Jonathan,

Missed your post on my scroll through. Old age does that.

Greg should have chucked a brick across the big lake to get my attenetion, no matter, found it now.

What part of the "rewire system" in particular are you seeking???.

I have rewired the HE 100% under the bonnet, my way, from the bulkhead connectors forward.

Then lots of other little "sort outs" that simply made sense to me.

All this was in 1999-2000, and still works fine, so my Jags (all of them) are super reliable.

No more Lectrickery in any of them.

 

I was meaning your Main electric fan control system, Grant.

And, you are SO right about the soul soothing qualities of the V12 !

Greg

 

Good point, Grant.

Hell, maybe the universe is telling me that I deserve that new exhaust system now...

 

Fitted the instrument cluster back in with replacement speedo, tacho and LED bulbs.
Sod all worked so took it out again.
Deeply depressed.

 

New ignition coil on order, should be here before the weekend. Weak spark, will not fire an ST-125 spark tester. Unfortunately, the new spark plugs did NOT eliminate the misfire under load. Darn!

 

Grant,


mine was running a little warm on stop and go driving when I received it from the seller... so I was worried and looking for solutions for keeping the temp as it should be... after stressing over it getting warm like that and worrying about dropping the valve seat that every one talks about... I order a fan and have it here in a box... never put in on the car though...


I found that if I checked the coolant level it was LOW... about .4 gallon a day if driving it to and from work and kids to school.... so I kept putting water in it until I got enough water in it and warm enough to find the pin hole leak in the radiator near the top on the said radiator... now I have order new radiator bushings... found a place that will repair it and it runs cool if you keep the right amount of water in it...
has not run warm since but I need to fix it and not keep putting water in it....


bought power steering lines they got here today... 6000lbs jack stands (aluminum)
1 German head light... (what to do with it?)


designing distributor less ignition system and sequential fuel injection
using

 

Just finished my SBC for my baby.

 

I bought Neoprene steering rack bushings from V12 performance... not shipped yet
can not wait to add them to my collection of steering stuff... (two power steering lines)
going to do it when I get all the parts here...

 

nice!

 

About to refit the instrument pack (again) and fingers crossed it will work this time.
Wish me luck!

 

You didn't wish me luck so I failed again! Speedo working fine now (spot on with sat nav), rev counter showing 2000rpm at 100 mph and fuel tank gauge showing full all the time which is a worry as I don't know if the low level warning light works.
A lot of the bulbs don't work.
To cheer myself up bought a new set of shocks and DB7 springs for the rear end.

 

thats a shame

don't suppose you got a pic of the back of the cluster ?

with all the lamps not working and the tacho not working correctly you may have just one problem causing all the issues ?

BB

 

Steve

can i ask a silly question

does the rev counter only show 2k revs all the time, or does it go up and down when pressing the pedal at stand still , and or does it only show 2k revs when driving

as it might be a gearbox issue ? and not a rev counter issue ??
just thinking out loud ?

BB
j

 

It does go up and down but only up to 2k revs and tickover is about 300. When I put it back in the first time it would only go up to 300 but it was working fine before.
The gearbox is fine and she goes like a scalded cat (as she should).
It's just a bad connection somewhere and/or some of the bulbs being in the wrong way round thus breaking the electrical path.
I drove it in the dark last night and couldn't see any instruments at all.
If it is not raining tomorrow I will pull it out and go over it yet again and retest all the bulbs; it was all working fine before apart from the odometer which has been fixed with a replacement.
Persistence is the key here I think.
And I can put the new steering wheel on straight this time!
And the headlining.

 

Just heard from the mechanic. Now the diagnosis is that the blown exhaust manifold gaskets are the result of a damaged valve spring that's causing all sorts of havoc and this job is suddenly skyrocketing in price.

 

i made custom billet aluminum bushings for my steering rack, no spongy movement, instant response.

 

different to say the least!

reminds me of my 1957 Corvette , in 1958 i did a rebild into a 302 SBC, 283 bored .125 oversize, cant beat an old SBC for simplicity and realiability.

i have now a 1985 Buick Grand national with an LS3 in it,4L80E auto.

along with other garage queens!

 

Can U advise how to do this. I'd like to do it to my xjs as well. Thxs

 

well I hope that guy at v12 performance is ok... because they charged me on the 21st of Nov... I have not received any email or product from them and I can not get in touch w them I have called and called.... I surely hope he is ok and not ill...


JMW

 

Bought it an X Type to keep it company!