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Hi Paul, welcome to the wonderful world of XKR motoring, I hope you have many happy, top down miles. The answers above are good, but my recommendation is to use the charger connected as follows: Lift the boot floor and you will see an earth connection - looks like a threaded screw coming up from the boot floor - down on the left hand side as you look forward. Ensure you remove the paint to get a proper connection to earth / ground, fit the black clip. Remove the vent louvre on the left hand side panel of the boot as you look forward and, with a torch, check inside and down for the battery remote positive cable, which should have its termination covered with a rubber boot. Slide the rubber boot forward, off the terminal and you will fit the red clip here. Ensure your charger / conditioner is on the 12V setting. and switch on. There is plenty enough "give" in the boot edge seal so that the charger itself remains outside the car, with the charging leads passing over the seal with the boot lid closed. As an aside, the usual 2 x battery conditioner's used by enthusiasts are: The CTEK MXS 5 or the Ring Automotive RA-RSC 612, both of which are suitable for 5.0 litre engines like yours. My preference is the Ring Automotive, because its LCD screen provides ongoing information on the state of your battery and it has more features. Plus the Ring Automotive unit can be switched to cater for AGM batteries - as used in Stop - Start engine systems. Please note, the battery in your car should be considered as a "Consumable" and you should be looking to change / replace when it gets to 5 years old. The car is extremely sensitive to battery condition, with a failing battery able to throw up numerous random / false dash light and messages. The battery's ability to start the car is no longer the best pointer to its condition. Enjoy. N6 JMX

Hi Jim, most folks sign off with their member name (nom de plume) but your real first name should be visible in the little profile box on the left of each post. N6 JMX

Send your friend to the Jaguar Classic Parts website and browse there to find his model and all of the relevant parts diagrams. Link here: Xk8 Coupe/convertible 1997 - 2006 (x100) Classic | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts he will need to know his VIN - number in the bottom corner of the windscreen. N6 JMX

How many times have you heard the story of how someone came to be enthralled by Jaguar? Having a lift to school in the back of my friend's dad's Jaguar is a typical soundbite but I don't see any of today's schoolboys wanting a Jaguar in 30 years time because he got a lift in an EV!!!!! Jaguars have soul and that comes as much from the noise it makes to the way it holds you in the seat. N6 JMX

Try speaking with the folks at Swallows Jaguar Racing in Rooksbridge, near Bristol. Safe link below: Swallows Jaguar Specialist | Servicing, Performance & Motorsport for JLR N6 JMX

Welcome onboard, lovely looking machine - have many great drives ahead of you. N6 JMX

Hi Bobby, if your car does not have a retractable antenna, then it may have the "shark's fin" which would be on the rear of the boot lid, ahead of the spoiler, on the centreline - but that would be obvious. However, I am pretty sure that the 2008 model should have the retractable antenna on the driver's side rear quarter. Check behind the internal boot trim on the driver's side - it is relatively easily to pull back to reveal what cabling is hidden in the void space, there should also be the manual pull string release for the hood operation in that space. If the base cone for the antenna is not on the outside of the wing, then it would have to have been filled in and repainted, post a photo of the rear of your car, showing the boot lid, closed, and the 2 rear wings. N6 JMX

Hi Hugo, are you certain you have a "power lift" boot lid? Many jaguar's have a fob button to pop open the boot, but it is still a manual lift open and push closed. N6 JMX

Hi Terry, if you plan to have your wheels refurbished by a local wheel specialist, then you can have them match the original colour, or you can have them paint the wheels in a colour of your own choice. Silver always looks better in my opinion. N6 JMX

Hi Bobby, welcome to the Forum and the wonderful world of Modern XK motoring. The car looks nice but as you say, it might have a few niggles. Firstly the locking issue: How are you testing the fact that the car is not locking on the fob? In your description you provide information that all of the indications of a locked vehicle are in place, but not how you know that the car is unlocked. A couple of pointers: 1. If you press the fob button twice, then you should hear a definitive clunk as the deadlock goes home, plus the car should chirp at you and the indicators flash once to indicate the car is locked and alarmed. If you are pulling the handle to check whether the car is locked immediately afterwards, then because you have the key in proximity, the car will open and therefore give the appearance of being unlocked. I know it may sound a bit dumb, but I know more than one XK owner who fell foul of that party trick. Connector in the central cubby: in the 2008 MY, the central cubby USB installation was an option, whereas in the 2010 MY, there is a USB as well as an iPod slot in that central cubby. It sounds like a previous owner may have done some work to overcome those omissions as, if it is an iPod connector (albeit for an early generation of iPod), then that can be checked relatively easily by posting a picture here, or trying to connect a suitable generation of iPod. Similarly, there were no plugs in the glovebox on your MY car, so again I think these are likely to be aftermarket additions but would not know what for, unless to use an aftermarket Satnav as the original fit Satnav is well past its use date. The radio is another question mark, you should have an extending aerial on the driver's side rear haunch - goes up when the radio is turned on and down when the radio is turned off. First check should be to confirm that the antenna does in fact extend. In some cases, owners have pulled the fuse to prevent the antenna from operating and chosen to use another device to receive their travel music accompaniment. perhaps related to the connectors in the glovebox and central cubby. A last point before someone tells you a reversing light isn't working - the 2008 cars only have a single operating reversing light, despite it looking to the outside world that there should be 2! Check and come back and I am sure more experience will be along shortly to provide you with further insight. N6 JMX

