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My son has placed this item on ebay Jaguar door trim in black furflex which is similar to rover door trim furflex if of interest to any one Item number: 121117348466 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jaguar-XJ8-Bl ... 1c33281272 cheers Keith

Car sold 111 watchers end price £2260 Car going to live in Gt Yarmouth from collection this Sunday car has been a pleasure and after adding up main purchases alone i spent £2900 - but it wasnt done for the money where else could you get 18 months of enjoyment for £600 and help from a nice...

After all the hard work we put into restoring our 1972 2000 TC unfortunatley its time to move on Car is now in good condition not A1 yet but as always will require looking after and a bit here and there I can no longer drive manuals - so we have listed on EBay Item number: 120725121920 for...

Noticed the oil pressure would not go above 25 and started tothink the worst On further inspection also noticed needle was just catching against face of dial at 25 - it was too brittle to adjust - i would have broke it (I had changed a dash bulb and not fitted facia back correctly - Dohhh)...

Sun is shining & spring is round the corner Took Car for MOT today after rear brake overhaul bit slow from november when we first took it, but christmas and snow and having a double garage built have slowed process down Passed with no advisories - Test centre well impressed with quality and...

Rebuilt calipers with new seals refitted them all fine (Thanks to some nice pictures of what to expect) Last job connect feed and link pipes (Opppps I didnt strip them which one goes where?) Took a 50/50 chance and put main feed pipe into bottom hole and link pipe into top hole. :roll...

Just took car for MOT Sounds daft but well pleased with result from what she was - Failure on Rear brakes seals leaking & contaminated discs I was aware of leak and going to see Ian for some new seals, but thought MOT first and see if it needs anything else. get seals refit and retest and...

we have just changed the engine in our austin 1300 wrote to dvla informing them of the engine change and also colour change Vehicle was sorned at time and pre MOT new V5 issued with all changes No questions or problems?

The cut does seem different and i see what you mean with the extra fold. if it was me I would fit all straight parts to sill and take knife to the extra fold - joining it back together with double sided carpet tape ? but if you are like me once you have the product you want to fit it not send...

Fitting the carpet was relativley easy a few cuts and trims here and there. I had both glove boxes out so i could gain access easily On the inner sill carpetsI tried a dry fit first and had to cut around the seat fixing points then i used evostick and started at rear of car working forward the...

Thanks for comments Chris I cheated as needs must I was using a passengers backrest in the drivers sidewhich was the cause of my issue I stripped of my good passengers seat trim which had cut out at wrong side for seat belts back to the foam and re fixed it to a drivers backrest with cutout...

Wedding Car Repairs done & Looking Good

Few teething problems now car is up and running next thing will be the MOT in late November from state car was in with 12 months MOT it should fly through but I am sure there will be something to sort Squeak from rear would seem to be half shaft universal joints will be fitting new ones later...

Sorted Clutch probs seals had gone in slave cylinder (fitted new slave cylinder) looks like all systems go for Saturday it was a chuff to bleed so took it back off and bled it holding it vertical 2 minutes and it was done cheers Keith

Greased half shafts UJ and squeak has practically disappeared so its definatley a UJ (new ones on order) Also noticed that diff had little oil in - it took half a litre no problems which wouldnt have been helping, dont know capacity but if i remeber right you fill till it drips out of fill...