Pilkies modern new toy.And its not a Rover!!
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Pilkie
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A simple one really.
The door mirror glass as far as I can tell have left/right and up/down adjust,also mirror body fold in for park.
Both sides will only left/right adjust on the toggle switch?
Am thinking its a loose wiring plug in the door or a fuse/relay??
As I suspect it was looked into re fitting a new door glass,but not done.
Am also trying to locate a good workshop manual,be it ring binder,or CD,or download.
The door mirror glass as far as I can tell have left/right and up/down adjust,also mirror body fold in for park.
Both sides will only left/right adjust on the toggle switch?
Am thinking its a loose wiring plug in the door or a fuse/relay??
As I suspect it was looked into re fitting a new door glass,but not done.
Am also trying to locate a good workshop manual,be it ring binder,or CD,or download.
Tom W
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If it's like the xj8, you should be able to move the mirror as you say.
On mine, the rocker switch that selects which mirror you move sometimes doesn't make contact and needs holding over. Electrically, the cars are very complex. There's lots of modules dotted around the car which control all the functions and all talk to each other. They can fail, and random things start happening. I don't pretend to understand how they work, and but there's probably one in the door that deals with mirror functions. It could just be a loose plug or relay as you say though. There's lots of big multiplugs all around the car to try, and the manual is pretty good for identifying relays and fuses (at least on the xj8).
As for a workshop manual, I've never found one. I believe it's all computer based stuff.
Seen references to these sites but never tried them myself.
http://topix.jaguar.jlrext.com/topix/vehicle/lookupForm
or http://www.alldatadiy.com/
I generally let my local independent Jaguar specialist look after mine. There's so much more to servicing it than what I'm capable of, and I like the idea of having the service history up to date. Plus, I need to have one car that I'm not half way through dismantling
On mine, the rocker switch that selects which mirror you move sometimes doesn't make contact and needs holding over. Electrically, the cars are very complex. There's lots of modules dotted around the car which control all the functions and all talk to each other. They can fail, and random things start happening. I don't pretend to understand how they work, and but there's probably one in the door that deals with mirror functions. It could just be a loose plug or relay as you say though. There's lots of big multiplugs all around the car to try, and the manual is pretty good for identifying relays and fuses (at least on the xj8).
As for a workshop manual, I've never found one. I believe it's all computer based stuff.
Seen references to these sites but never tried them myself.
http://topix.jaguar.jlrext.com/topix/vehicle/lookupForm
or http://www.alldatadiy.com/
I generally let my local independent Jaguar specialist look after mine. There's so much more to servicing it than what I'm capable of, and I like the idea of having the service history up to date. Plus, I need to have one car that I'm not half way through dismantling
Pilkie
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Will just have to have a gentle tinker if I get time at some point,as its not really a problem just a niggle.
This holiday ive got to get the 2000 prepped for sale and the V8's welding done and repainted panels refitted,refurb seats,rebuild the car port,tile the garage floor,attend 2 shows,and fix a mates Ginetta V8!! :shock:
I wonder if I will manage a lazy day off in my hols!!
This holiday ive got to get the 2000 prepped for sale and the V8's welding done and repainted panels refitted,refurb seats,rebuild the car port,tile the garage floor,attend 2 shows,and fix a mates Ginetta V8!! :shock:
I wonder if I will manage a lazy day off in my hols!!
dmcsweeney
Active Member
pilkie said:Will just have to have a gentle tinker if I get time at some point,as its not really a problem just a niggle.
This holiday ive got to get the 2000 prepped for sale and the V8's welding done and repainted panels refitted,refurb seats,rebuild the car port,tile the garage floor,attend 2 shows,and fix a mates Ginetta V8!! :shock:
I wonder if I will manage a lazy day off in my hols!!
That almost sounds as optimistic as my list for the Easter holidays;
Collect panels for the red car
Replace crank pulley, belt and tensioner on the X-type
Relpace CV boot
Clean the workshop
Prep the white car for a mates wedding
Get fitted for wedding suit
Rewire the other half's father worshop lighting
Get my arm and neck sorted.
Keep her happy
etc.......
Regards,
Dave
testrider
Active Member
Re: Pilkies new toy,and tinker project
I can't fault your logic there. Will it be your daily or just for nice days out?
pilkie said:testrider said:
The basic story is that,it is a,"I will have one of those one day",thing!
Real modern styling twist on the E types is what turned me on to them!
I can't fault your logic there. Will it be your daily or just for nice days out?
Pilkie
Active Member
It will be my daily driver,fortunately it seems more economical,,"not by much" than the Rover V8.
The Rover will now be a longer term project,ie no deadline of 9th May,just as well really as things are behind by a week anyway due to the Jag arriving.
TR6 for Sunny days out and eventually the Rover as well..
