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Yeah even on ebay I seen them for just a couple thousand bucks in great shape. But they're just base models. As far as suspension and all that changing, they normally do change all that on higher models. But I can find a base model for lets say 3-4 thousand which seems reasonable for my area. The Cheapest model labeled R that I've found is around 9K and the only one listed as supercharged is at 18K. That leaves me 5-15k that I can spend on parts to end up with the same thing as a supercharged one unless you check the registration of the vehicle. I think it would end up cheaper and be alot of fun in the process

Thanks for the welcome. I found an Stype like 3 miles from my house sitting at a lot. I havent stopped to look because honestly I have no where to put it right now but everytime I see it I get that Ohhh I want that feeling. The big problem I'm seeing is all the ones close enough turn out to be 3.0L. Not saying thats a bad thing, it's what my Xtype has in it as well as the cougar has a 3.0L out of a Ford Taurus. Similar to the ST220 Mondeo. Same engine block as the Xtype just not VVT. Being as I have 2 cars already with a 3.0 I need my next one to be a V8. Or bigger lol I'm a collision repair technician so I see all brands of cars and get to test drive a ton of them after repairs are done. I was never really that impressed with any mercedes. Some BMWs are impressive to sit in with all the electronics but I just wouldn't want to drive one. Theyre expensive to fix here and I live an hour north of Atlanta which is a MAJOR city with ALOT of accidents. I dont know there's just something about the Jaguar I like. I get all the Nice- ities of a Jaguar but I can still do mechanical work on it like its a Ford. That to me makes the car just lovely to own. I would love a supercharged one. Although I dont like how much higher people think they should sell for just because of that. Im sure there's ways around that. I really dont see an issue with slapping a supercharger on a car that didnt originally have one lol.

I grew up with pickup trucks. I didnt really get into FWD until about 10 years ago when I got into cougars. Right now the only thing that doesn't work is the boot latch and Shift Solenoid A. I'm not sure about B through however high they go because A is playing up. The latch, I think the actuator in the Latch is bad. If I push the button on the key fob I hear something inside the dash click that sounds like a relay so its working the actuator just isn't releasing. I'm going to the pull yard this weekend and grabbing a new latch and probably a Solenoid so that I can get this thing back on the road. Other then that its just the bumper and other small trolley dings. As well as maintenance things like light bulbs. I'm going to have to go through soon and do a fluid and filter change as well. Having 164K miles l need to do it just because I don't know when the last time it was done.

Thanks Peter. I had actually only been in 1 Jaguar before this. It was an older model from the 80s I believe. I was more focused on the corvette we were also driving around that day so I didn't pay alot of attention. I know we rode around for the better part of a couple hours listening to the congrats on your purchase of a jaguar cassette tape the dealership included with it. My other car is a 99 Ford Cougar. (Mercury for me of course) It was built off of the Mondeo platform or the Mondeo was built off of it. I've had a cougar since 2009 and fell in love with it for some crazy reason. But with that being said a car sharing bits with a Mondeo is nothing new for me. So I don't mind a bit. Other then the engine being a Ford 3.0 with VVT added to it and a different intake there isn't much ford to be found under the hood. Inside is just super comfortable to me. I cant say it's the most comfortable, I have a van where the front seats are pretty much recliners and the back seat turns into a full size bed as well as I can almost stand up in it, this thing is definitely in the top 3 cars I've owned for comfort though. I just wish we didn't end up with that god awful green for the dash lights. Although that could possibly be changed if the bits are constructed inside the way ford made the cougar. I'll find out when I can get a chance to snag a couple switches. As I said I actually wasn't planning to keep this car, but then I started it and sat in it and just took everything in. Considering how cheap these can be had and how nice they turned out I can see me starting to look more into Jaguar's for upcoming car purchases. I really like your S-type. I have to sell some cars before I buy more but Im seriously considering adding an S-type to my garage. There's just something about them. They look really similar in alot of ways to the X-type. At least to me anyway. But they're rear wheel drive and can be had with a V8. Really liking that idea.

