I have a question about how to reach the motor I have removed trim and it is impossible to reach the motor. It looks like the whole column would have to be dropped. Does anyone have instructions or a diagram, it looks like a wiring harness mite have to be removed in order for the column to be dropped. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

Hi nautilus, moved this over to the XJR section. Hope you get things sorted.

 

You have to take the instrument pack out to get at two bolts holding the upper column to the bulkhead, once they're out you can lower the column and swap the reach motor.

To get the Inst. Pack out, pull on the surround towards you gripping between gauges, it should release the clips and come out towards you, push the trip and fog switch packs down and unclip the wiring behind them.
Undo the 4 screws with a magnetic Phillips and take the black plastic cluster surround out.
Disconnect the two cables on the bottom of the instrument cluster, pulling the tabs.
the column should be fully lowered. Do this first then drop the neg cable on the battery. Then take the air bag off, look behind the steering wheel, there's two torx bolts holding the air bag onto the wheel, rock the wheel left and undo one, then repeat the other way for the second one.
Take the instrument pack out and you'll see the bracket and two bolts. Undo the undertrays then undo the two bracket bolts and lower the column. It should take less than an hour to do including swapping the motor. The looms underneath the upper column are idiot proof, unclip them they go back only in the corresponding female parts.

 

the information on dropping the wheel ( worked perfectly) new problem.

After getting to the steering wheel reach motor I found the problem was not the motor or the reach cable , it is the nylon busing that the metal screw shaft spins through. It is striped and allows the shaft to spin and the column to be puled and pushed in and out ... Anyone have any suggestions on how to repair this?

Thanks for you previous information it was perfect...

 

no problem bruv, the widget does this, you'll have to find a breaker or order from the friendly local Jag agent parts department, I don't know of a fix.

 

There is no fix you need another column breaker aka junkyard. The columns are pretty universal. When mine broke i swapped in a 03 xj column and transfered are parts and brackets from my 96

 

I've got a column from a parts car I had. Take a picture and mark the parts you need.

Ken