Hi Robert, you should know that there is a "Marketplace" section of this Forum at the bottom of all the sections. Suggest that would be a more applicable place to post your spares availability. One more post here in the Classic Forum and your post goes off the front page and I doubt many will look here for parts availability. N6 JMX

You will need to determine the part number and the link below should allow you to do that. Xk 2006 - 2014 (from B00379) (x150) / Radiator Hoses-v8-4.2 Litre-supercharged (4.2 Litre Supercharged) | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts N6 JMX

Incidentally, if you are looking for a Club that deals exclusively with the Modern XK, you could think about joining the XKCC, see link below. The annual membership fee is only £10 and well worth it for the camaraderie and outings alone. Home | XKCC N6 JMX

Welcome aboard Jim, and I hope you have many happy miles in your XKR Convertible - Zero. As you will note if you have already been trawling in this section of the Forum, there is a lot of knowledge and a willingness to share this with fellow Enthusiasts. If you have already suffered from the dreaded tin worm on your unfortunate XJ, then I am assuming that you had the underside of Zero fully checked out ahead of purchase. The main body may be aluminium, but that doesn't guarantee no corrosion, just a different version, but the underside has steel subframes that can get into a really poor state very quickly. This is especially the case if the car has been used year round and seen salted roads or, strangely enough, if the car has spent some of its life living by the seaside. Let's see a few photos when you can. N6 JMX

I think the part number you require is JLM21457. Typing this into a search engine comes up with multiple hits, at least some of which claim to have the parts in stock, including British Parts, for £65.02 + VAT. jaguar xj6 xj12 bonnet hood strut |British Parts UK Appreciate you are overseas, but most of these suppliers are familiar with delivering overseas. N6 JMX

Good luck with the sale, but can't help think it would be better to have posted in the Marketplace Section of the Forum, at the bottom of the page. Unlikely folks are going to come looking in the Model Section of the Forum for cars up for sale. N6 JMX

There's a classifieds / for sale section at the bottom of the Forum pages - go there. N6 JMX

If you have a friendly local Jaguar Dealer, though scarce on the ground, you can get a code from there associated with your VIN. Alternatively, there are any number of scam artists on the interweb offering to unlock radio codes. N6 JCM

Hi Dale, if you type Amirante Alloy wheels into a search engine, you get lots of hits, particularly for new wheels readily available from the likes of Alloy Wheels Direct and Jaguar Accessories. Not cheap though. N6 JMX

Your best source of correct part numbers for all things Jaguar is the Jaguar parts website, link below: Genuine & Authentic Classic Parts | Jaguar Land Rover Classic Parts Just click through the prompts until you get to the model and system you are interested in. N6 JMX

Dim lights usually points to a poor earth connection. Check the earth point for corrosion on the relevant headlight. N6 JMX

Hi Mark, that does sound very unusual to get a battery drain that fast. Have you checked the lights in the vanity mirrors behind the sun visors? If fitted, these lights on the vanity mirror stay lit all of the time if the sliding cover is not closed over, even when the sun visor is flipped back upwards. Obviously try and view your car in a dark space to see if there is any glow that can be spotted, but otherwise it would seem you can rule out courtesy lights. Do you have any other accessories installed that could be taking power when normally they should power down with the ignition off? Something like a dashcam? Finding a power drain is not a simple task unfortunately, especially when there is nothing obvious like something illuminated. Hidden drain on the battery could be the battery itself, try charging up the old / removed battery if you have it and connect it to the car via suitable jump leads, whilst having the newly installed battery disconnected. If the old battery also discharges rapidly, then your issue lies within the car and not the battery. N6 JMX

Hi Ivan, I don't have experience or knowledge of the issues you highlight, but as an engineer I am not prone to believe in coincidences, but in cause and effect. You state your engine made some ticking noises on start up before the timing chain replacement and now it makes a harsh metallic rasping noise. As an engineer, we always look back at what was undertaken immediately prior to any change in the noise / note. In your case, changing the timing chain has resulted in a noise that should never be present in any mechanical rotating machinery. Your first port of call should be with the garage that completed the work and they should investigate and correct - at their cost. It could be that something was reinstated incorrectly, or something was left inside the engine - socket, nut, etc. N6 JMX

Hi David, excellent, well done. Enjoy a new project and get it out and about - they do need to be used, even if sparingly. N6 JMX

Hi Les, I think I would consult a suitable petrolhead solicitor as the comment by the garage is just plain dumb - no-one dips their oil or checks the level of the work completed by their dealer ahead of driving away. Hatfield's are trying it on. In the past, I have had an oil leak on my drive after the dealer returned my car without having replaced the washer / seal on the sump plug - their fault and fully rectified, including a full underbody clean-up where the oil had been spraying the underside of the car on the drive from the dealer to home. N6 JMX