Hello to you all can anybody help me with the headlight mounting brackets as you know there are 3 per lamp 2 sides and 1 lower now it appears the lower one is different from the sides the part numbers are different but how do you tell which is which when looking at the mount.
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Sorry for the delay the colour of my car is signal red which was its correct factory colour, on my wheels accompany called pristine alloys did this they told me 2 shades of grey were available simply light or dark grey so I went light as this was the first colour it looked to a liitle pale at first ...

Hello all has anyone purchased a gearbox support coil spring from any of the jaguar parts suppliers out there as I require a coil spring for my car it is a v12 borg warner box original part number is C19988 YELLOW they are available but are pattern parts from the usual jaguar parts specialists and I...

hi all looks lik I will explain what I found just in case somebody has the same issue I found the culprit to my non functioning fuel gauge. this what I found I removed the clocks to swap the fuel gauge with the temp gauge to test gauge and when I removed the 3 screws that hold the gauge in I found t...

hi all I have a 1975 xjs and I noticed the fuel gauge did not operate at all also the fuel warning light was on so I assumed it was very low so added £40 light went out but gauge reads empty so removed sender there are 3 wires black earth and brown which is live with ignition on for the low fuel lig...

I have attached a picture of the 1975 xjs factory manual set up I just did mine on a1975 auto and it is very similar large washer at top then 2 spacers and small washer between and the smaller washer of the big 2 c30159 the other side of cross member the cotton reel bush pushed through hole in x mem...

hello all I think I have found why my gearbox seems a little noisy it appears that the rear gearbox mount cotton reel bush was out of position ie on top of the mount bracket instead of pushed through and locked in position which has now been corrected and it is a lot better now, but there is always ...

Hi all just completed my restoration of a 1975 xjs fitted with a 3 speed borg warner model 12 auto box I m trying to iron out a couple of rattle/vibrations etc as its the first time on the road in 28 years but it has been completely overhauled except the gearbox the reason being I was told by a prev...

hello all I know this is a long shot but you never know I am finally looking for a pre he manual car to repair or restore willing to travel so if anyone has any leads please let me know just finished a rest of my auto car after 12 years so it would have to be a manual this time to go through all tha...

That is quite a car you have there I wish I was doing it I would love to restore a genuine factory manual maybe one day? you probably have not lost any enthusiasm just yet but it took me 12 years to complete mine and sometimes it just got to me when things went wrong and on some occasions i wanted t...

Hello all does anynone have or know anyone who is breaking a pre he xjs or has a rotten bodyshell lying around as I require the both front seat rear mount points these are the ones that are spot welded to floor and inner sill easy to cut out though my car was fitted with the pedastall mount which is...

well its nearly finished been held up for a while with carpet material which I finally found at the nec show so January I will be cutting and fitting it then refit seats etc some small items to do here are a couple of pics as it is now
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hello all has anyone out there fitted a rear screen glass and chrome trim to the xjs model my car is a pre he and looking the weekend I can see the chrome trim has a lip which looks like it slides over the seal but how is this done when the glass is in the car or do you build it up then fit glass an...

hello all looking forward to 40th birthday celebrations for the xjs does anyone know if jaguar heritage are supplying any cars for weekend i would love to look at some early xjs cars the earlier the better from 1975 would be great they have oom555r which is an early 1975 car are there any other earl...

hi all I am about to refit tyres to my newly refurbed wheels and am just wondering does anyone know weather these wheels kent had standard rubber valves or like the ones I have in a set of starfish alloys for the he metal valves with a securing nut?