Its all done Mike I cant think of any more swear words I havent used.

Well the base is out and on the bench i tried a couple of wires directly onto the motor but it was still really stuck so I then went about finding where the front two bolts were and marked up and drilled above them with a 20mm hole cutter with a really short pilot drill attached and carefully cut a ...

Will do Mike, What I intend to do next is to Piggy back a couple of wires direct to the pink motor wires and see if there is any movement with direct 12 volt.
will let you know if that is possible.

Help please, Today I moved my 1996 drivers seat forward to hoover up some grass and it stuck in the forward position its clicking and the rest of the seat moves etc but it will not move back so i took the route of removing the seat from the base which is not an easy task which now leaves the frame i...

Paul I tried Black Circle but they were out on price,The tyres are now fitted and the wheels are powder coated i eventually went for Pirelli 245/45 and 255/45 on the rear from AP Tyres Rotherham including fitting and Balancing and VAT £633.50 Wheels powder Coated 4 Brilliant silver and lacquered £23...

Thanks Paul I will try that with Black Circle I am in South Yorkshire so we always try and get a bargain.

I have been to the Kwik fit site Jim but the two tyres I am thinking about are £158.00 for the 245 and £204 for the 255 tyres you never know by the time I get to fitting them they may have increased in price due to the next budget?

The two tyres I am thinking about are Front 245/45 P Zero 4G 100Y XL £137.00 Rear 255/45 P Zero 4G 103Y XL £179.75 Powder coating to each wheel £59.00 I am not sure if I can take advantage of the Pirelli/jec promo of £120 in this instant as its not done by a Pirelli approved dealer i have asked them...

Thanks for the comment Mike .I dont travel very far maybe 1500 miles a year I would prefer a quieter tyre than I have which are Pirelli Asimetrico on the rear 18" wheels and Pirelli directional on the front 18" again. I very rarely go out in the wet so I dont think grip is a problem but i dont have ...

I am going to replace all 4 tyres on my XK8 the ones fitted are now obsolete they are Pirelli Front245/45 ZR18 96Y directional and rear Pirelli 255/45 ZR18 99Y Asimetrico. I know I can go on the quick fit site as Jim Mann suggests but can anyone Suggest a replacement they are happy with from the Pir...

The Purge valve or Valve Purge on SNG BARRATT site is part number C2N3045 at £111.29 the charcoal canister is NNB6110AA and is now unobtainable from them and Jaguar if anyone knows of an alternative route please post it if you dont mind.

Linda, I have the same problem with what oil to chose. On page 24 of the handbook my car which is a 1996 coupe shows 15W-40 AP1SH/ACEA A2 That covers you between temperatures of -10C to +20C It doesnt say semi synthetic or other type The next Oil that could be used is 5W-40 or 10W 40 which covers yo...

I saw the photographic sequence in one of the Jaguar Enthusiasts magazines for replacing the headlining,a friend of mines headlining has the dreaded sag is the writeup on line anywhere as I dont save the mags forever? I paid for Malton Coachworks to replace mine and a good job was done before the pa...

Its looks like I have found the problem and sorted it from a previous post. This one works although when I tested the 2 batteries one had 2.4 v the other had 2.20V so I put two new ones in Put key in Ignition Flash and hold indicator Turn Key to position 1 Flash Headlight 4/5 times and J gate lights...

Can anyone help in programming my key Fob on a 1996 XK8. As suggested on a previous forum post if your key fob isn't working at a distance then send it into Autotronics for a service,which I have done. the first time it came back it worked for about 3 days and then refused to work so i sent it back....