IF? For some reason I dont get on with the Jag,and considering what I paid for it,I should hope to see my money back and even a bit of profit on it, :wink: with it presented and advertised properly.
PLK1E reg number transfer in motion,just got to wait for the letter.
Got it up on the ramp and had a good poke about underneath this morning.
Found a split bottom ball joint rubber dust cover,as I suspected the rear lower damper bushes worn,probably the cause of the knock/rumble.
Ride seems a little firm so suspecting stiff dampers,so past their best as it looks like they are originals.
The only rust is minor underside surface where it has chipped,so will locally treat those.
Now to sort out connor ready to sell.
The Rover will now be a longer term project,ie no deadline of 9th May,just as well really as things are behind by a week anyway due to the Jag arriving.
TR6 for Sunny days out and eventually the Rover as well..
IF? For some reason I dont get on with the Jag,and considering what I paid for it,I should hope to see my money back and even a bit of profit on it, :wink: with it presented and advertised properly.
PLK1E reg number transfer in motion,just got to wait for the letter.
Got it up on the ramp and had a good poke about underneath this morning.
Found a split bottom ball joint rubber dust cover,as I suspected the rear lower damper bushes worn,probably the cause of the knock/rumble.
Ride seems a little firm so suspecting stiff dampers,so past their best as it looks like they are originals.
The only rust is minor underside surface where it has chipped,so will locally treat those.
Now to sort out connor ready to sell.
WarrenL
Active Member
I've always loved the first gen XK8 - I almost had a small personal accident upon my first glimpse of a wild one back in '96 or whenever it was. The XJS underpinnings didn't do the XK8 any harm in giving it those glorious overhangs. The whole car was, quite correctly, a beautiful modern take on the E-Type; possibly the most successful homage to a classic shape that I've ever seen (compare with the butt-ugly S-Type that followed).
Alas, my budget won't stretch anywhere near a Jaguar XK8. Beyond the ongoing rolling refurbishment of Brown Rover my classic car dreams were dashed 7 months ago by the arrival of my latest daughter. I'll just have to live the XK8 dream vicariously through Pilkie's posts and continually remind the child of what I've sacrificed in order to facilitate her successful upbringing.
There are some prospects on the horizon. A good 2.5 litre Rover 75 would tempt me into some modern weekend motoring, and could be justified as a replacement for the wife's Nissan breadbox. Madam has averaged 2000 kms per year behind the wheel for the last seven years, so would be unlikely to wear out a nice 75.
But dreams remain. To get to my present worksite from where I park my car, I've been walking past a stunning '64 Mustang 2+2 every day. It's everything that a Yank muscle car should be, in my mind. Glorious V8, slender, stunning looks (no Yank Tank bloat), an interior that just invites you in to its black leather and chrome elegance (yes, elegance in an American car!), and, at nearly 50 years old, the kind of pussy-pulling power that a Rover P6 probably couldn't even dream about (God bless their fabulously engineered British souls).
Finally, this week Brown Rover has been keeping company in the paint shop with a '54 Panhard Dyna Z1. Bizarre and beautiful in a way that only the French could pull off in their heyday (let us not talk of anything they've built since about 1985); weird and simply quite wonderful. I'm going to get Dave the painter to introduce me to the owner, since I'm dead keen to have a ride in it once it's back out on the streets.
Alas, my budget won't stretch anywhere near a Jaguar XK8. Beyond the ongoing rolling refurbishment of Brown Rover my classic car dreams were dashed 7 months ago by the arrival of my latest daughter. I'll just have to live the XK8 dream vicariously through Pilkie's posts and continually remind the child of what I've sacrificed in order to facilitate her successful upbringing.
There are some prospects on the horizon. A good 2.5 litre Rover 75 would tempt me into some modern weekend motoring, and could be justified as a replacement for the wife's Nissan breadbox. Madam has averaged 2000 kms per year behind the wheel for the last seven years, so would be unlikely to wear out a nice 75.
But dreams remain. To get to my present worksite from where I park my car, I've been walking past a stunning '64 Mustang 2+2 every day. It's everything that a Yank muscle car should be, in my mind. Glorious V8, slender, stunning looks (no Yank Tank bloat), an interior that just invites you in to its black leather and chrome elegance (yes, elegance in an American car!), and, at nearly 50 years old, the kind of pussy-pulling power that a Rover P6 probably couldn't even dream about (God bless their fabulously engineered British souls).
Finally, this week Brown Rover has been keeping company in the paint shop with a '54 Panhard Dyna Z1. Bizarre and beautiful in a way that only the French could pull off in their heyday (let us not talk of anything they've built since about 1985); weird and simply quite wonderful. I'm going to get Dave the painter to introduce me to the owner, since I'm dead keen to have a ride in it once it's back out on the streets.
