New Member Stoke On Trent

[JOE-DOT-COM]

Hi All,

New member on here and a newish Jaguar Owner,

Bought a Jaguar S Type R, a few months ago and really pleased with it so far, been after one for ages, just like the look,

Took me ages to find one I really was happy with,

After looking at many STR's ended up with a 2004 STR+ in Zircon Blue, with ivory/black leather,

its low millage, got good history and looks like its been well looked after,

had no problems so far and every works as it should,

just done a few jobs to for peace of mind really, changed the engine Oil and filter, autobox Oil and filter, aux belt and supercharger belt, diff Oil

its got full service history and its only done just over 30k, but it was a bit of piece of mind for me,

The only job nagging me now the infamous Valley water coolant pipe, which I do in the new year when it warms up, will also swap to evans waterless coolant, well recomended,

checked the sills, luckily both sides are absolutly excellent condition, waxoyled the underside and all inside the sills and box sections with a wurth waxoyl type product which seems to work really well, used it on many cars in the past,

Just changed the rear silencers for some Adamesh ones, which really sound great, the really do the V8 justice, 10/10 for sound and swapped the plastic induction pipe for a stainless one. Also changed the front fogs for some led  Drl/Fog which look a lot better and a lot brighter.

Really happy with the car and it drives really great, so smooth and performs great,

I bought a JLR lead for it as i thought it would come in use in the future, i plugged it in to see if there were any faults, but only found 1 which was on the headlight leveling, was only front level sensor, which i ordered a replacement, but ended up fixing the old one which was really easy to fix,

so far I've found the STR quite easy to work on and the build quality seems quite good.

I do all my own work on my cars, at least I know it been done, its knowing a decsent garage and trusting them to do the job right,

just wondered if there were any local Jaguar meets to the stoke on trent area

thanks

Joe

[Old Peter]

Welcome to the Club, Joe.

 

Your car looks great, and I admire the work you have done on it.

 

There was a West Midlands Meet in September at the Gaydon Motor Museum with quite a few S types there, although I would have like to see an S Type R there too.

 

I used to go to Stoke on Trent quite a lot in the eighties and nineties to the Steelworks at Shelton, and when I retired in 1999 I was given a great party by the lads from the works, and the Royal Doulton Figurine "A Fond Farewell" takes pride of place in my display cabinet.

 

We have quite a few members in Staffordshire and there are thoughts of sounding out members for a regular meet,  After all, all the club members have one thing in common.

 

Regards,

 

Peter. 

[JOE-DOT-COM]

Hi,

cheers Peter for the welcome

will look forward to meeting a few people and the next midlands meet

thanks

[Raistlin]

Hi Joe,

 

Welcome the JoC.

 

Your car looks terrific :) Leaper as well. Very nice.

 

I've PMed you regarding your retro-fit questions.

 

I'm surprised the "R" doesn't have the bluetooth as standard though :(

[Andy665]

Welcome and nice to see another S Type R in the area - did you change the transmission fluid yourself - debating on whether to do mine myself or leave it to a specialist

[Raistlin]

Welcome and nice to see another S Type R in the area - did you change the transmission fluid yourself - debating on whether to do mine myself or leave it to a specialist

Andrew, my local mechanic only charged me £40 to do the job. I bought the fluid, sump, gasket and filter as a kit from fleabay.

The job was relatively simple providing you have the ability to raise the car on the level. A proximity infra red sensor took care of checking the fluid temperature when finally checking level.

There is a good explanatory how-to video on YouTube.

The proximity of the hot exhaust pipe to the filler plug is something to be careful of :(

[JOE-DOT-COM]

Welcome and nice to see another S Type R in the area - did you change the transmission fluid yourself - debating on whether to do mine myself or leave it to a specialist

 

Hi,

  I found it quite easy, allways done my own work, don't trust anybody else, the main problem is access, as long as you can get under your car safely, as you need the engine running to top the autobox up and it needs running for quite a while, till it gets to the right temp.

If you have access to a car lift its really easy, but i would not like to tackle it off axle stands.

I went for genuine zf Oil lifeguard 6 and genuine zf filter off eBay, just for peace of mind.

cheers