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Lubed, wiggled and now moving freely! Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing that. That's not something I could do! I don't have ramps or a hoist. Fortunately it was an easy fix, and it allowed me to get familiar with the passenger compartment fuse box. I see all that's left is a 5A fuse. Very nice feature on the blown fuse, a small light glowed red. Which was fuse 2. This is why I got talking with my dad and he reminded me that I should ask on the forum about the washer pump. He said that illuminated fuses is a feature on naval warships, it allows the engineer to see at a glance what electrical system has tripped. Whilst there was no emergency it was a nice feature, one I doubt will be present on the cheapy generic fuses I bought. now I know about them I want to buy some more. I really should read the owners manual some more. I learned that it has a safety warning feature on the screenwash so when the reserve is low it'll shut off the wipers to prevent scratches. Not an issue as the windscreen already had those when I bought it. I read over the entire list of what fuses and relays control and the rear fusebox has a relay/fuse (can't remember) for a subwoofer. Had it on classic FM and a friend did ask if I had a subwoofer, I said I didn't know but pointed to the "premium sound" imprinted on the tape deck. It does sound quite good, especially with stereo music.

Hello all. I thought I should let you know my car's passed the MOT. I suspect the last MOT was dodgy and I had to put right a few things. New shocks, new rear brake lines, new headlights. Advisories on the steering linkages (it's a bit juddery) and front brake line. Over Christmas I went to spend time with my dad who lives in Shaftesbury, which was good for me as over boxing day Mark from JagRar saw me in Taunton at his garage. I gave him the two original MOT failure headlights, and an additional nearside headlight taken from a breakers yard I got for £40 which was also an MOT failure. The brackets all rattled. He gave me a new (old) nearside light and it passed the MOT. I also got to chat to him, apparently the v8 engine gets better fuel mileage than the v6? I found that counter intuitive as with two extra cylinders you have extra friction. He said despite this, the different fuel mappings means that the v8 works out as more efficient. Got talking about the forum today as I was searching on youtube for where the screen wash pump is. Couldn't find any pertinent videos, it's not in the owners manual (at least I couldn't see?) and there's no haynes owners manual for the S Type. I'll make a new topic about it if I can't find one with the forum search.

Yup, what Jim said, there will be a specific pressure for your tyre size. I have no idea why they went to 40psi, I've had a quick scan through every S-Type listing (I could find) from 16" to 18" and they range from 28 to 32psi, nothing close to 40psi. I personally run 30psi on my 18s. Perhaps they mistook the Jag for a van? My Transit Custom runs 40psi+ 🤷‍♂️😆👎