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F vs R cables. Two fingers of cheap rum will provide inspiration !
This seller's fastest shipping option is priority, I'd like to avoid opening up the back door cards unnecessarily. Less chance of breaking,losing fasteners,damaging wood etc. If find out for sure they're interchangeable then it's a go ! I do have some proper 12 year old small batch whisky on hand lol.
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On a plus note I've noticed since my transmission rebuild, my shifter's back light is now working lol !
Last edited by King Charles; Nov 7, 2017 at 10:31 PM.
In with the new out with the old. XJV8 replaceing the XJ6 both 3.2. Auckland to Kirwee averaged 27.4MPG against 34.4 for the 318 BMW. Both traveling at the same speeds.
I detail cleaned the interior and finally got around to taking pics as I promised months ago showing her post restoration .
I started a deep interior cleaning today as well, I got to all the plastics & wood w/ Meguiar's natural shine protectant(I'm fond of low gloss on things other than glass interior-wise). Tomorrow I plan to clean all the leather w/ Gliptone cleaner, followed by a lengthy soak /w a heavy coat of Gliptone conditioner. The carpet's in good order as it was cleaned by the guys @ the shop whom felt bad about a muddy footprint incurred when they rebuilt my transmission on the residual test drive.
Feel's good having the car in fine form cosmetically as well as mechanically !
Last edited by King Charles; Nov 11, 2017 at 12:02 AM.
While cleaning the interior, finally the coin dropped why the radio reception was so bad the last year ... checked, and the aerial only extended less than half way.
My own fault, simply forgot to clean and grease it from time to time.
And with the battery disconnected most of the time, the radio reminder doesn't work.
Anyway, struggled for 20 minutes to get the sliders undone from each other, always on the brink of bending or breaking the whole thing ...
When I was about to take the whole unit out, it all of a sudden gave way, and after some cleaning and greasing, it works like a charm again.
It is always nicer to repair things, than to simply replace them.
Finally, finally ... I can at least do some small things again, after a dreadful fall from the roadbike.
Organised the cutouts I bought in China 1/2 yr ago, cut the remote out (it only handled full open or full closed - and looked flimsy and quick to break anyway), prepared for the power-wiring, added some weather proofing, and bought a 3-way rocker switch to operate them simultaneously.
Need some gommets to get the cables out from under the rear seat, and then it is just a matter of having the cutouts welded, adjusted, and wired-up.
Noticed a piece of my front facia (around my headlight) had come loose at the lower end next to the fender. Turns out the little plastic clip that fit in there had broken clean off.
Was going to seek out/order a new one, when I realized a small drywall anchor was a perfect fit for both the slot on the facia piece and the hole it slots into (and it even has ridges on it to hold the piece in place once slotted in there).
So... the piece is nice and tight again... and there's a plastic drywall anchor holding my car together...
It's only stupid if it doesn't work, right?
While I was in there, I adjusted my grill-surround. It was slightly off kilter and a bit of the dip in the hood was visible on one side. A little careful adjustment and everything looks nice and clean again.
Finished my day giving her a bath and a nice new coat of wax, so she's shining like new.
Next on the agenda:
1: Fix the intermittent fuel gauge sender (it works when the tank is full thru 3/4th full, then drops to E and stays there until the next time I gas it up, and I frankly have no idea why).
2: Fix the faint scent of gasoline in the trunk. Looking over the tank, one of the rubber fuel tubes on top of the tank is slightly askew and not properly seated, and I think it's outgassing ever so slightly.
3: Fix the broken driver-side fog light. (gotta love it when a rock goes straight through your fog light).
4: Figure out how to restore the oatmeal interior leather. The driver's seat is looking worse for wear. The bolster has lost its color and is rubbing itself raw, and at least one small split has developed in the saddle among the many deep and dark cracks and crevices in the leather. I've been nursing her along with leather conditioner, but I think it's time to bring in the heavy guns.
5: Re-mount that godforsaken window mounted taillight that keeps breaking/falling off. Figure out a better way to hold it in place, or alternatively, replace it entirely with some kind of LED bar.
