I took the car to an indy Jag specialist (Not the dealer!) because the injector failure had many of the symptoms of an engine failure and I wanted assurance that a bad injector was all that was wrong with the car. Learned a lot on that one. While the car was at the shop I asked them to go ahead and do the 60K service and change the brakes so that I could have the car back on the road again ASAP. I'm typically a DIY guy, so it didn't dawn on me that they would be ordering the parts from a Jag dealer at dealer prices.

Later the car had a coolant leak I couldn't find, so back to the Jag shop it went for that. A local expert told me that the transmission service on these 'sealed' ZF transmissions is a procedure that warrants transmission reprogramming, so I left that to a ZF specialist.

While I've always been DIY-first in the past--these days I have small children, a full time job, and I help my wife some with her home-based business. I don't have the luxury of free time or that I once had for DIY work, and frankly, I never really enjoyed it that much either. I was the guy who's 'simple' projects always took 4x as long as expected and who always seemed to leave drips of blood in the engine bay.

If I could have found a skilled Indy shop that’s willing to use aftermarket parts, that could have cut as much as $2,000 off the total.

 

Has anyone done a fuel filter at home on an XK150? My understanding is that it is in the fuel tank, and pump needs to be removed.

 

I heard that's true for the 5.0, but the 4.2 is somewhere else. I don't know WHERE else as it doesn't affect mine.

 

It's in front of the tank on the passenger side on the 4.2's. Actually looks pretty easy to get to.

 

Yeah, I have a paid garage spot in LA. Which is why I don't DIY my oil change, which by all accounts is quite simple. No place to store tools, ramps, anything.
You don't have the time, I don't have the space.... and so it goes.
I've also had your experience with parts, which is why I bring my own. Most places I've found are cool with that.

 

I’d bet Claire Williams be ecstatic over a mere 7500 after a weekend... i wonder what kind of bills Toto Wolff sees...

speaking of spending money, anyone on their way to Monaco?