Thanks everyone for all of the advice. Following a very kind gesture I met with Karl "Grand Tourer" who has very kindly loaned me his set. I am also grateful to Karl because as we were about to leave our meeting place my handbrake cable snappped and he reassured me that the car would still be drivab...

Thank you for the response Mick. The car is due to go back to Simon almost as soon as we get back from France. A full service is due then and whilst it would probably have been safer to have the water pump dealt with at the same time as the tesioners the rest of the precautionary measures (belts etc...

Hello everyone. I joined JEC sometime ago, following purchase of a very low mileage XJ6 S111. Having been impressed by the enthusiasm of the club members I have subsequently met, and of course by their cars, I decided around two months ago to indulge in a reasonable mileaged XKR (1998 - 59K mls). Th...