I bought this car in November 2013 out of MI. It was at a salvage auction but had a clear title and was being sold by a dealer. Because the brakes did not function, I did not really drive it. I figured out how to bleed the back brakes recently and only just got around to taking it out.

The building I’m in now has about 7000sq/ft of space but just one door. This means that whatever is in the back never gets moved and this car sat for about 6 years in the back of my shop until I needed to move it, which is when I found out the fuel pumps had failed. I replaced the pumps which is a giant pain in the rear, moved it once and then let it set again for another three years, only to find out that the pumps had failed again from sitting.

This time, I took the effort to figure out how to bleed the brakes and got them to function. It’s been sitting in the back lot of the building (also covered but rarely visited) until today as I had to move it in order to get a non running Mercedes Benz 450SEL 6.9 parts car in. Tires were flat but it fired up so I drove it to the front of the building where I could air the tires and gave it a wash. Before putting it back, I thought it would be best to put some fresh fuel in it as it has sat for another year since I replaced the pumps. That short drive turned into a longer drive and I did manage to get some highway time before I remembered that the flat tire was horribly dry rotted and was separating at the belt.

But holy cow this car drives great! It does need some work which I will list below:

1. Rear dog legs (not sure what they’re called but the bushings are shot)
2. The shock bushings in the front are also bad
3. The blower fan is blowing all the time in hot
4. Radio just also randomly failed and is no longer working
5. Seats won’t go forward far enough to unbolt from the back
6. Check engine light is on
7. Battery light is on even though alternator is charging

Anyone know the procedure to pull codes? I’m now digging the idea of putting thing back on the road.

 

Hey alabbassi turn on the ignition without starting the engine and watch the trip computer screen where the codes will appear.

 

alabbasi,

If you haven't got a trip computer fitted, as you've got OBDII on that model, you could just plug in a cheap OBDII dongle and check the codes on a phone app.

Cheers

Paul

 

Paul. thanks, I have a clock / trip computer. I don't think this car is OBDII compliant as it's a 1994 and OBD2 became a standard in 1996. I will run codes the next time I'm up.

 

alabassi,

From your pic, you seem to have integral headrests, so I'm guessing your VIN is post 194774 and you have an AJ16 engine. (I also have an AJ16 car made in July 1994) In which case, you have the early version of Jaguar's OBDII and you can read engine codes through the trip computer or via a plug-in on the OBDII port with a phone app.

Good luck

Paul

 

Paul, it's a 6l V12. AJ16 would have been nice. I have celebration parts car

 

Ah, I see! Sorry, I should have read your first post more accurately!

In which case, use the trip computer to read your fault codes as suggested by Greg.

Paul