Hello,
I'm confused by the Bently manual description of the front drivers side door card removal as is seems to address a two piece assembly (VDP perhaps)
Do I need to remove the arm rest and door lever first and then pry the panel away at the edges?
Is there a write up for this? I searched but nothing came back specific
Thanks
Jeff

 

Beginning in '83 or so the door cards were one piece on the standard XJ6 models. Not sure about the VDP-type. My memory fades at times.

More later. gotta get some work done

Cheers
DD

 

mine is an 86 soverign, the arm rests come off first and the card is one piece, the door handle is mounted to the door frame and isnt touched.

 

makes sense. Is it just clips to pry off until you gey to the rail?
Jeff

 

my armrests have 1 visible screw underneath at the front, undo and then the top of the armrest slides back to expose the 3 large self tapers hold the rest to the door, mine also has a smaller self taper going through the door light that has to be removed[but i dont know if that is genuine], then it was a matter of gently pri-ing the door card off trying not to break the retaining clips/plugs.
Richard

 

Going from (distant) memory and assuming a standard XJ6 panel......

Remove the mirror switch, 2 screws

Remove 3 screws at bottom of the map pocket

At the top of the armrest pull handle is a chrome escutcheon. Pry it loose and slide it down to reveal a large screw. Remove screw

The armrest is held on with two peg-in-slot type things. Thump the rear of the armrest up and then forward to disengage the pegs (or maybe it's forward then up?)

At this point I think you can pry the door card off the door.

Cheers
DD

 

And....

The top of the panel has tabs that engage slots in the door.

So, when the door trim is loose around the perimeter lift the panel up first, and then away.

On reinstallation bent the tabs out a bit to make for easier re-engagement into the slots

Cheers
DD

 

Thanks everyone
Tomorrows Saturday and I'll try to get at it. the reason I'm going in is to try to pop three small dings in the door from behind. I'll report back on my prgress
Jeff

 

Months later! Perfect. I am going there to start door removal adventure. Saturday. 8-24 or shortly thereafter. Been doing research. Repair hyperextended door or ???
Replace looks like the outcome!!

Oh, how did it go for the remove to bang out a ding?

 

A bit more to enhance the thread! In order to remove the door, i must discommect the electrics. Is the connector inside the door r inside the door post. If in the door post, thn the card must come off. How?

If i should move to a door removal new thread, let me know.

Carl

 

Hi Carl
I followed Doug D.'s instruction outlined earlier in this thread.There is also reference to bending the channel clips out a bit at the top of the door card for easier re-install. I did not have to do this. as P.O. must have done this already. Mine went back on w/o much effort. I did not have much luck with the dings. There is a sound panel glued to that inside section of the door. Guess I'll be going to a paint-less dent removal shop. I've heard good things about the process
I did not need to unhook any power. there was enough lead on wires to swing the panel out of the way for what I was doing. Sorry can't help you there. good luck with your project
Jeff