l was going to post a request for the same sort of thing, everything ive found is for chains outwards so to speak.

lm thinking l/we need is a manual/how to that starts with heads off and out of time

 

The below might help if you haven't already found them.

In the stickies at the top of the main page. Do a text search for 'Workshop Manuals' in this post of H2OBoy's:
https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...00/#post201829

There's also an engine repair guide on member Gus' site of everything:
http://www.jagrepair.com/images/Auto...Code%20168.pdf

 

Many thanks for that! The one i hadnt found was the one thats written for my attention span the student one on Guses site.

 

LOL

Good luck with the rebuild

 

Steve.
lm finding some of this series of vids very helpful




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quandry
I have replaced so much on this car, I am getting a little disappointed
I did the all the chains, blades, tensioners 6 years ago
new springs this year $900
new top, headliner and seat covers last year $6,000
and now
to do the heads properly, replacing all seats, etc around $3,000
1 replacement head used of unknown quality, around $300
minimal work on head, only cyl 8, 2 valve seats, 4 valves around $300

I may just to the minimal and see what happens next

 

Perhaps just get it on the road and remember why you kept it so long and spent on it in the past.

 

a little pause before i continue on the engine
front and back lawns needed reseeding after the grubs ate them up
and my wheelbarrow tire went flat, fixed the tube, reinstalled and went flat again. I ordered a new tire
the washing machine was behaving erratically intermittently and I removed all the panels so we can watch the wax motor and its operation

I did pull the two intake valves where the seats moved. they still look good.
and a replacement used head for xk8 is around $450 with shipping

My shoulder was giving me some pain after struggling with those head bolts
I could not raise my arm horizontally without pain
last week X-ray tech said I had a subtle fracture in the top outside of the arm bone fitting into the shoulder, otherwise know as the greater tuberosity.
got a cortisone shot yesterday and go for physical therapy today
probably wait a while before I tackle the heads again

 

so back to the heads
I sent the bad head off to have seats replaced.
In the meantime I am checking valve clearances on the passenger head.
All intake were too tight, at minimum or just below.
same for exhausts: all clearances at basically .009 " and should be just under .012"
So I will measure all the shims and then play musical shims to see what size new ones I need.