Thanks Paul, I think ouch is the phrase I am looking for...
Regards
Adam

I was turning the car in the car park yesterday and on full lock the wheel seemed to suddenly be able to, shall we say move that little bit extra... When I went to move the car today and drive down the road the wheel would seem to turn as if it was slipping a cog or something. I felt that I wouldn't...

With all this talk of flat batteries, has any one fitted a battery isolator switch to their car similar to one that is used on yachts?

My Maserati had one fitted and I am thinking of fitting one to my XJS.

If someone has what kind of earthing straps did you use?

Hi Franrca, I've just got some and had them fitted to my XJS because I have chrome like Polished celebration wheels. I brought the versions with the little vents in for brake cooling (TUV approved) but they do seem to keep an amount of dust off of the wheels. Have a look at www.kleen-wheels.co.uk yo...

Hi Tony, 'I guess success just isn't my style' Seem to have had a run of bad luck with this car. So far I've had to have a restoration done, and my school boy errors have cost me a small fortune. Only driven it 4 times since I got it for my birthday in october. It's cost me even more than when I own...

Well thanks for everyones advice and help. I decided to go with the Oil cooler.
Unfortunately while I was jacking the car up it slipped off of the jack and put a hole in the sump, so a small oil leak turned into a torrent, opps.
Anyone know how Exxon did the clean up...

Thanks for everyone who has helped so far.

I now have the parts and I'm going to attempt this over the long weekend.

Wish me luck...

Yep, just serviced mine with an MOT and they use the real jaguar filters. They'll tell you the reasons why. Give them a call it really is worth it.

Hi Paul, Yep the car wasn't registered till '98 which is a bit wrong but there you go. I'm transferring it to a P/Plate now so it won't look so strange. I will fill in the register and put some pics up (when I get some) as she looks fantastic after a mild bit of surgery... The car is a 4.0 ltr if th...

Hi Richard, thanks for letting me know of your experiences. I was waiting to get my car back before I replied. Having picked it up now, I must say, not only are they amazing enthusiasts, as you say. But there enthusiasm doesn't come close to their abilities, what they have done to my car is astoundi...

Please can any one point me in the right direction. After finally getting my car on the road since December. I decided to take her on a reuniting drive, which was nice. On bringing her home today just before returning her to bed for the week, some one pointed to a puddle of OIL on the floor... ...on...

I've seen a lot of this type of work being done at Clarkes Jaguar. They did a really nice job on a red car that I saw there before xmas. They do take a while, but then again it could be worth it.
My car is there now, having quite a bit done. I can let you know how it goes.

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Obviously the leaper you described was for the lesser (meaning smaller, of course) X types and any real Jaguars (that being, slightly bigger) would have a correspondingly sized leaper...

Does anyone have any experience with them, I have been there they have one hell of a great collection and really seem to know a lot about XJS's. If anyone could tell me of their experiences I would appreciate it, it's always good to have referrals and knowledge of who should work on your car.

Thanks JBB, From what I understand you are spot on with the heating thing however, I have since just replaced the whole unit with the help from those that replied here. Now I have moved on to the rear radius arms, front subframe mounts and maybe I'll give the front bearings a go... Any suggestions? ...