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Nice house Peter, I love those sand stone buildings, my sister lives in a terrace house in Ramsbottom, also made of sandstone. Anyway back to the car, attached is a clip of the engine running for the last time before working on her. Tonight I dropped the sump and found pieces of metal, suspect the remnants of a spun bearing. Confirms the full engine out rebuild. Next is to remove the exhaust, bonnet, front bumper and the wheels (bought a second jack so I could jack the front up evenly and safely on the ramp. Plan is to drop the engine and gearbox from underneath. Seems like its just you and me Peter, I'll keep you posted. Steve

Update No 1 on 2010 XKR, got the car to run, was a blown 400 amp fuse for the starter motor, that is the good news, bad news is the engine sounds terrible (which is what I expected). So I'm going to drop the engine and gear box - I'm lucky enough to have a 4 post ramp so I'll lift the car off the engine and gear supporting the front sub-frame and gearbox. Anybody done this before who can offer up any advise/suggestions. Might have my kids do a "you tube" video of this depending on how much time that would add. I now need to find a really good machine shop in Pacific North West - any suggestions? If people are interested, i'll keep adding updates, if I don't then I'll drop it here.

Hi, New to group, emailing from the States, Newcastle, WA to be exact. Brit been in US for about 25 years. Had many Jags over the years, many XJ-S's, XJ-SC, XJR, XK8 and now finally a 2010 XKR. Car is in near perfect cosmetic condition, about 45,000 on her, only hitch is she is a none runner. Previous owner was driving her, went to get an oil change, was told oil was very low, drove the car away after getting fresh oil and filter to get new tires and wouldn't start again when they went to pick it up. They tried numerous shops to try and figure out what is wrong, one shop said engine won't turn over even with a breaker bar on the crank. Consensus was needed new engine $$$$. So they decided to sell her because they had no idea what it might cost to repair. So now I have a non running XKR that I'm waiting to be delivered. I've been trying to find out where I might be able to get an engine rebuild kit, forged pistons etc, so I can start researching prices, the US isn't proving to be flush with Jaguar engine parts. Can anybody recommend some places in the UK that might have these parts, and if anybody has done an XKR engine rebuild themselves? Thanking you in advance. Steve