Andy64

Hello I wanted to thank you for an interesting day at the RAF museum cosford, I spotted a jaguar with the wheels I have been looking for, for a long time. They are spoked deep dish alloys. There was an award in the car between the front seats on the arm rest. If anyone could tell me where the wheels came from I would be very grateful.

Hello Everyone Firstly I must say that these are my opinions and not condoned or endorsed by the club. I am now in my fifties and one thing that I find sad is that the word "help" is treated by so many people with suspicion It as though they are waiting for " but it will cost you" Clubs like this in my opinion help restore the values I was taught as a child. Members genuinely help others with no hidden agendas it's just good old fashioned "I will help you" and so I would like to help someone I have six new pencil coils and gaskets that I bought for my s type my disability stopped me fitting them for a while and when I felt well enough to have a go at changing them I found that the connection on the new ones is too small so if someone wants them and can pick them up they can have them no strings just in the club spirit of help they are free

Hello Everyone I am sorry for being a nuisance but I am in pain and very confused. I was on my way out and fortunately had only gone a few miles when my dashboard lit up it went from handbrake fault footpedal fault gearbox fault then every.light came on before suddenly my steering went and the car completely turned off. I had to push by myself as other cars just used their horns at me and drove around me as I.tried to get my car to the curb. I don't use it very.often and even though I have a new battery could this be the trouble and it's just the battery that has caused this. Or am I being too hopeful and I have bigger.problems. I am home with the car now and just.wanted to see if anyone had come across this sort of thing. I will test the battery tomorrow when I recover but any ideas tips or suggestions will be gratefully received. Thank you

Hello Joe That would be great I will try and find the connectors I've asked a jag salvage yard to let.me know when they get anything in Thank you Andy

Thanks Joe I will give it a go sorry to pester you Andy

Hello Joe I have an unusual request for you and I hope it will not offend you it's just that I have spent all day trying to track down a salvaged wiring harness from the dvd sat nav to the head unit and screen You said you had made up your own test harness . If I sent you the money for the parts plus a fee for your time and effort. Would you be interested I would not be offended if you said no I just really am stuck Thank you Andy

I will try using a bradawl I have a few lying around Thank you Andy

I'm handy with anything that involves wood lol If you come across anyone selling a loom with the connectors I need please let me know Joe Have a great weekend Andy

Thanks Joe I know it will sound silly but after reading posts regarding Andriod conversion I thought what a great idea I've got all the bits and a raspberry pi3 I thought how hard can it be lol Now I'm regretting it but I did have some sense and I bought a s type head unit and dvd to adapt so that my own is untouched Problem is there are no cables with the head unit or the dvd player I don't want to start taking the cables out of the car but I'm just not having any luck finding spares anywhere I really do appreciate your help Joe thank you

Joe you are a star thank you very much for taking the time to help me Andy

Hi Joe Yes sorry I mean the double din unit that has the touch screen in the front dual climate buttons nav etc . On the back is a 24 pin connector socket .the CD player is a separate unit underneath this with two connectors a small one that I think is optical the one above that has pins different than the double din unit left to right it starts with four pins that are thicker than the rest then 16 normal So two rows 2 thick then 8 thin in each row. I could take mine out of the car but I hoped there would be a way to just test this before I went that far. I have a Lavolta test machine that regulates volts current Any advice will be appreciated thanks Joe Andy

Hello I have a replacement audio head unit for my 2007 S Type and would like to know how could I test it before taking my current one out of the car could I attach a couple of leads from a 12 volt source to certain pins on the back if so does anyone know which pins to use Thank you all and have a great weekend

Hello Everyone I am putting new pistons and seals on my brakes the rear ones are quite a sticky subject. They are screwed into the caliper and I'm having difficulty in threading the piston on passed the new seal. I coated it with a little brake fluid but it's very tight I didn't put the outer seal on first because it lips round the edge of the housing not inside. I have ordered a tool to help thread on the piston but I just wanted to ask if I am doing it in the correct order . 1 Replace inner seal 2 Screw in piston 3 Fix outer seal on I would be grateful for any tips

Thanks Andy

I forgot to ask Andy would you let me know who did such a great job in yours please

Hi Andy Joe Sorry for the late reply and thank you both for the advice Andy they look great I think I will refurb instead of replace thank you Andy

Hello I have new alloy wheels on my 2007 S Type the discs and calipers are now visible and don't look very good I have thought about painting them but I was wondering if anyone could suggest where I can buy an upgraded system I have visited many sites most want the reg and then say "no results" it is frustrating and so I thought someone could point me in the right direction please I like the S Type R design calipers so something similar would be great

Hi Joe The disc cleaner seems to be working touch wood Thank you Andy

Hi Joe I will get one and try it thank you Andy

Hi Joe Thank you for replying it actually started when I went from navigation screen to the CDC screen to select a disc i have seen a repair service on eBay while looking at the second hand replacements so I think I will give them a go £45.00 if you know where I could get the ribbons I would try that myself first Thank you once again Andy

Hello Everyone i hope you are all enjoying Good Friday Mine has started off rather badly my multi disc player has all of a sudden displayed an error message I tried to eject the cartridge with no success it was trying to eject but wouldnt I kept trying the eject button whilst gently touching the cartridge and it popped out I removed the discs and then put them back in the cartridge back in I watched as it loaded each disc and unloaded them one at a time then when it finished I looked at the screen and the message came back on The cartridge would not eject but after a little coaxing I have it out can anyone help me it has worked fine until today Your advice would be very much appreciated

Hello Peter Thank you for the warm welcome it is a great feeling knowing that there are so many people with the knowledge and experience that I can hopefully learn from Thank you Andy

Hello Everyone It's nice to be a member of your prestigious club I read a post regarding the lack of S Type manual (Haynes) I just wanted to share a brilliant site I found called emanualsonline.com I downloaded the manual for just under £10 very good instructions and pictures Andy