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Hi By the sounds of it the transponder chip has fell out of the fob when you have take the key/remote apart the battery only effects the opening and closing of the car doors, starting is by a transponder chip in the remote, there two types of transponder chip and small black plastic type chip, about 10mm long and a cylindrical glass type chip, if it wont start this is missing you need to find it and slot it back in the key part of the remote/key pics below, but the are only about 10mm long cheers joe

hi Ideally you need to plug in and see what faults you get, they should point you to the right direction if coolants ok, could be a bad coolant level sensor or waterpump, plugging in should tell you and you could also monitor the cooland temp, as the gauges on most jaguars dont show correct temp, they just a visual indicator, the either show normal or full, high temp, there usually no in between, but with a diagnostic tool you can actually monitor the actual temperature cheers Joe

Hi take the caliper off and send it to Big Red, they refurbishi calipers to new condition and they do that sort of job every day and would only cost a few hundred pounds to fix, phone them and they will give you a price, quick turn around aswell cheers Joe https://www.biggred.co.uk/

Hi Chris yes its one of a few preproduction prototypes which were registered in 2001, sure there were only a few registered in 2001, not all are still shown on the road I have a 2004 S-type R and love it, great cars and underated, mines been extremely reliable if you want any links to workshop manual and info let me know cheers Joe

hi how much later are the seats wiring diagrams are here http://www.jagrepair.com/ cheers Joe

Hi Which module are you changing you need someone with Jaguar IDS/SDD, then it can be setup for your depending on which module it is, it may not need programming cheers Joe

Its hit and miss with batteries, they all have deals on at certain times I just bought a Varta 019 AGM from BMS and it was £20 cheaper than Tanya great service though, they always come next day.

Hi Have a look at Jagdroid, if it a keeper its well worth it I have one in mine and its great, fully updateable and its like you android phone, google maps is great. theres a groupe on facebook and he has a site https://www.jagdroid.org/ cheers Joe

hi all s-types have the same wheel base so later ones wont be different some S-type have adjustable pedals, which will only give you a extra few inches, did you lift the steering column and send the steering wheel in aswell as mentioned you could make adapter plates. cheers Joe

Hi Adamesh do nice stainless ones got them on mine and there great, not to loud , but with a nice burble cheers Joe

Hi Have you tried Jaguar classics cheers Joe

Hi There all here free, all in PDF http://www.jagrepair.com/ which manuals are you actually after cheers Joe

Hi common place for water in the boot on S-types is above the rear lights, there a infill piece of rubber across the top of the lights, its very common leak. usually fix is remove the lights and clean it all up, then reseal the upper rubber seal on the light with some silicone and that cures it cheers Joe

HI For most of the awkward bolts, I bought Facom rotator ratchets, I was that impressed with them I got all 3 sets, 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" basically its like a normal ratchet, but you can also just rotate the handle and the socket spins, its save me a lot of hassel on my S-type R, especially when doing the valley pipe, when ive done timing belts on various cars its saved me hours in work. also using a wobble extension on the socket also means you can get the socket on the bolt at various angles wobble extention Facom rotator ratchet