Dean Wellman

thoughts please! Opened the boot earlier today, and noticed water dripping from the latch, it seems to be a recent occurrence, as there is no sign of rust, there is now a small puddle of water in the bottom of the boot, and again no rust, I am aware that the S does suffer boot leakage via the seals and, or the light clusters but both are dry, I was wondering if it's possible for water to ingress via the number plate fixings or the chrome jaguar plate / light / lock mechanism on the boot lid? 🤔 I will await you time served S owners input! 😁

Finally got around sorting out the horns, discovered that they are the same ones fitted to ford transits / connect / mondeo, all at various prices. Whilst deliberating as to whom I should buy them from, I came across a supplier on Ebay, who sells a universal pair with the appropriate connector, ordered them they arrived quickly, so I set about fitting them, it was a doddle, I removed the front grill, slipped a 10mm rachet spanner in behind the bumper, spun the nut off, unclipped the wiring harness, dropped the horn assembly out, mounted the new horns on the old bracket popped them back in. I now have decent loud horns, instead of one's that sound like a castrated rooster, And it took less than an hour! Once I had the old horns out, I removed the wiring harness from them, and found one of the terminals to be rusted, so only one was working. Still, twenty quid and roughly an hours work was well worth it.

Headlamps working a treat! £30 at Halford to align the headlamps, so £60 all in, now that's a result! 😁 Just got to change the oil and filter, and he's all ready for a 1500 mile round trip to John O'groats! 🥳😬

Sorry to hear your dilemma, have a look on fleabay, there are a wide range of used parts available for jags. I've had a quick look, and there's several priced from £60 upwards it's an electro mechanical device, so quickly removed and installed. Hope you get it resolved.

Such a good feeling when you achieve doing something for yourself, and save yourself cash at the same time! I've just done the headlight rebuild, I'd been putting it off for some time, but, once I decided to crack on with it, I was surprised how easy it was, and how inexpensive to do! I'm now doing a second pair as back ups should I need them, the bonus is that I've only got to buy a new set of adjusters (£16) as the polishing kit is good for several headlamps, thanks for posting, as it adds to the knowledge base.

I can't offer any advice, but wish you every success, I'm dreading having to do anything major under the bonnet, because, as you have clearly described, there is virtually zero space to work! Post up your progress as it may well be useful to others. Working on engines used to be so simple, but now when I look under the bonnet, I just think, nope 😬 ... And just shut it again! 🙄

Headlamps working a treat! £30 at Halford to align the headlamps, so £60 all in, now that's a result! 😁 Just got to change the oil and filter, and he's all ready for a 1500 mile round trip to John O'groats! 🥳😬

Well I'm feeling chuffed with myself! Like many S owners I have experienced the dreaded headlamp droop, I managed to get a second hand pair and fitted them, but although working, I was conscious that due to their age, that they too could droop at any time, and that they are cloudy, I had been apprehensive about repairing them myself, however after trawling through the how to vids on Utube I decided to bite the bullet, I bought a set of new adjusters online and a headlamp polishing kit, totaling £30 put the headlamps in a pre heated oven at 80c for 20 minutes, resting on some wood to avoid any hot spots, They came apart easier than I had anticipated, I used fresh microfibre cloths to to polish the inside of the perspex, and warm breath and cloth for the silver, fitted the new adjusters, re assembled them, back in the oven for 20 minutes, bingo, all back together. I then set about polishing the lenses, with the polishing kit 800, 1000, 1500, 3000, grade, then polishing compound, and finally sealer. I must say, although not perfect for my first attempt I'm very pleased, the transformation is excellent. From removal to re installing took around 6 hours! 😁 For some reason the left side of the bumper wouldn't let go! I have shown the car with the lights on, the right is refurbished, the left isn't the left is diffused because of the foggy lense, I hope this article gives others the courage to have ago as it save a lot of money! I'm now going to refurbish the second pair so that I have spares in case of a mishap!