6: Fix my driver-side door. The interior panel has stripped away from its mounting pegs, and eyeballing it tells me several of them on the bottom of the door are missing and/or broken at this point. I need to yank the panel off and assess the damage, then come up with a solution (this might mean getting creative, or it might mean buying a few little bits and pieces to strap it all back together).
7: Sand and repair/respray the flaking/cracking clear coating on the steering wheel. This annoys me every time I grab it. I can feel the rough and sharp edges of the clear coating on every turn.
8: Stretch-goal - fix the various instrument lights that are starting to burn out. Half my dash has gone dark from an apparent bulb failure, and my shifter has similar issues with darkness spreading down its digits.
9: Stretch-goal 2 - fix the subwoofer and/or upgrade the entire speaker system. The speakers don't sound very healthy, and I wouldn't mind running an AUX line that had been spliced into the CD changer since most of the music I listen to these days comes straight off my phone.
Last edited by xjrmageddon; Nov 18, 2017 at 04:16 AM.
I had lost heat in my '99 x308 after doing my engine swap. I pulled my Auxiliary heater pump and opened her up to find the carbon brushes were worn to almost nothing. I attempted to replace the brushes but broke one of the new pieces of carbon. Done with those.
Decided i would try a new pump instead. Jaguar wants $430.00 or so for a new OEM pump, but I searched the forums and found a Bosch one for $89. I hooked it up and it works excellent now. Why does Jag charge so much for their parts? There is no reason lol.
Here is the pump for 89$ which flows even more than the OEM one:
Getting closer; cut a replacement panel for the forward ashtray, limiting the needed cutting in my interior, keeping it reversible, and hiding the button from unwanted attention (like the car inspection guys ).
Spent a few hours tracking down an annoying rattle. Thought it was in the passenger seatbelt assembly but tearing everything down left the rattle intact. Finally recognized it was coming from above...
The moon roof!
A little wiggling, shimmying, tightening, and a healthy dollop or two of lubricating goop on the moving bits and I seem to have solved the issue. I hope...
Also went ahead and started some R&R on the leather seats. The front seats had become badly damaged and needed some work, as can be seen here:
Unfortunately, the dye I purchased turned out not to be an exact match. The seat looks vastly improved where I started working on it (the bolster looks great)... but has been left substantially lighter in shade in the repaired areas than the rest of the seat.
I'm waiting on a new bottle of dye to hopefully finish the repair and fix the issue. I'll update with an "after" photo once I'm done.
Used some DAP dynaflex 230 on the deepest cracks (there were wide and deep splits in the leather on the edge of the seat, and one small tear in the bolster that I patched). That actually worked nicely. Once I have the proper color dye those repairs should be all but invisible. In the meantime it's better than it was, even if my seat does have a bit of a two-tone appearance on the saddle.
Did the wiring to the rear, then had the cutouts welded up yesterday.
As I was not looking for that F1 scream, decided to install them just before the mid mufflers.
There is a bit of space around there (although on the right side, the handbrake mechanism still makes it a bit tight).
Closed, they really seal (at least for now), which was maybe my bigger concern .. very good.
Open, they provide a nice wrrroamm at start-up, a nice roar on acceleration (I should almost say a muted version of a C63 AMG), and a delicate deeper sound at constant speed.
I guess real diehards will want them installed further forward, or add the X-pipe, but for me this is just what I was looking for.
Will need to make some better cable brackets, then an other project done ...
Apparently 64 mph in a 45 zone, according to one of our fine craven county sheriff deputies. He was also a "car guy" as I explained my recent transmission rebuild & was testing all the err "intricacies" of the "new" transmission. He let me go w/ a jovial warning & a stern "Happy Thanksgiving"(in that exact order lol).
The world's not all bad, despite what you constantly see/hear/read via the media.
Last edited by King Charles; Nov 23, 2017 at 09:48 PM.
I made it like the car ads in the 2000s and mostly factory exept the neglect from the 2 owner which included hail, red and white paint splatters, a dent and broken tail light on the trunk and the decent rip in the center consul were the hood leaper is stored until i glue it on again
I bought mine 2 days ago for 2,500 plus tax and it looks like its worth 5k but unlike the unused back seat the front is well worn and since its in black it shows
Restored Heat
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