XJ40 Sovereign from down under

[PetrolheadAU]

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.

[LairdScooby]

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.

[N6 JMX]

Welcome onboard, lovely looking machine - have many great drives ahead of you.

N6 JMX

[Jimbov8]

6 hours ago, PetrolheadAU said:

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.

Welcome to the forum, enjoy.😊