Hi Dave,  Ted Here, Fuse was checked by Breakdown assistance and later by me and original specialist. Weather wasn't cold when driving and wipers first stopped. Only checked 30A green fuse in engine bay unit.  Thanks for your response, comments on any more possibilities would be welcomed please. Cheers for now, Ted

Thanks for this Joe .... sorted it this afternoon. thanks anyway. Steve

Has anybody thought to check the fuse? We've had a lot of cold weather lately and it's all too easy for the wiper blades to freeze to the screen without anybody realising and hit the wipers to shift the "condensation". Result - overload the wiper motor and pop the fuse. 

Hi All, My windscreen wipers suddenly stopped working whilst driving home. Pulled into the next services and awaited assistance. After a long wait, help arrived but to no avail. Managed to drive home in dry conditions. Booked car in with local Jag specialist. Car checked out and wiper motor proved to be operational after gaining access and isolating to test. On reassembly wipers still not operational via stalk switch. Specialist suspected water ingress problem in Control Junction Box in drivers footwell but didn't have gear or time to sort out problem and suggested I contact another specialist to fully diagnose problem, change CJB if necessary, and re-programme if necessary. Contacted recommended specialist but booked up over Christmas period. I checked out the various Jag forums and found details of the 'common' water ingress problem with the drivers footwell CJB caused by leaky washer pump 'wicking' internal water ingress via cabling. On pulling the typical connector involved and examining the connector and footwell CJB board socket there was no 'typical' evidence of staining or damage caused by the proposed water ingress problem. I reconnected the connector, turned on the ignition and tried operating the wipers again to no avail. However a warning light came up indicating a parking brake issue which was not there before.  Can anyone please provide any useful advice on this please as I do not see the point of putting the car into another specialist when it seems that the 'typical' water ingress fault does not appear to apply. Any potential pointers to other causes would be very helpful (have checked wiper fuse but not relays etc.). Thanks in advance.  Ted 

Hey everyone. so new to the whole jag forum. Actually BMW M car guy - but helping a good friend with revitalising his Jag XK 4.2 (2007). It's a one owner LHD car from new. with a lot of miles! Anyway we're looking to bring it back to life... we have engine issues. 1. Firstly are there any Scotland based outfits who are familiar with XKs? 2. And if not who would you recommend if the car was located near London. I suspect we may need a full engine rebuild. But whatever we do we want to update the power significantly (while keeping reliability and drivability. Alternatively we would consider a 5.0 engine swap (new or low mileage - with history fully tracked). Based on these options - what is possible? switching engines from a 4.2 to a 5.0 litre - is this even possible? And if it is has anyone done it, and post swap were there any issues? And who would be good to carry this work out? Time frame and cost? Additional questions: 3. Has anyone done a manual transmission swap on XK? If not, is it possible? 4. Can you recommend revised suspension all round - not necessarily want to change the feel - but we want it driving like new again - so question is do we upgrade to something else? OR just get OEM parts again / Or do we swap to XKR arms/suspension etc. 5. Carbon Ceramics - is this possible? has anyone done it - and what brand? 6. Any recommendations for body work - if we wanted to refresh the front grill fascia / with the refreshed XK front grill bumper - is this a straight swap? Or are there alternative grill options for a 2008 model. 7. Interior - any reupholsters that might be recommended   And in case you're wondering why not just buy a nearly new XK - its sentimental value - owned for 20 years - we ideally want to bring it back to life for the next 20 years. This will all be documented - we'd like to get everything done and complete with 12 months. But we will only share the entire process once we've completed.