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Yesterday tucked car away for the winter and took with me the two fuseboxes by the abs module. Both of in them have had this strong smell of electricity for a years now. Start'ed yesterday and finished today smaller fusebox dismantling and re soldering all of the joints even they did not look bad. Spray'd a thin layer of lacker too to the both pcb s.
Yesterday tucked car away for the winter and took with me the two fuseboxes by the abs module. Both of in them have had this strong smell of electricity for a years now. Start'ed yesterday and finished today smaller fusebox dismantling and re soldering all of the joints even they did not look bad. Spray'd a thin layer of lacker too to the both pcb s.
The ring terminals that link those 2 fuse boxes are fed from the battery main harness, these terminals will have verdigris buildup creating resistance and heat. Cleaning back to bright copper and a layer of dielectric grease helps - also looking forward behind the headlight cluster the panel below it gathers a number of earths to the single point, same treatment here.
I would also suggest renewing the engine to chassis earth strap whilst your at it. This should sort out any electrical gremlins, as long as your battery is 12.5+.
Yep. I have gone through visible eart points in the engine bay. I've had no issues from these two fuseboxes yet. This is more like pre mainteance before problems arise.
My 01 VDP (83K miles) went dead in the middle of an intersection 6 months ago, had it flat-bedded home to my driveway, finally got a chance to start looking for the problem. It seemed like a timing problem, so I started by pulling the valve covers. The first thing I noticed as I began, was surface rust on the driver's side ignition coils. I didn't think much about it until the passenger side coils were clean. I guess the left side will get gasket sealer if this engine ever gets buttoned up again.
No rust on this side Rust evident on the raw metal of the left side coils. Already had this valve cover off, not on the other side.
Today I started repairing the door speakers. Only recently bought this Jag. All four speakers where shot. The paper diaphragm had torn away from the suspension rubber. Normal wear and tear after 23 years. So, I paint the torn edge with PVA on both inside and outside, place the speaker face down and gently pack in some cotton wool to hold the diaphragm down until the glue dries. Probably need to apply some glue to fill gaps. The suspension rubber is usually very fragile so I dilute the glue 50% and paint the rubber to work. There are often gaps in the perished rubber I fill these lastly with some very soft draft excluder foam.
Today I started repairing the door speakers. Only recently bought this Jag. All four speakers where shot. The paper diaphragm had torn away from the suspension rubber. Normal wear and tear after 23 years. So, I paint the torn edge with PVA on both inside and outside, place the speaker face down and gently pack in some cotton wool to hold the diaphragm down until the glue dries. Probably need to apply some glue to fill gaps. The suspension rubber is usually very fragile so I dilute the glue 50% and paint the rubber to work. There are often gaps in the perished rubber I fill these lastly with some very soft draft excluder foam.
I just did this repair to my rear deck 6x9 speaker. Used a kit from www.speakerworks.com and went great.
My 01 VDP (83K miles) went dead in the middle of an intersection 6 months ago, had it flat-bedded home to my driveway, finally got a chance to start looking for the problem. It seemed like a timing problem, so I started by pulling the valve covers. The first thing I noticed as I began, was surface rust on the driver's side ignition coils. I didn't think much about it until the passenger side coils were clean. I guess the left side will get gasket sealer if this engine ever gets buttoned up again. No rust on this side Rust evident on the raw metal of the left side coils. Already had this valve cover off, not on the other side.
Sometime in the past one of your two coolant lines from the thermostat hoursing or the radiator back to the exlpansion tank that run along the top of the LH cam covers must have leaked. The coil covers are not liquid tight eventhough they have a bead of foam around the perifery where they mate to the cam covers.
When one of my coolant lines cracked at the thermostat housing it filled the Left Side coil wells with coolant fouling that bank so I had to dry all that out with vacuum and papertowels because the spark plug wells were submerged in coolant. That got me home so I could remove everything and do a proper cleaning and drying out of each spark plug well, each coil and the engine Vee. That episode took out two coils, and fortunately I had eight spare coils from a change of my other X308.
Interesting, I didn’t know of a repair kit. I developed my technique during my 40+years as a consumer electronics tech. Mainly repairing TVs. So much easier, and cheaper!, than finding matching replacements. Also keeps it original.
I find it fascinating that XK wheels look so much better on an XJ than they do on the XK.
Agree with you but painting the wheels did make the whole car look really modern the factory aluminum look wasn't that good . I choose debeer paint and Ms clear coat didn't want much shine and not expensive color code bmw A56 chrome metallic I have seen other gray metallic but this color is great match for almost any car color
Got the car started today. Drove it down the street and around a few blocks before I got it back to my driveway. Need to get the insurance upgraded to driver status before I get out on the highway.
Very relieved to have it back amongst the living. Ticking sound like lifters, and restricted performance message, but it accelerates great and feels like a dream on the road. Happy man here!
Chauffeured my friend's daughter today for her wedding in the XJR. The old girl presented herself very nicely.
While i was waiting for the ceremony to finish i parked and enjoyed a nice day on a shady bench...and watched a couple walk up and take pictures with my car!
After all was said and done, went home and did my first oil change.
I retrieved my beloved motorcar from my cherished Jaguar technician, who’d performed the following work for me:
• Replace power steering pump – was seeping
• Replace differential pinion seal with flange seal kit – was seeping
• Replace rear-view mirror with remanufactured unit – ball joint failed
• Replace ashtray lid in center console with (flawless) used part – plastic where screws fasten to assembly broke
• Oil change
Trying not to beat myself up too much for having all of the above work done! 😁
Bought an original toolkit at the Jaguar International Spares Day at Stoneleigh Park and today popped it into its rightful place. It will never get used, of course, but I'll know it's there
My wife told me I was mad because one of the original bulbs in the kit was rusty - I pointed out that it was an indicator bulb and so was meant to be that colour! It's not fitting flush in this photo but I later found a rubber seal underneath it which someone had left there in a previous life.
Brandon, don’t feel too bad, It could’ve been worse. Driving down the road and it simply falls off and maybe damage your hood or roll underneath the car and ran over it. I was washing my car a few months ago and I barely touched the leaper before it fell right off. I went to ACE Hardware and found the correct little screws and secured it to its pedestal. The chance you take is that someone tries to steal it again and damages the hood when they realize they can’t have it.
When my son owned my XJR, this was a common occurrance. After he gave it to me, it has not happened but someone has ripped off all the other badges around the vehicle.
Driver side (LHD) coil rust
