Well done....

 

The Tenax fastener on my tonneau cover broke. After a lot of research I found these from a Florida company.

 

^^ Please post the details with part numbers. Many owners will eventually need them....

 

The company is Eagle Day Inc. The part number is Tenax 101 kit.

Marty

 

Repeated from another recent thread, they also have the 'chromy colored ones'.

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...wn-pin-245752/

Purchase location

https://eagleday.stores.yahoo.net/tesmhewibain.html

As Jon notes, many will likely eventually need this and it's quite a bit cheaper than a cover.

 

Working on my F Type bumper conversion, checking all the lines flow together before making the final cuts...





And yes, I am working in a bathroom showroom, there's more space to work than in my garage at home.

 

My Xkr is still on jack stands, since 16 months now
Really want it back on the road again.. but still a lot of things to sort out first.

Today I took the front bumper off since I couldnt figure out a way to replace the left hand side hose to (or from?) the charge cooler without having more space available. The hose clamp to the cooler had its opening inwards to the engine cooler so there was literally no space to get a plier in there to open the clamp.

So front bumper off and then the job was quite straight forward. I also reckoned that the thread in the drain for the charge cooler was bad, so I put a heli coil in




Changed to a more wrench-friendly hose clamp

 

Wow, 16 months on jack stands. Sorry to hear that. Do the motor vehicle laws in your area allow you to drop insurance and licensing on a vehicle that is out of service for that long? And what about property taxes?

 

Lots of projects going on at the same time. That and extended waiting for parts is the reason for this seemingly endless project

Fortunately no issues with insurance or taxes. Here in Sweden we can have the vehicle in a specific non-road state of the road tax and insurance, at a very low cost. And for any lenght of time.

But by now I am going crazy not to hear that v8 sound..

 

Well I'm with Higgins - I've missed the sound of my AJ-V8. I've been away in Saudi Arabia on a work assignment, so my XK8 has been parked up for 8months plus. My wife said she did occassionally drive it, but she prefers the Range Rover esp. considering the dogs and horses. And I lost count of the number of times I've asked her to make sure the Jag is on the battery charger.

So it looks like I may get away for a couple of weeks, back to see the car, and I can't wait to drive my XK8. There's the standard oil & air filter service to do, plus I'm also at the point where I need to revisit some of my previous jobs that I originally did to get the Jag "on the road." Parts on order include:
1. British Parts Service Kit BPK210
2. Cam Cover Gasket Kit BPK250 (both banks)
3. VVT Valve seals OEM AJ82856

I wonder what else I'll find that needs doing? Can't really ask the missus what is needed.......

 

David, sure hope the dreaded fuel pump is OK, setting seems to make that demon raise it's ugly head.
On a small world note, my grandson headed your way Wednesday for a tour of duty in the Navy. He is really looking forward to it.

 

'Ceramic'ed four wheels
Washed three cars, coated one too
Almost poetic


All clean and shiny.

 

The clips holding the third brake light to the rear window were broken when I bought the car. I've tried a few things to hold it in place which worked for a couple of days / weeks but ended up with it flopping around on the parcel shelf like a fish on the line. In May when I took the car out of hibernation I tried LaPages No More Nails clear heavy duty double sided tape. It's been 6 weeks now and everything is holding in place.

 

Today (and the previous five days) I've been mostly moving furniture and all the detritus I've collected over the last n years to the new house. Downsizing definitely introduces a whole raft of challenges compared to moving the other way.

The garage queens will have to be found temporary homes until the new garage is built, sigh...

 

One less PITA on the list.

Original ATF, 'clean' from overflow after exchange and new @159326kms or 100000 miles.

 

Today I got my XKR back from having the rear suspension mounts cleaned up and painted with tough stone chip (MOT advisory item) and having the Adamesh stage 1+2 exhaust fitted
No pictures or videos because it's raining here and the car is filthy dirty

 

So, after the Adamesh exhaust was fitted I noticed it was touching the bumper. Then I noticed that the bumper had dropped - the bumper mounts had disintegrated. So I spent this weekend replacing them, which was not straightforward as one of the bumper mounting bolts was seized in the brass insert, causing it to spin in the plastic bumper. I had to dismantle the bumper to get to it (drilling out the plastic pop rivets), use molegrips to get it undone and then araldite it back in.
All good now, and the exhaust fits and looks great.

Rear bumper removed by massacring the disintegrated left bumper mount and pulling the whole thing backwards (new bumper mounts already fitted).

Everything back together and fitting nicely

 

Well done, especially in that tight working space....

 

Well it was raining too, of course, so I couldn't work outside!
It is actually a double garage, with a dividing wall, so I could at least take parts into the other side to work with on the bench.

 

Great Job! You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.....