Hi all,

Does anyone have one or more pictures of a XJS 5 engine bay, with everything ready to drop the engine back in?

Reason: Since my 1979 5,3 showed signs of a broken head gasket, I took the engine out of the bay.

In the process I decided to give the engine bay a treat, new paint etc.
Took photos of every step of the process with my iPhone. For some reason, which takes too long to explain, I managed to loose all the pics, so now I hav a bit og a problem putting every hose, pipe and cables back in the engine bay.

Best regards
Ronnie, Norway - not quite ready for this season....

 

Sorry guys, XJS 5, should be XJS 5,3 ltr

 

cant help you with an empty engine bay, but i started a thread a while back called "engine bay pics." that should help a little.

 

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...ay-pics-70037/

 

These may help, but RHD car.
Greg

 

Thanks you ever so much Greg,

This is exactly what I needed

My car is also RHD - I bought mine in the UK almost 3 years ago.

My motto: English cars, English steering!

Have a great day

Cheers, Ronnie

 

Glad it helps. If you need any other detailed stuff to be sure about, please do not hesitate to ask.
Greg

 

Hi Greg,

actually, there is one more question:
There are two rubber lines marked "Fuel lines" reaching just above the gear box/converter (I did not need to remove the gear box). I am not sure where thes lines should connect. They do not smell of petrol,

And another thing; An electrical wire comes up along the left hand side of the gear box, reaching as high as the A/C regulator on the bulkhead. Any idea where this goes?

Now; more reading in the Haynes manuaø

Ronnie

 

Hi again Greg;

Do you by any chance have pics of the electrical connections on the left, right next to the expansion tank? I did remove the bracket, and now I am not sure if which way it's supposed to go? I.e; does the angled bit sit nearest to the light housing, or farthest away?
My guess is it goes nearest.....

Regards

Ronnie

 

The fuel lines are as follows on HE V12s with Lucas distributor:
RHS (Driver's side): A solid fuel line comes out of the boot, forward above the rear cage, along the floor, into the tunnel below the drivers seat, then up through the bodywork into the engine bay RHS. The solid fuel line connects to a flexible in the engine bay, and this flexible is running along the middle of the last pic that I posted earlier. This is the pressurised line and it connects to the RHS fuel pressure regulator.

The return line (solid from the engine bay rearwards) also has a flexible from the engine to the solid part, and runs back to the tank in the same fashion down the LHS of the car. This line can be seen in the second pic I posted, and is the one with the cut off end showing.

Assuming you have an HE with the GM 400 gearbox, there are two bits of loom coming from the gearbox LHS. One (the rearmost wire from the gearbox) goes to a two pin plug that plugs into a bit of loom that pokes down through a grommet in the tunnel LHS and goes to the dashboard loom. This is the speedo signal.

The second wire from the more forward position on the gearbox LHS, goes up to the engine bay and connects to the kickdown switch on the throttle cable just before the capstan.

greg

 

Not sure which bit you mean here. Have you a photo or can you describe it a bit more? there are loads of wire on the LHS!

Greg

 

Absolutely brilliant.
Even if my car is pre-HE, the fuel lines are the same.

Tahnk you very much for you time i helping me put this "worl heritage car" (as James May, TG, put it), back on the road again.

Will post some pics as I progress

Regards
Ronnie

 

ive got another quote from James May regarding the XJS. "its rubbish"

 

M90 - I'm sure that comment, from mr.May's side, sprung from the "fact" that the XJ-SS never became the E-type replacement many had hoped.
Obviously, compared to it's ancestor, it's handling is not as crisp, the styling not so iconic and so on.

For me, cruising along the motorway in speeds well above 100mph, as effortless as the XJ-S does it, more than weighs up for the lack of throwing it around corners.
And for styling; well, it has grows on you, and the curved line from the roof to the back lights.....need I say more

And your car, based on the pictures, is clearly miles away from rubbish

Enjoy life, enjoy your Jaguar

Ronnie

 

General consensus in the UK is James May is a tosser - complains about serious cars because he has no idea, he drives a Fiat panda for god's sake....you only have to see how he moans about the Aston Vantage in their Euro trip to see he's out of his depth.

 

Not only "a plumbers nightmare" these cars - hahah

I think I figured this one out. I was holding the wrong bracket to the side. The L-shaped bracket is for the RH-side, supporting the injection relay etc.

The bracket on the front LH-side is only a straight metal plate, for fixing all the light relays.
Sorry about the confusion.

Less haste, more speed, seems to be the word

Ronnie

 

he also drives an XJS, an 82 911 carerra GT, an F430, a porche boxter, a rolls royce phantom, a rolls rocye corniche, a Bently T2, and one more Bently. they all have practical cars. Jeremy clarkson has a volkswagen and an austin healey.

as far as the Vantage goes, it was a pure bred touring car and he was in spain with no AC, no electric windows, and cobblestone roads. lol
one could only tell that would end badly.


and i wish mine was far from rubbish, but it suffers from the electrical grimlins.