Hello all.

Does anyone know of or heard of any book or manual or PDF or whatever that explains how to take the car apart and put back together? I think this is the type of manual that the techs and mechs get for repair work.

Reason why I ask is I am just sick and tired of having to have the dealership fix my moonroof cloth panels that have a tendency to come off the guide rails about twice a year. I have noticed that when the car sits for 2 weeks or longer (because I went out of town) all the electronic gizmo's that have motors (front/back moon roof cloth pieces, rear windshield sun curtain, headlamp washer nozzels) all seem to go completely wonky at startup. The rear sun curtain won't go up until I have pressed the button at LEAST 20 times. The moon roof cloth pieces will roll out of the way exposing the glass but will then fall off the guide rails and won't close again, headlamp washer nozzels won't come up OR will stay in the UP position. This process happens every single time the car sits for 2 weeks or longer without fail like clockwork.

It's gotten to the point that when I come back from a trip I know that I will have to take the car to get all these things fixed again. And again. And again. And again......

I am mechanically inclined and have come to the conclusion that I will just have to learn how to fix these small little things by myself when they happen every 6 months and a tech manual would be extremely helpful in knowing how to take the trim off or the headliner off or take the dash out so I can finally fix that damn rattle that has been annoying me since the beginning of the year. Anyone else experience this one?

When I am out of town I have someone housesit to look after my pets and what not. I am now going to have to add that my house sitter actually drive my XJL while I am out of town just to keep it working. Crazy. But true.

Thanks all in advance for your help.

 

Your symptoms point to a battery replacement?
How old is yours? Possibly get a battery maintainer too
but I will say both of my cars (Jaguars) have all been just like any car and needed no special extra charging.
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Good point! Didn't even think of that. Will check out the battery next I'm in the garage. Battery maintainer sounds like it would be a good idea to try it. Even if it was just an experiment. Would love to come back home without having to take the car in every single time! Thanks mate.

 

Yes - topix. Online resource with details of how to take apart, fix, reassemble everything
You can pay by hour, day, overall subscription etc

Some people have downloaded to pdf I believe. Not sure if that's for XJ though

 

+1 on Topix for Workshop Manual and other vehicle specific information.

Check the voltage across the battery terminals with a voltmeter after the ignition has been in the OFF position for ten or more minutes. If it shows less than 12.6 volts, try charging the battery overnight with the terminals removed, then retest it the next day. If it still shows less than 12.6 volts, the battery should be replaced regardless of age.

 

I downloaded the JAGUAR XJ SERIES X351 SERVICE AND REPAIR manual for my my2013 at www.tradebit.com search Jaguar XJ x351 was $15.99 when i did it, but its more now.

 

I just downloaded an X351 Service and Repair Manual from emanualonline.com as a .pdf for $24.99.

I already had downloaded the JEPC from the sticky on the X350 forum.

 

And how is it? Does it seem to cover the main things?

I'm interested in jacking procedures, routine maintenance (engine oil change, brakes, transmission fluid, transfer fluid), and so on

 

Mark SF;

The manual is 7660 pages. It does not have a table of contents, but has a search feature. I searched for "Jacking Points" but it got no matches. I scrolled through the manual. It has many maintenance and overhaul procedures. Illustrations are good, but there are a lot of boxes where an illustration was not added and the box is blank. I ran a second search for "Jacking Procedures" and still found no match. The manual has a set of wiring diagrams. The manual reminds me of the Jaguar Heritage Service Manual that I bought for the X350 as far as layout, information, etc. You may want to find a service manual rather than a repair manual. You are not alone, in that I am going to look for a service manual to use in conjunction with this.

 

I have it under Wheel Changing

 

Thank you but I was interested in safe locations for a trolley jack and axle stands. On my X308 it was easy, under the front subframe and the rear diff.

 

It is for a 2010 model but is this of any use?

 

u102768;

Thank you for providing this. It is exactly what I was looking for.

 

I have several service manuals for the XJ. As posted above they are HUGE!
If anyone wants a copy contact me. I just need somewhere to upload these large 80GB-100GB files.
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That sounds a bit large! They are usually between 80 and low hundreds of MB's.