Pete has made some good progress with out 1993 Jaguar XJS recently. He fitted seatbelt clips with covers, using a mix of old and new parts to create these, as they are an extremely rare item to come by, whether new or used.
Pete also ensured the window switch bezel is now sitting correctly after gaining access to re-route some wiring. He tested everything, and now all the windows and the roof are working faultlessly!
He installed a new AC condenser radiator, fan, and pipework. After tidying up around the fittings, it just needs new refrigerant gas and a final leak check.
The car is running again with no coolant leaks, normal temperature readings, nice warm heaters, good oil pressure, and solid voltage from the charging system.
Pete has been removing the AC condenser on our 1993 Jagura XJS. It proved to be quite tricky getting the old collapsed unit from the car and freeing all the seized pipes and fittings
The new part was incorrect so we have now sourced the correct one. While Pete was working, he swapped the auxiliary belts for new ones, again freeing off a lot of stuck mounts and adjusting parts along the way.
Everything removed has been lightly cleaned up and a coat of satin black added.
Pete has continued to work on our 1993 Jaguar XJS. A final attempt at separation of the AC fan from the motor failed and it is stuck solid. He is still working on a fix that!
In the meantime, new front upper shock bushings were fitted. While Pete was doing this, he replaced the double lock nuts that were fitted with a single lock nut. This makes things much simpler for any future work and more reliable from a safety aspect.
The rear trailing arms are off the car now, unfortunately at full droop of the suspension, the smaller bushings are beyond service, as are the front body end bushings. Pete will replace both ends and refit these.
The removal of the bushings was challenging and required the forward struts to be removed to allow the bolts to slide all the way out of the mount points on each side.
The intermittent fault with the headlamps is now resolved -, a suspected blown bulb on the passenger side was traced to a loose connection at the h4 plug to the bulb. The side lights, dipped and main are all working as they should now.
The horns have also been sorted, one new unit and a clean-up of the old working unit and both high and low tones are back.
It was noted from the appraisal that our 1993 Jaguar XJS had a faulty gearbox mount. Pete recently removed it from the car and stripped it down to its component parts. The rubber had completely degraded and was very much beyond service.
The steel parts were degreased and shotblasted before being primed and top coated in black satin. The unit was then rebuilt using new bolts, new rubbers where needed, and a light coating of anti-seize grease on the mating surfaces. It was then fitted back into the car.
Peter has made more progress with our 1993 Jaguar XJS.
The front and rear brakes were checked over and he cleaned up any loose debris. He made minor repairs to the driver’s front backing plate as it was misshapen leading it to catch the upper arm ball joint bolt.
The rear brakes were checked over and no problems were found. The pipes to the callipers were all checked too and found to be in good shape before Peter checked the discs all round.
Peter then fully drained the coolant system ready for fresh antifreeze, and a seized clip was replaced to ensure no leaks.
The air intake to sensors were removed for cleaning and a new filter.
It’s been a busy week in the headlines for Jaguar and it’s been a busy week for Jaguar in our workshops too. Peter started with us at the beginning of the week and he’s already making great progress on some of our cars. Work has commenced on the Jaguar XJS as he has been stripping down the rear, to repair the rusted areas. He cut out the nearside rear sill and fabricated new steel sections. He welded the new parts to the car as he went.
Any parts removed from the car have been safely stored ready for refurbishment (if needed).
Technician Jonn has been conducting an appraisal on our 1993 Jaguar XJS. Here are his notes:
Reposition nearside exhaust. Slacken centre clamp. Use gearbox jack to raise nearside of system and knock backwards to get pope into rubber mount above axle. Secure clamp once in position. Slide driveshaft cover down shaft and fit new grease nipple to driveshaft inner uj. Grease uj and refit cover and secure. Top up engine oil. Top up power steering oil. Secure Ho2s sensor wire at offside inner wing.
Customer complained of head lights coming on by themselves. Check relays. Terminals very corroded. Clean terminals and refit. Possible headlight logic relay or headlight relay fault. Unable to fault on test
Julian has been giving our 1996 Jaguar XJS V12 a checkover in preparation for an MOT. Here are his notes:
Remove all wheels and remove all brake pads, clean and grease pads and refit, changed brake fluid. Undo front exhaust clamps and reseal exhaust pipes, check all levels. Heater stuck on hot, have fitted a link pipe to vacuum pipes under passenger mat s temporary fix, suspect faulty heater panel. Left hand exhaust cat has a small crack on the weld this would need to be removed to be fixed.
