Very nice offer but we have a bag of NOS ones. We also have a tool kit for a V 12 E that is still in the spare parts bag. We will add the extractor to the kit but needed to post it to our site as rec. Speaking of that if your extractor is yellow plastic your bleeder tin should most likely be a Girling one.

The label is the correct one but there are other versions for different models. From the few unmolested ones we have it seems the label was wrapped around the gun in reverse and held in place by a rubber band. Will check on the jack handle later. Still a very nice kit.

 

will look at the toolkit, now I'm not sure of the color of the extractor.

so that ratchet wrench is for the MK-2 Jack?
No wonder I couldn't find any use for it. The S type jack has its own crank handle.

I also found a Daimler 420 (Sovereign) Jack, similar concept to the S type Jack but simpler construction and smoother.

with those two jacks I can raise the front or rear of the car evenly. With 2 people, each raising each jack, it goes up fast.

 

Coventry Foundation:

yes the air valve extractor is yellow plastic.

 

Interesting as I have just come across some Jaguar branded wrenches?
I wonder if they came from a factory tool kit of some kind??





I was looking at small tool makers and Garrington was a UK company in years past.
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Those are factory and 2 of a set of 4. They do have value.

 

Good source on eBay for tool kits. Just secured a Series II kit; extremely professional to work with and reasonable cost.
Seller goes by jagnutkevin

 

Where's the hammer and gaffer tape......

 

Happy New Year and apologies for reviving a very old thread.

I confirmed with three senior (as in years working for that dealership) salesman in official Jaguar dealer (Rome, Naples and Antwerp) that all XJs and all Daimlers were supplied with a tool kit and a jack. One even mentioned that it was required by law, after 1975 (in Italy).

Unfortunately neither could confirm if, and which, tools differed between the 6 and 12 cylinders.

In this, and other threads, I read different takes.

Some seem to confirm different number and type of tools between 6 and 12 (*) while some mention different number and type according to year of production.

(*) there was also a mention how different spark plugs access (6 vs 12) required different tools

From what I gather the bottom was a 6 cylinder tool kit between 1979 and 1984, while the top was the top kit for a 12 cylinder between 1979 and 1992

Did I understand correctly?

My interest lies with the tool kit for a 1993 (1992 production) European market Daimler Double Six. Thanks in advance for any help.

Tommaso

 

yes, the top is for a V12 and it carried into some years of the XJ40.

In the USA, it was not a law, it was an Optional Accessory or a Dealer Courtesy in the Series 3 4.2.

The Daimler kits are the same, the difference is the outside Sticker.

 

Thank you Jose!

That you are aware of, was the later XJ40 tool kit (below) ever used for the latest XJ12 and Six?

 

Also, please, could someone publish the correct jack for a 1993 (1992 production) Daimler Double Six?

 

Arcanio, I was not aware of that kit. Looks like a very minimal set of tools for the XJ-12

 

I agree. But, this is what a forum members, here, referred. He added that tool boxes supply might have run out, and Jaguar, pragmatically, might have chosen to not reorder the kit for a model that was, anyway, outgoing. He suggested that, in some markets, Jaguar might have preferred to use the same tool kit of the XJ40, also for the XJ12 (or D/S). It seems plausible to me as motorcars certainly needed less maintenance by their drivers, by the 1990's.

Do you have any images that can helo me correctly identify the later Xj12's jack?

 

I will add my tool kit into the mix. This is what came in the 1985 Vanden Plas 20,800 mile one-owner car I picked up in September of 2023.

I know the sunroof key only came in cars optioned with a sunroof, but did I read somewhere that the VDP cars came with something special as well that the non VDP cars didn't get? Would it be the slim metal piece on the left side of the kit? Its use?

 

Hi MSGGrunt,

Been a while since I have contributed to the forum.

There wasn't any special tool in the VDP toolbox that I can see.

The slim metal piece is part # C26846 which was physically omitted from the Series 3 toolbox (so the slot remained empty) as it is a centre hub cap trim remover of which said wheel design was not carried over from the Series 1 / 2's to the 3 so was therefore unnecessary.

Knowing how Jaguar were a bit piecemeal with items like this there may have been a few early Series 3 toolboxes with this part included because,, well maybe they had a few left over??!

Cheers,

Nigel