I could have sworn that my Series III manuals had an illustration and specs for a driveshaft alignment jig. I've searched and searched and can't find it.

Does this ring any bells with anyone out there?

Cheers and thanks
DD

 

My manuals only have that for series 1 and 2, series 3 it says put bearing as far to right as it will go and adjust if necessary. But if you want to find the specs for the jig i can find them when i get home..

Darren

 

Perhaps it was my earliest edition Series III manual (which I no longer have). If so, it follows that some Series II info might be included.

I be grateful for anything you can come up with

Cheers
DD

 

I do have the 1977 Jaguar XJ12, Series 2 Repair Operation Manual (a Leyland Cars Service publication) and there is no mention of an alignment jig in chapter 47 which is the propeller and drive shafts chapters. FWIW.

 

Is this what you need??

 

That's it !


Thanks
DD

 

What manual is that out of, Darren?

Cheers
DD

 

This is the reason husband gives me for the Enormous library of apparently obsolete repair manuals in his room!! ("But I might need one some day!")

Maybe I'll stop nagging him to dump them.
(';")

 

Thats out of one of old old haynes manuals, barely open it it anymore, but remembered seeing the jig while.i was chasing down my machine gun sound which turned out to be be the flexplate rivets..

 

Most of my repair books of many types are in my garage. allotted shelf space long over taxed.


The oldest is Dyke's Automotive Encyclopedia. A tutorial of early twenties or earlier vintage. School pal Billy and I began our addiction on finding a copy in the High school library!!! Wonder how Billy is?"??


And an overstuffed binder with documents to various tools and appliances.


Somewhere, I have a reference to a company in SOCAl that sells factory repair manuals. I got a Jeep manual there.


And, GM was a source for the manual for a 94 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. The don or car for my lump's drive train. Well spent hundred bucks.


Haynes on Jaguars is there. Confused me more than it helped...
Mostly an organization issue as all or most is copied Jaguart material...


Toss my stuff, nope, not likely...


Carl.

 

It's hard letting go!

I like to save things as well, but not 3-4 versions of basically the same thing....so when I sold my last Series III the oldest edition service manual when along with the car.

Aside: a few years ago my brother and I finally decided to 'do something' with Mom and Dad's old house, what with them having passed on and the place being unused. The experience prompted to me to make a solemn vow to my own kids that I would never leave them with so much.....'stuff'....to sort through !



"If you want to be treated like a thoroughbred, don't be a nag"


(Sorry. Couldn't resist. That's a long time favorite saying in my family )


Cheers
DD

 

He, he!!!


There is a ribald version, too bad to use here. It is the reverse!!!


Nags have their place as do thoroughbreds!!!
My late wife was a thoroughbred. She loved her
pure bred poodles.


Joke around here. "you and the Poodle are the only thoroughbreds here, the rest of us are mutts!!!


Way back, in my pre car days, I bought a burro/donkey. Mean and stubborn. Dad said, enough. Looked up an old army pal and got us a
nag. 20+ year old retired cow pony. He named him,. "plug".
Well mannered, patient with dumb kids, etc. No longer as fast as he might have been, but still did a decent gallop. Pal, Fernie, had a mustang mare, "Dolly", good looking and fast. Plug could out stop, out jump and out cut her. Hang on or else!!!


Carl

 

I dug this out of my dusty Haynes XJ12/XJS manual. May or may not be of use - that is all the information on propeller shaft alignment.

 

The greatest value in the old factory manuals was that they
always went into a great deal of detail about the theory
of operation of every system component.

Lots of good knowledge there that appiies to any make.

Still trying to find my old Ford and GM manuals
from the 70's

 

Amen, brother.

It's a lot easier diagnosing a fault when you fully understand how the system is designed to operate....be it a fairly generic system or something specific to the particular car you're working on.

On the whole I've never been very impressed with Jaguar technical literature...primary because it tends to be deficient in that regard, at least for older models. Add to that poor organization, errors that are uncorrected over many editions of the same publication, lack of detail pertaining to non-UK market cars....well, I could go on and on. I'm quite sure that this contributed to the poor repair reputation of Jaguars.


Cheers
DD

 

You can never have too many manuals....

My wife might disagree however!

 

A habit of mine is to order the factory manuals as soon
as I buy a car. Sometimes the parts departments have
thought I was off my rocker. JTIS is my first tree free
set of manuals

Of course the willingness to read is a requirement.

No youtube then. Not even compuserve.

Today if you point a JF member at JTIS, poor as it is,
you might as well have told him to jump off a cliff.

Oh yeah, the thing about electronic manuals is that
yellow highlighter doesn't work too well. You highlight
it, change pages and suddenly the highlighter is in the
wrong place

 

When Wart came to us, husband first ordered the most important (he thought) 3 volumes of a 7 volume set, only to learn the body portion he needed later was yet another volume. But at $30 a crack he opted for Haynes, Chilton and Google instead.

As soon as Nix came under our roof he went in search of and found the official ROM, published by BL, also a Haynes and the Jaguar Heritage CD. In less than 2 years there were so many bookmarks and sticky notes that the Blue Book burst its spine and needs rebound (comb binding this time I think). Haynes isn't far behind.

We haven't had the Adequate Vehicle (2009 Hyundai Sonata) a month yet, and he already ordered and received the full set of 3 brand new factory service manuals.

When we sell a vehicle (a rare occurrence) we try to send at least one copy of the relevant books along for the next owner, so they don't have to bash their nose the same way we already have.

When I sold my Datsun Roadster in 2007, the buyer expressed great delight for the Original, Factory ROM (written by someone for whom English was NOT a first language, nor maybe even a second language), still intact, complete with notes about modifications and preferred adjustments.
(';')

 

In 89, we bought a Budget Rent a Car 88 Tbird. Only a few months old and 10K miles. As close to new as we'd seen in a while. Outside of the company new furnished ones.


I ordered a set of manuals. They went with the car, when it left. I'm not sure it's new steward was up to using them???


The Cadillac and Jeep manuals have helped me a lot. Jaguar stuff here and there.


Front yard whack done. In time for oncoming rain to refresh the greenery.


Back yards another story. spring when done....


Carl