My car didn't have the premium sound. I have changed all the door speakers to nice quality pioneer ones which was easy to do and a big improvement.

Last year (2017) I replaced my radiator and whilest doing this I replaced the front Anti roll bar bushes as it is fairly easy when the rad is out. If anybody has to have their radiator replaced I recommend that they have/do themselves the bushes at the same time. The mistake I made was to fit patter...

For anyone who is interested, upoun researching this problem I discovered that there is no stand alone idle valve on these cars. The idle control is all done by the electronically controlled throttle.
A big thanks to everybody who has contributed to this thread with ideas and advice.
Cheers Duncan

Thanks Mike for your last post and my apologies for only just replying. I have only just noticed your reply as I have logged on to post my next part to this saga. The inside of my throttle body and indeed the whole inlet manifold is very clean as I took the whole lot off when changing plugs gaskets ...

I am posting some pictures just to give people an idea that it is quite feasible to upgrade the original stereo in the early S type without too much hassle if they feel the need. The central unit with radio/cassette draw/ Heater controls comes out as one unit, there are four 8mm bolts. Once out it i...

Well it's not really right. I've never had a car before that won't tick over when you take your foot of the throttle. Im beginning to believe that it is the way it is designed, some sort of anti stall programme? I would like very much to speak to anybody with a manual transmission model jaguar with ...

Hi Steve. I am about to attempt the same project on my 2000 s-type manual. I have purchased a JVC KW-V235DBT head unit and pioneer camera. Which unit have you got? I believe the camera gets its positive and negative power from the head unit and the head unit has a wire coming from it for switched li...

:D I think this issue is finally cured. The car has been driving like a dream for a couple of weeks now. Around Christmas time there was a particularly cold morning which finally finished the obviously deteriorating battery off. I fitted a new 5yr guarantee Bosch heavy duty battery. The car drove ho...

Hi everyone, sorry for the delayed reply and thank you for all your interest and help so far. It has taken me a while to acquire various parts and a free weekend. Cutting a long story short, I have just replaced the L shaped pipe under the fuel inlet gubbins. Definitely needed it, the old one was no...

Thanks Mike. Thank you for your prompt and clear reply. Very helpful indeed. I shall change those L pipes asap and let you know how it goes. Regards Duncan

Hello. I have a 3L manual year 2000. I am interested if anyone else has experienced this problem especially on a manual as the nature of the beast makes the fault more obvious. When stationary the throttle behaves as you would expect with sharp response up and down the rev range. If you are moving a...