I got lucky yesterday and came home with THIS!!

The perfect size: 15-3/4" diameter.

 

You get Scrounge Prize of the Day, Jose!
(';')

 

Thank you Elinor, I also got Series 2 XJ-6 parts. I have to do inventory, 6 tubs full of Series 2 and 3 parts, heck I don't know what's in those tubs, I only looked at the surface.

going to try the steering wheel in the S type, I've wanted a 15-1/2" wheel for a long time, this one is just 1/4" larger, not much difference.

 

Got a Series III hazard switch you're not using?

 

I will check and if I have it you can have it. But curiously, I did see a Series 2 upper Nacelle Half, (the upper half of the steering column cover). It is a lot nicer, with an "ear" that reads "HAZARD", and the Series 3 does not have that.

Unfortunately, the cutout for the hazard switch in the Series 2 is in a different position than the Series 3, closer to the Turn Signal Stalk switch, so i don't think it would fit the Series 3. otherwise identical.

 

I could use one of those, Jose!
I'll PM you my details if it's still available.
(';')

 

Jose, Nice!
What model is it from and what's involved in a swap into a S3?

 

I have the same steering wheel on my SIII and love it. Nice overall diameter and rim thickness. I believe they came on the 1989 XJS and the 1992 Series III V12 models. They pop up on ebay. The swap is pretty easy as I recall, 10 minute job.

 

That's the wheel I've got on my '89 XJS convertible. Good looking wheel. Great buy.

 

yes, it is an XJ-S steering wheel they came in XJ-S from 1985 I believe up until 1990. This one is from a 1989.

there's nothing to swapping steering wheels in the Series 3 XJ-6:

Park the car with front wheels straight ahead;

remove the two screws on the back of the horn spokes,

pull the horn cover,

remove the plastic Horn Contact carefully, they do break,

loosen the center nut almost to the end, then wiggle the steering wheel side to side carefully until it comes off the Spline and is stopped by the nut. Otherwise it can hit you in the face, ask me how I know. If it refuses to come off, spray a little PB Blaster on the spline, wait 5 minutes and try again. Keep that nut on the spline otherwise you will smell like PB Blaster for a week!!

then remove the nut and pull it off.

mount the XJ-S steering wheel, tighten the nut, tighten the Horn Contact by HAND ONLY, then put the horn cover on with the two screws from the back.

I think the Spline is the same all the way back to 1960s., so any Jaguar steering wheel might fit any Jaguar until the XJ-40 of 1988, when everything was screwed up.

 

here's more pictures of what I found today in 3 tubs:

7" headlamps, Lucas P700 with giant bulbs inside.

 

Series 2 parts

 

Hi Jose,
I'm converting to 7" lamps and you seem to have the chrome lamp retaining rings that I might just need if I cannot locate a set in Canada. Would you be willing to part with them?

 

Nope, it's actually much more unusual than that !

That wheel was 1989-only for the XJS and, as someone mentioned, was also used on some very late Series III V12s.

Earlier XJSs used the same steering wheel typically seen on Series IIIs.

Cheers
DD

 

you can get them in eBay cheap!! check this listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/7-Round-Hea...19.m1438.l2649

if that's not it, let me know.

 

weird, because I pulled lots of parts from a 1986 XJ-S V12 Coupe and it had one of those wheels but it was in such bad shape that I passed on it.

 

This wheel, so much better in every way than the original xj6 wheel, was used on the Series III V12 cars from 1990 to 1992 inclusive. These V12 cars (Daimler and Jaguar versions but only the Jaguar-badged cars had this improved wheel) were sold only in the U.K., Germany, Canada and Japan. The wheel is a straight fit to any Series XJ with no modifications needed.

 

I agree, thicker grip, much thicker than my 15" inch diameter Momo, it is 15¾" inches in diameter as opposed to the 17" inches of the factory XJ wheel, the perfect diameter. And it is leather.

I'm torn between putting it in my Daimler S type or the XJ.

 

Jose: Please don't be torn. If you are unsure of what you are going to do with the steering wheel, and plan to sell it, let me know. If you do decide, and want to part with the Momo hub and wheel, I am interested if the price is right.

 

S1 steering splines are different from later models..