Repair if done correctly is a very good option. However the original bumper is plastic not glassfibre so would the glassfibre adhere to it? The present repair was a nasty piece of plastic rivetted in and the lot covered in good old wag. The cover has to be removed from the metal work to do a good jo...

:cry: I seem to have hit a wall in sourcing a replacement bumper spoiler for the front of my XJS. It came with a crack in the lower front OS edge. On inspection after removal it's had a repair. Must have caught a kerb. I asked a bloke on Ebay who was breaking one if he had the front bumper. His repl...

:lol: In reply to the question why does a v12 need a damper, having given it thought I have several possibilities gleamed from my days in the trade as a bus mechanic. Even with twelve cylinders, a piston engine is still not as smooth as a turbine engine because the power comes in pulses. There is ce...

Just to explain what a crankshft damper is, it looks just like the pulley at the front of the crankshaft, in fact most will double up as pulleys. The centre and outter are joined by a vulcanised rubber ring so they act as a unit albeit with a certain tiny amount of torsional movement. It works in th...

Anyone out there know where I can lay my hands on a crankshaft harmonic balancer for a 6.0 lt V12?
Alternator is polly-vee belt type drive.

Regards Fiatson

:? Anyone out there have any experience of the spacers fitted to the exhaust manifold to down pipe joint on v12 facelifts with the 6.0 litre engine? I've just taken off the exhaust and A bank manifolds and was looking at the parts breakdown when I noticed spacers. They are not optional and unfortuna...

:cry: Don't wish to dampen your spirits but the 4 speed GM box as fitted to the Facelift 6.0 lt is electronic. It works with it's own computer and the big ecu to select and change gears. Very nicely in sport mode! Saw one on E bay for £100. Fitting should be simple but getting it to work will be inv...

Dear Henry, THANKYOU ! If I've been on Ebay looking 100 times it would be an underestimate yet there they were. It goes to show the XJS forum works because it pools the knowledge and experience of hundreds of like minded people. We all love Jaguars. Not out of the woods yet have put a bid on and wil...

Any one out there know where I can get a chrome cover for the right hand O/S headlight power washer? Facelift V12 6.0lt 94my. I could list all the places I've tried but it would take ages including USA! Left is no problem but just my luck to want the one Jaguar haven't got. Hoping you've seen one, F...

Cheers Henry for that information, I daresay they fit snow ploughs on the cars up where you live!

:? Any one out there got a tow bar to fit a 93 facelift? It's a strange request I know for the car that is the ultimate GT but all my cars Fiat 500, included have had tow bars on. All my cars have to work for their keep and the XJS is no exception. Anyway ever since my 500 wrote off a Volvo 343 whic...

It sounds like the most obvious advice but it's always better to buy a minter and a tin of polish than save a couple of grand buying a car needing a little work. Little being the relative term in the seller's description. As I was always reminded whem I was in the trade You can't make a silk purse o...