I don't suppose anyone knows where, in the UK, I could buy hire the tool for removing the crank pulley on a 2001 XJR? Mechanic is changing chains and guides for me, but generic pulley tool doesn't seem able to remove the pulley.

TIA

 

Generic tool should do but not without the fight, there is the collar wedge which stuck and pulling this thing out require a lot of patience. I got mine out by soaking area in wd40, tightening the tool, leaving for some and then knocking pulley back into his place, rinse repeat, after some tries it got loose.

 

Yes, the problem is not in the puller but in how the pulley is wedged to the crankshaft with its conical collar. The collar is orientated in a way that the harder you pull the more it locks. This is how I did it (extract from my earlier post):

To remove the crank pulley on my SC engine ("deeper" pulley than on NA), I used a universal puller that screws into the centre segment of the pulley (no stress on the rubber), like this one but with longer two bolts:


And yes, it takes a lot of time and patience to get the pulley start moving. I tensioned the centre bolt very tight, hit it hard with a hammer, released the tension somewhat, hit the pulley inwards with a plastic hammer at two opposite sides, tensioned the puller again and so on...many times and the pulley eventually loosened.

 

Thanks for all the info. In the end I founds these guys via the JEC Ken Jenkins Jaguar Specialists - Classic Jaguar Spares

They seemed really knowledgeable and helpful and hopefully tools will be arriving next week.