The connectors in the car were awful! Really discoloured and oxidised. I cleaned them with a fibreglass scratch pen (for watches really) and contact cleaner. Brought them up a treat :) I now seem to have a fuel gauge that reads higher, a voltmeter that climbs out of 'discharge' a temperature gauge t...

Please guys, more help. Gauges: I disconnected the wire to the oil pressure sender and turned on the ignition/started the car. I expected the oil pressure gauge to still read high indicating a fault with the gauges, however, I got no reading at all, which is correct? Does this imply the sender is st...

I did it without foam, used good high temp glue and scrubbed and cleaned the fibreglass board until I couldn't clean it any more. I glued it in sections and uses clothes pegs to hold it all secure and, all in all, not to bad! The holes for the visors and mirrors are a fraction off but not enough to ...

Yet another question regarding my 'new' XJ-S. I was told when I bought it that a new roof liner had been fitted, but it already had a bubble... after a few days of warmth, the whole thing had drooped. I was dreading taking it out but it turned out to be the simplest job on a car - ever! So, the roof...

Hello all, I have had a thread in the 'new members' section re my recently acquired V12 HE. Finally got it all back together after new thermostats and oil pressure switches and it is running again - much to my amazement. Now the oil pressure switches DID need changing as they were leaking oil everyw...

Couldn't believe it to be honest, clearance is tight I grant you but having taken everything away from the area, it should have been a simple undo job. My neighbour Vasz is well used to working on elderly cars as he is a fellow mad idiot who loves elderly motors, even he (who is able-bodied) could n...

After getting a friendly neighbour involved, we cut down a spanner to size, and got precisely nowhere! Man, that thing is tight! So finally undid the complete housing after taking off the oil pipes at the back of it and even with it off, held in a vice, we still couldn't move it. It finally relented...

I am really struggling with this oil pressure switch. I have now got all the throttles off, the big tower it sits on and I still cannot get the switch undone! It seems to be unbelievably tight, so tight I did consider it being a L/H thread - it's not, is it? If/when I get this switch changed it's go...

I was just going on what Jaguar say 'use 2 bottles of Barrs leaks whenever coolant refresh is undertaken' It did seem 'odd' to me as I have never used sealants before in a healthy engine (and only used then in knackered old bangers with no love shown or warranted!) but I do try and stick to whatever...

Amazingly, after another night of gales and bouncing bins etc, today has dawned bright... and breezy - took the dogs to the park overlooking the sea and nearly got blown off the cliff top! But, apart from having to prop the bonnet up with a walking stick to stop the wind trying to dent my bonce, job...

David Manners, most impressive. Firstly, they were brilliant at sorting out the slight mistakes I made in the order, need two thermostats, not one, also need gaskets and also need everything OEM. Sorted without fuss or bother. Secondly, the whole lot arrived today and is all correct and the thermost...

The temperature gauge sits right at the bottom, just off the bottom stop. Very occasionally it gets a fraction hotter and the idle slows down to a more suitable level. I think it's running in cold mode constantly which really can't be good for it!

Wow, thanks for that! I have been back on to David Manners spares and ordered another thermostat, the gaskets etc and changed the entire order to OEM stuff. The cost was another £22 so not the end of the world though that did include a decent discount from them as they didn't actually have the non-O...

Don't panic? After that post, I am in a dizzy fit! I have ordered a new thermostat from David Manners and also a pressure switch for the oil pressure gauge, mine is leaking oil and definitely is u.s. I don't know how long they usually take to deliver but I expect soon(ish) and will then need a step ...

It will be in the garage as soon as I can evict the horrible Jeep thing that is currently taking up space. Not leaving it outside for long! Having driven it a bit today, I think I need a new thermostat as it doesn't get warm and the rad caps seem to be the original 33 year old jobs! I think the over...