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Have you seen these bad boys :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ADJUSTABLE-CAR-RAMPS-CAR-LIFTS-NOT-HYDRAULIC-CAR-RAMPS-CJAUTOS-CR02-/331790286218?hash=item4d403dfd8a:g:VsIAAOSw7NNT0ok2

My first S Type 4.2 V8 (Previous Jaguars over the years: 1987 XJ6, 2002 X Type 3.0 V6 Auto, 2005 X Type 3.0 V6 manual estate)

Not keen on the style of wheels, multispoke Mercury's might be an alternative

Had Powerflow stainless end cans fitted and a lovely  V8 low burble is produced

Bought a header tank today from a local car dismantler so all go for trying the sensor, although when I had a quick look today I see the two wires are bared in a tiny bit as if someone had put on a scotchblock at some point

Also scored as one of their S Types had a complete mesh grill from a 2000 S Type and got it for a tenner

I use an Optimate trickle charger for my Harley as alarm slowly drags the battery down so I leave it connected all the time its sitting

Turns out the fault has been on the dash for the last two years and the last owner just put a bit of tape over the warning light

As she does not show any signs of distress I will deal with that as we go along, just been to get new rear tyres (Nexen 8000) and get the tracking checked on Turriff tyres new 4 wheel alignment machine but my rear stabiliser arm bushes are shot so not much point in doing alignment until I replace the arms, then I can address the coolant fault and anything else that rears its ugly heid

Only had my S Type for a few weeks and slowly getting to know it, had a set of Powerflow end cans made and fitted and am very happy with deep tone that lets the v8 burble out, also fitted a K+N air filter element

one problem though, there is an alert on the computer screen "Coolant level low" but looking at the header tank the level is spot on and the temp does not go over the halfway, could it be the sensor or worse ?

On 2/6/2016 at 4:08 PM, KEN33Y said:

If you can afford so the stainless custom made the exhausts can be great, they will manufacture the sound to the specification you ask, my V8 sounds like a cat purring in slow traffic, anything more than 1500 revs sounds like a Ferrari and after 2500 revs goes back into a quieter mode for cruising 

Plans in place as we have a garage in Turriff that makes up stainless systems, just need to compare some prices of full cat back systems and the back boxes like Adamesh

Pictures at the beginning of hopefully a wonderful relationship

Many thanks to everyone for the kind welcome, pictures will follow once thir off my phone and thanks Joe exhausts are a big priority for me as I do like to hear the V8 burble

Hi new 03 Jaguar S Type 4.2 V8 owner here, owned two X Types and an XJ before but my latest purchase is the best for me as I missed this particular vehicle two years ago after test driving it, yesterday I happened along to my friends car lot and it was sitting there beckoning to me so I couldn't let this beauty slip through my fingers again, and after a rear wheel bearing replacement I'm hoping for many miles happy cruising