Fitting switch covers with less frustration.
Begin by buying better screws in advance.
The upper cover is fitted first, held with 2 screws at the front, and one screw further back, to brackets around the steering column.
Jaguar used short 8-32 cheese ( slotted ) head screws which are not easy to put back in.
Phillips or pozi head would be easier. So 1 of those screws was missing on my cover, probably a typical result if anyone has worked in that area before.
The 2 front screws are a pain to firstly line up the screw holes and then to actually try and fit the screws. A small telescopic inspection mirror helps.
I bought longer 8-32 X 1&½ long phil head screws and used locknuts to form what is in effect a longer shoulder screw for the 2 front screws. Much easier to fit them back in.
The lower cover fits to the upper cover at the rear with 2 cheese head 8-32 X 1&¼ screws. Once again phil or pozi head makes life easier.
I could only find 1&¼ long screws so had to add washers+nut to get the correct effective length.
There is also a short cheese head ST screw used at the front securing the lower cover to the steering column bracket, and that is easy to fit.


Wiper & indicator switch bracket


Those 2 difficult holes from below.

[img alt="ST screws for horn push on left.
Then 2 Jag screws, then better version. On right the shoulder screw.
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ST screws for horn push on left. Then 2 Jag screws, then better version. On right the shoulder screw.

 

I tried to create an update version of the original post to include the missing photo of the screws.
That did not work for some obscure reason.
So if you are reading this post you need look at the following post:

Missing photo from cover screw post