a good place to start for information on regular issues.
04-07-2016, 05:21 AM
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