ahhh potentiometers...... my other classic is a Stag with Rover V8 and Vitesse EFI, carbs are so much easier !!

Stuart

Found out what it was after alot of checking, then rechecking... the new rotor arm had broken its securing knob and was not sitting where it should ! its always the simple things you miss ! Still I learnt some things so its not all bad now that I'm up and rnnung again :) Thanks for the advice Almcl ...

Started the car today and drove out of the garage, decided to change the ht leads, cap and coil from screw in type to push on, did this then would not start, so swapped it all back, still nothing. I have spark and have not knowingly misplaced a wire on the coil. It's not even firing, there is poppin...

I always used to run the car without the cap on, no pressure would build up but the air would make it way out ?
when the level drops you can top her up...
could be totally wrong but thats what I do

Stu

I have managed to fit a split pin to the top of the enrichment device around the plunger pin, this has enabled the device to actually work as its supposed to. I had noticed the plunger was not rising when fired from cold but when held up the car would run, so assumed if I could hold the plunger up I...

hi,
I just picked up my new purchase, a series 1 Daimler Sovereign today.
My question is do I repair the electric cold start device or go to manual conversion.
And where is best to get the parts for either ?

Thanks
Stu

Drove home today 150 miles, known issues are: Front wheels need balancing, seems to have missing weights and wheel wobble at 70 + carbs need a good service and clean, splutters at 75+ feels like its picking up dirt from float chamber + irractic tickover at times, but not all the time. Needs new cold...

I found one
I am making the journey to pick her up tomorrow !
It was the first one I looked at, after seeing the "mint" Daimler I rang the first car back and made an offer.
I have a 3 hour drive back so will find out very quickly if I made a mistake

Stu

Replying to myself here... oh well. I looked at another today, described as Mint... Had a good paintjob mostly but some cracking on a few doors, no rust though, very solid car with a slightly better interior but by no means Mint. It all seemed ok but been off the road for around 5yrs and no MOT and ...

Ok, as my previous post, I am now looking for a nice series 1 Daimler Sovereign. Looked at one today, was nice bodywise, had great panel gaps, lovely firm door close, clearly had a resto at some point and a respray, not concours but presentable. Interior had seen better days, dash and seats etc a li...

Somehow I have managed to sort the finances out and am actively looking for a series 1 ....
Wish me luck !

Stu

Hi All, I have just rejoined the JEC after many years away from Jaguars, Selling my XJS back in 2001. That was a bad experiance but that's a different story for another day... I owned a few Series 2 cars, even wrote 2 articles for the mag about my restorations, but kids came along and it all ended. ...