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Welcome aboard and if you don't mind sacrificing a spanner to make it an "S" shape, it apparently makes changing the oil p sender much easier. Not done it myself but saw such a spanner ~25 years ago in my local Jag specialists when i was buying a car from them (XJ40 3.6 Sovereign) - luckily mine didn't fail during my ownership.

Hi Folks, i'm having a d type replica built with replica exhaust manifold and down pipes on a '69 4.2 engine, and i'm a bit in the dark about sports cats for her. anyone got any suggestions? cheers Carl

Hi this is my first Jaguar, so it have been quite a learning curve. It is so much fun to drive. I found my XJ40 sitting in a luxury car dealership with no registration and a ABS problem. It was a real nice locking car and my wife loved it so I bought it site unseen and had it delivered. When checking the service book I found that it had only done 2000k in the last 10 years and it was running poorly, a couple of bottles of injector cleaner, full oil change and service saw it right. As ABS was not mandatory down here until 2003 and being a old circuit racer I had it removed, the car still stops on a dime. I registered the car on historic plates which where I am gives me 60 driving days a year . Since then I have replaced the rear suspension and sway bar bushes and 2 oil pressure senders in 14 months ( they are just so hard to get to). The 3rd one will be a after market universal one as the one we can get down here seem to be rubbish. I'm not completely sure if it will work but the other ones cost $100 au plus so I will give it a try.

That's very interesting, I bought one of these for the my old XJR but had to remove it. Unfortunately the wired FM adaptor only has two switchable frequencies that it outputs on, which are right on top of where BBC Radio 2 sits on the FM band, so all I ended up with was FM 'bleed through' (even when the aerial feed was bypassed) This is because the signal strength is so good where I live that I can get full stereo reception on all of the BBC stations without an aerial plugged into the head unit !

Hi Stuart, The Jaguar part number is AJ810959 however, the Ford part number for the same thing and much cheaper is 6W83-6A642-AA. Hope this helps.

I have same problem with my X150 2006 XK 4.2 , I have been advised by the local Jag specialist that it is probably the oil cooler allowing the oil that is getting into the water through the cooler internally as the oil is at a much greater pressure than the water. There are no signs of water contamination on the dipstick and no overheating problems My problem is that it is no longer available and radiator repair specialists cannot repair this type of cooler ( type that fits between filter and housing), so I will have to search the breakers for a replacement. Anybody got any suggestions?

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Green with cream leather interior. 126k regular service, failed MOT on bodywork and chassis, for restoration or parts. Engine and gearbox sound. Cambridge area.

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Hi Steve. What pictures do you require? I have left most of the interior, side glasses, some engine parts, chrome parts. Ivan

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ah supercharged, my next one, when i found one i want 😉 in white, looks well specced?

i'll say x260, mainly due to x250 issues eliminated (i.e. cracked manifolds) as well as no rusty rear subframe (x260 is alu), when today, x250 is at very high risk of. go for xfs 3.0 v6 diesel (as you know already, 2.0d ingenium is very risky one to own), very reliable and great mpg for what it is. mapped mine to 350bhp/780nm's and i'm getting 50-53mpg on motorway cruise at motorwaty speeds. x260 xfs's are usualy very well specced as well, but need to watch out for thigs you want to have, as with x260 nearly everything came as option 🤨 so don't think it wil definitely have it, same as x250, when nearly everything was as std. good luck and keep us posted.

Hi Driveline & Hydraulic Engineering Ltd in Morecambe will be able to help they can recondition your old bearing using your original housing. www.propshaftrepairs.com 01524382262

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@Ivan forster do you have pictures of some of these parts? We need to verify you own these parts before allowing you to sell these here.

@Ivan forster do you have pictures of some of these parts? We need to verify you own these parts before allowing you to sell these here.

On your car the GPS antenna and radio aerial are both in the spoiler.

Hi Bobby, if your car does not have a retractable antenna, then it may have the "shark's fin" which would be on the rear of the boot lid, ahead of the spoiler, on the centreline - but that would be obvious. However, I am pretty sure that the 2008 model should have the retractable antenna on the driver's side rear quarter. Check behind the internal boot trim on the driver's side - it is relatively easily to pull back to reveal what cabling is hidden in the void space, there should also be the manual pull string release for the hood operation in that space. If the base cone for the antenna is not on the outside of the wing, then it would have to have been filled in and repainted, post a photo of the rear of your car, showing the boot lid, closed, and the 2 rear wings. N6 JMX

I have many spare parts from a 1977 XJ6 coupe. Body and running gear unavailable. Most other parts available. Please contact me for any further information. ivan

XJ6 Coupe. Parts available. Body and running gear unavailable but most other items available. Please contact me for further information. ivan

I have been chasing a problem in regards to the car I saved from being scrapped whereas it was discovered that no2 injector is doing nothing, After going through everything it turns out that the ECU seems to be the culprit, Now the thing is finding one of the exact part number is proving a pain mainly due to the two letters on the end of it, I believe those two letters are in regards to the software the car was born with, Also the first block of four digits seem to denote the year, mine starts with 4x43 so the first digit makes it a 2004, Anyhow as I look more into it even if I get one of the exact part number it would have to be coded in unless I cloned it from my old one, but with the problems my ECU has this may not be possible, Either way it all starts to get a bit too expensive, So my thought was to buy a used complete setup, (instrument cluster+ ECU's etc) from maybe a later year car in which case apart from the injectors having to be coded in, mileage incorrect & wrong VIN number (all of which would be issues anyway) what other problems would I face?.

Have you tried the spare key? It sounds like an immobiliser problem to me, specifically the system is no longer recognising the key so the spare may well work. There may be other causes but give the spare key a try first.