Rebooted both rear control arm ball joints today, they still had a little clean grease left under all the dirt, & torn rubber bits. Ordered a few more to have on hand for the future possibility of a boot mishap.Need to replace both drop links for rear stabilizer bar, as the joints are shot.Replaced the piston, & O'ring in the compressor, things are moving along.

 

Replaced driver side front lower control arm wishbone. The hydrabush was wrecked.

Passenger side engine mount replacement coming soon...

 

Finalized my Bluetooth installation. Picked up Phone Module from a California salvage yard for $36.00 delivered that started the whole deal.

Purchased cheap BMW antenna, then a used fibre optic link of off Ebay that was used in conjunction with my factory fibre optic.

Had to order a new S-Type factory mic and got the system to pair with my Andriod phone. I could call and use my contacts list but whomever I called could not hear me.

After research on the forum and finding the Upgraded OEM Bluetooth Update thread, i made the jumper connections and Whalaa. I now have Bluetooth for less than $140.00

The forum is great resource.

Next project is a Ford 8.8 LSD to elimate rear diff noise and add Posi.

Woodford Jag.

 

Clay bar and wash

Thanks
Mag

 

Replaced my Growler emblem and then drove it like I stole it

 

This is the scene in my garage at the mo... while I've got the bumper off to refurb the compressor I've had the lights off and given them the autoglym headlight restore treatment as well as sorting the three temperamental earth points behind the lights...

 

Installed a new 12" subwoofer with amplifier. Now I have the bass the stock Alpine system lacked since the rear factory subs rattled

 

Replaced passenger side engine mount over the weekend. Idle and front end feel is much smoother now.

 

Haven't done yet, but Plan to install this weekend;

 

Have fun!

I've just changed front indicators to LED and wired resistors in line, then got to button the front back up after changing seal in compressor, then a wash, then a drive ...

 

finally got to changing out a faulty lock actuator / inner door handle on the super v8. I think in the past somebody caught it in between and forced it causing a tiny piece of plastic to break. was not without drama... ordered a "compatible" part off ebay, turns out it was from a short wheelbase. no big deal right? I swapped cables, and thought I was off to the races. still something wasn't right. took it back out , the part number had the last letter as a "D" instead of "f". returned that one and found exact same off ebay , installed it and all works as it should! not the weird thing , those two actuators looked identicle. could jaguar be that insane to have them differ by just enough to not function correctly? I hate dealing with interior trim.. especially aged trim. luckily nothing snapped. yet again , this forum and a CD ROM of the shp manual saved a $300 trip to the dealer!

 

I believe the LWB jag is 5 inches longer so if the door is longer (or wider) it will

need a longer cable?

 

yes,the first part I ordered had a shorter cable. I just swapped mine over which was easy because the actuator itself looked identical. however, once I installed, it still wasn't right. then I noticed the last letter of the part number was different.... hmm identical part, different number??? so ordered an exact match and it worked fine. a head scratcher I guess. the door handle swap over was a bit fiddly.. I have the memory seats and tweeter. just had to be careful getting all those plastic parts apart to swap over

 

Replaced the cap on the coolant expansion tank. The cap that came with the replacement tank did not tighten correctly, fluid would seep out when hot.

 

Hate to have to use old pieces, to make the new parts work

 

Replacing the valley hose and knock sensors tomorrow. While I'm in there, I plan on cleaning the MAP sensor and fuel injectors. Wish me luck!

 

Installed a Mina Gallery Air Intake Tube & K&N filter.

So, now I have hi-flow cats, X-pipe, middle resonator/mufflers deleted, Mina Gallery Air Intake Tube & K&N filter.

 

Can you tell me how loud the exhaust is now. Video? I've been looking into doing something like this for a while. Right now I am running an X pipe with the rear stock mufflers. No resonators.

You deleted one of the two resonators or both?

Any drone?

I am about to order one of the Mina Gallery performance package either with their rear mufflers or delete kit.

Thanks,

 

I only have the two mufflers on the rear, one each bank.
It's loud when accelerating, especially around 2k rpm when cold. Driving at a constant speed you don't hear it much. The sound is a little throaty/raspy, I think it's due to the Xpipe. The rear mufflers may need to be changed to obtain a deeper more beefy V8 sound.