Okay guys, for those of you reading, which one is the water temperature sensor? Is it the one nearest the battery? Or the one underneath the ignition coil?

 

None of those. they are for oil pressure. The water temp sender unit is located on the underside of the intake manifold towards the front of the engine, next to the brake booster vacuum hose connection. A green/blue tracer wire is connected to it.

 

I have the same engine. See pics

 

Thanks denraden1! We bought an aftermarket temperature sensor to use with a different gauge (Innovate Motorsports MTX-D Water Temperature and Voltage gauge) and we're looking for the water temperature sensor! I appreciate it!

 

So, today was a solid day for us. We got the new temperature sensor it, and it fits flawlessly. We also got the new coil in and the distributor back in. Although, before we turn it over, we're basically putting most of the interior back together, to avoid shorts in the circuits. We're prepping for the center console to go back in. I'll keep you updated on how it goes!

Also, before it's all put back together, we'd like to put a new radio in. Do you all have any suggestions that would fit in the car with no modifications? Thank you all!

 

Hi guys! So, here are some pictures of the refinished center console with some of its polished components. Now we're looking for a radio before we do the installation of the console. We have the rear comfort zone installed again, we can't wait to get this all back together!

 

Okay guys, so do any of you have experience mounting in modern day, single DIN stereos into these cars? We just got our new unit in (Pioneer DEH-80PRS), and we're curious as how we'd install it into the car. Any tips, tricks, hints, anything? Thanks for the help guys!

 

Any suggestions on how to cut out the aluminum climate control face place plate to fit one of these head units?

 

BTW, I am really enjoying this thread - keep it coming! It seems like you're doing a lot of stuff that I've been putting of for years!

 

Okay, so after doing some reading, we've decided we want to override the seat belt warning system and sequential start system. Is there a way to override this so we can start the car with out all of the hubbub of the buzzer and just get it to start? Just cut it out essentially. Or does this have to be plugged in, functioning, etc...?

 

Okay guys, so tonight, we got through the firewall! Luckily, we didn't have to drill or anything! After doing some research online, I found that you can access the cabin through a little plate beneath the battery seat on the passenger side. This plate has 3 screws (pan heads) and 2 hoses coming from it. If you unscrew the screws, and snake through something (we used a tywrap) and vioala! You can now snake through wires! We plan to snake through our new water temperature sensor cable, our lambda senor cable, and #4 wires to power the head unit and amplifiers.

 

Okay, so we machined the bezel to fit the radio in, and I thought I'd post a picture to show you what we now have!

 

Okay guys, thanks for the tip to get through the firewall! Here is what we did: We removed it, sandblasted it, drilled out our holes for the #6 welding cable, the temperature sensor, and a third one for the lambda sensor. We may not use it, we may just plug it and run the lambda sensor cable someplace else. We're letting the paint dry a little bit more before we add in the grommets.

 

Okay guys, we've actually been collecting wire to do this job for a while. Over the summer, I was selling my aluminum cans to a scrapyard, and I saw this neat looking spool of wire laying in the yard. So I started playing with it, and it seemed really neat! I asked the guy what it was, and he said it was some silver-plated copper wire. He had no use for it because the silver reduced the price of the copper, so since I've been going there selling my cans, he gave it to me! It turns out that it's #14 silver plated teflon insulated white wire.

Then some months ago, I was outside of a electrical substation, and just saw this small coil of wire on the outside in the grass. It was just sitting there, and figured it'd come in handy some day... So I took it. Turns out that it was just about 20 ft. of #6 welding cable.

Next, there is an old mall being demolished to put in a new one, and I just saw this used communications wire laying in the rubble, so I thought I'd use it for my stereo at home.

So now that I'm installing the head unit, and I just thought that I might eventually want to install some subwoofers and higher quality speakers in the Jag, and it suddenly all came together! I ran a straight connection of welding cable from the battery, routed through the body, to the head unit space with a lead attached to it, through and under the center console and carpet, to the trunk, to get power for my future amps. Next, I used the communications wire to get signals from my head unit to the future amps. And for any future speakers, I ran 16 wires of my silver plated, teflon insulated copper wire from the head unit space to the trunk of the Jag.

Now, I feel like I'm starting to get ready to put the interior of my Jag back together!

 

Okay guys, so I've been looking at my Pioneer head unit mounted in my climate control bezel, and you know, whoever used to own the car, got the climate control bezel all scuffed up, and I've polished it the best I can, but it just doesn't fit in with everything else. Does anybody have any ideas on how I can improve the looks of this?

 

Hi guys, so today after school, I worked on the center console and dressed up the wires I ran yesterday. I got them to lay under all of the OEM work.

The first picture, you can see the wires blending in with the original wire harnesses. They were all just tucked behind all of the original wires, and flattened so they wouldn't protrude and show.

The second picture is of the cavity in which the radio will sit. As you can see, I also had to splice together the brown and white striped power cable that was running to the heater core and blower. Prior to my ownership of this Jag, someone had cut open the cable and was leaching off of it to power the previous radio (which was never hooked up and explains why we kept blowing the same 35 amp fuse). Then I just tucked the wires in the back in preparation for the radio to be installed.

It's now at the point where I can start to reassemble the console.

 

Here's where I'm going with my stereo... I want to do a 3-way stereo installation. I'm going to put my subwoofers in the back, my midranges in the door panels, but I'm having trouble figuring out where to put the tweeters. I could really use any suggestions or advice you all would have on placing the tweeters. Thank you in advance for your help!

 

So, from the lack of response, I take it that no one has ever installed a two way system in a Series 2?

 

I'm not familiar with the Series 2, and the stereo system in my Series 3 is factory-stock. Based on what I see in modern cars that have tweeters, they always mount them on or near the A pillar; in the Series 3 there is a black, blanking plate shaped like a triangle at the front doors, where the glass doesn't reach, looks like a good place for surface mount tweeters.

 

Welding cable!!!!