So I just realized I've been posting questions and never actually posted an introduction. My appologies for that and let me fix that now. My name is Dan. I'm from the great state of Georgia in the US. I know I'm on a UK message forum, but my car was built in England so what better way to find out how to fix it then to go to the source? I was a mechanic in the military for 8 years and worked as a farm mechanic for years before that so fixing car problems isn't something I'm new to. I've mainly worked on Hondas and Fords for the past 10 years and finally decided to take the plunge and buy a European car however the initial plan wasnt to buy it to drive. I had actually purchased the car to transplant the engine and drive train into a Ford car that was never all wheel drive. I bought it from Copart as a running driving car. It had been in an accident which crushed the front bumper. After very little work with a heat gun the dent is pretty much out of the bumper to the point I could reattach it to drive it, but its still got some ugly scars on the bumper. I paid a total of 650 USD for the car which equals out to between 4 and 5 hundred £ I believe. Shes a 2007 3.0 automatic with really no options to it from what I can tell with 260K miles on it. It still pulls really good although she has problems. As you can see a serious clean and some work and she should be an alright car. My main issues other then looks are a P0753 fault shift solenoid A. And the trunk doesnt open with any of the buttons.

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I didn't think it was impossible. Jag did it and so can I. I don't have an actual donor car at my house. However the local pull yourself yard around me have about 10 of these. If I expand my search a couple hundred miles all around the number for just that 1 company goes up to around 19 cars. Last time I was there I saw at least one had the touch screen option. The parts aren't that expensive because I'd be pulling all the parts myself. The problem is I've been dealing with Ford and Honda for the last 10 years and I'm not familiar at all with what all I need to pull with these systems. For example I know I would need the screen, The dvd player, and the CD changer from the donor. But are the wire harnesses in this car a 1 harness fits all type thing where the plugs and wires are there and not hooked up? Or am I looking at rewiring the entire inside of the car to add these things? Also is there any other little boxes along the way that would have to go with it? On the dash cluster if I swapped from the older style with the big square odometer to the newer style with the message center rectangle would it be a direct swap or is there hidden pieces I need as well? As for the Auto headlights which I'm aware I need a new switch but is it that simple? Cheers Dan

Hi guys, I have what appears to be the most basic 2007 Xtype produced. I see all the options possible like the HID headlights and the touch screen system and even the message center in the dash instead of the big square with just the mileage on it and Auto headlights. My question is how hard is it to incorporate all these options into a car that didn't have them? And would anyone know exactly what all I would need to incorporate each of these? Cheers Dan

Yeah I'm looking that over when I get home if its warm enough in the garage. Thinking back to when I had the front end apart I may have forgotten to plug the ABS sensors in. Silly me. It would be nice if it really is that simple. If not I have enough info with the links you posted that I should be able to figure it out. Thanks for those. Cheers Dan

mine stops at 4. So yay regular ATF it is. Thats good to know, i was worried for a second. Looking at some videos though on youtube I found one guy was having a similar problem with his and it turned out to be a faulty ABS module causing issues with the rest of the system. Im also getting a fault for both front ABS sensors, Im wondering if that could be an issue as well. Cheers, Dan

I bought it wrecked and am working on getting it back on the road. The first time I drove it is when I discovered it wont shift higher then 2nd or 3rd. All I can say is its a 3.0 automatic. Cheers, Dan

I've been googling to no avail. How do I tell what trans I have?

Unless those are all generic photos mine doesnt look anything like that. Thats a rearwheel drive trans. I have a transverse mounted drivetrain so it looks just like a front wheel drive trans. And I believe is a variation of the ford CD4E trans.

Thats why I was looking for a part number when I posted this. Its just the 1 solenoid popping up an error. If it were fluid I would expect to to effect them all. I have no real clue though and ATF isn't that expensive to check. It's not like royal purple in the cougar costing 20-24 bucks a quart. I found the entire solenoid set on ebay for around 105 bucks though so I may go ahead and swap them out first anyway. As far as Im aware they have 266K miles on them so it may be time anyway.

Thanks. Im going to try the fluid first. I was going to pull the engine and trans out to put in a different project so I drained the fluid. I kept it in a clean container so I could reuse it. But with pulling the actual drain plug only about 5 quarts came out. According to what I read googling fluid capacity its supposed to hold 8.8 liters which converts over to about 9 quarts. The car shifts from 1st to 2nd. It doesnt shift smoothly though. I think it may be going into 3rd but Im not sure. The red light that looks like a gear with a ! In it comes on and thats all it will do. I pulled the codes from the computer and it popped up the shift solenoid A fault. However I didnt give thought to the fact it just didnt have enough fluid to build proper pressure. On a good note though if that doesnt fix it I found the solenoid to fix it. Thanks again Cheers, Dan

Hello Folks, My names Dan and I'm a new Jaguar owner. I recently bought a 2007 Xtype 3.0 auto. I bought it through Copart so it has some issues. 1 of them is the P0753 fault which torque pro lists as shift solenoid A. Would anyone have a part number for shift solenoid A? Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers, Dan