Thanks for your advice Rodger. I think the problem is more to do with wear and tear. I have fitted one new slider assembly which helped. The problem has reoccurred every now and again and I have menaged to adjust it out each time. It has reared its head again more aggressivley very recently and I th...

Hi. I have recently taken up use of my 1984 XJ6 as a daily driver and I am having a little challenge in keeping the bonnet fully shut down. One of the pillar catches keeps popping undone. I have managed to reduce the frequency at which it does, but would welcome any advice to achieve a more secure f...

Hi. I have recently had a Tinley Tech LPG conversion kit fitted to my 4.2 litre 1984 XJ6. It has been running faultlessly for several thousand miles with no trouble. In that time, it has experienced three backfires, the third of which blew a seal in the airflow meter causing the car to break down. I...

Got it - thanks! Steve

Joe. I just picked up on this dialogue - very useful. I am also interested in the use of an MP3. At present I use my MP3 via a 'dummy' cassette arrangement that I just insert into the cassette player and is connected to my MP3 player via a lead. Do you have a better way? Thanks. Steve

Thanks for the good advice Joe. I shall persevere with the current seat - and nurofen plus! And keep Eurojag as a fallback position.

Hi. I acquired an immaculate 1998 XJ8 Sports in April of this year after having owned and driven a series 3 XJ6 for a number of years. I love XJs and the XJ8 is perfect... except for the leather sports seat that crippled my back. After much perseverance I replaced it with a 1996 Executive seat... wh...