Jonn has been continuing with his work on the rear axle of our 1991 Jaguar XJS Le Mans. He mounted the easy bleed pipes and cleaned the frame ready to install. The ABS wires were fed into the car before Jonn mounted the rear diff sensor and secured it.
The rear axle mount was secured and the pipes were connected before the rear brakes were bled. The wheels were then refitted.
Jonn then refitted the exhaust pipes. The rear boxes were mounted and the pies fed through the subframe before all joints were secured from back to front.
The easy bleed pipes were remounted away from the exhaust, the ABS wires were reconnected under the rear seat and the rear seat was refitted.
Finally, the handbrake was adjusted and the carpet was refitted.
Classic car technician Jonn has been continuing his work on our 1991 Jaguar XJS Le Mans. His notes were:
Strip and clean caliper to be re used. Blow off and dry. Rub down and mask and paint with silver bake caliper paint. Clean both pistons ready for new seal kit. Strip both hand brake calipers. Clean and blow off. Rub down and mask. Paint silver the same as service brake caliper. Repeat process for other side. Hang all up to dry.
Start to reassemble rear axle. Fit new discs and refit driveshaft flanges and shims. Fit new caliper to offside rear. Refit handbrake caliper and new handbrake pads and secure to caliper. Secure caliper and fit new pads. Fit new axle mounts to frame.
Fit new caliper seal kit to nearside rear caliper. Fit caliper and handbrake caliper to axle. Fit new pads and adjust handbrake caliper. Fit easy bleed pipes.
Jonn has been inspecting our 1991 Jaguar XJS Le Mans. Here are his notes:
Start repairs 8n competition workshop. Strip boot and remove battery and poorly fitted isolator. Copy original battery tie down and make new battery tie down for one side. Make bracket to mount isolator and get Christian to weld to battery securing frame. Mock up and mark each wire ready to cut. Remove frame and cut earth lead. Solder on 2 battery cable eye terminals and connect to isolator.
Fit battery and security frame complete with isolator and tighten tie downs to secure. Connect earth cable and tighten battery terminal. Re route positive lead and connect and tighten terminal. Test isolator, ok. Mount battery cover and mark position of isolator. Drill hole and make 2 small alloy brackets to fit securing holes at bottom. Secure brackets and use hole cutter to make hole. Mount on top of battery and secure. All ok. Remove interior light. Resecure nearside sun visor clip.
Fit battery and security frame complete with isolator and tighten tie downs to secure. Connect earth cable and tighten battery terminal. Re route positive lead and connect and tighten terminal. Test isolator, ok. Mount battery cover and mark position of isolator. Drill hole and make 2 small alloy brackets to fit securing holes at bottom. Secure brackets and use hole cutter to make hole. Mount on top of battery and secure. All ok. Remove interior light. Resecure nearside sun visor clop.
Repair interior light with single screw. Reconnect and refit. Tested ok. Mastic cigarette lighter socket back into centre console as all lugs broken off? Tape up and leave to go off. Investigate nearside window not working g and found window operates fine today. Drill out and re rivet bonnet secondary catch. Investigate front fogs not working. Use power probe to check each light and bulb. Nearside has dead short. Remove and strip light. Test bulb, ok. Refit and reconnect, ok now. Trace fuses to inside car and found blown fuse. Replace and test, all,working ok now. Strip and fit nearside track rod end rubber. Use lockwire to secure and refit. Refit wheel.
As part of its pre-delivery inspection, we’ve carried out a thorough service and our technician Paul is currently addressing the issues that have arisen from the service. There was a noise at the rear end caused by worn brake pads which were rubbing metal to metal on the brake disk. One brake was cracked as well. The steering rod arm was also showing signs of wear and the steering rack gage has been replaced. Paul has also replaced the front pads, rear disks and nearside front wheel bearing along with the other normal checks such as changing the oil and oil filter, repairing the switch for the roof and charging the battery.
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