Junkman Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Have you ever checked with your garagiste whether those seals can be changed in situ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I'm going to have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm sure everyone who's read my Rover thread is familiar with what happens when I attempt a simple 'replace component' job. I decide it'll take an hour, start at 5pm, park the car where it cannot be left if I immobilise it, immobilise it, fuck up the job so hard it causes a stock market crash then finish at 2am a shattered nervous wreck. So when this arrived this morning I was conflicted. Should I take it to a garage and ask them to fit it? It would be the most sensible thing, since I can't even push the car off the drive if both the front wheels are pointing in different directions. But look at that access! Plus, Magnificent Rustbucket had kindly sent me the workshop manual pages which suggested no hilarious surprises. WCPGW? Forget the garage. I'm allowing 12 hours for this and getting stuck right in. So I'm sorry for this super boring update, but the old rack came out easily, the new rack went in easily and it seems to work perfectly. It'll need an alignment, of course, but that's to be expected. Took me about two and a half hours in total. So with that done, I'm going to go and book it in for an MOT. DeeJay, Jim Bergerac, Shep Shepherd and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Dull, dull, dull. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 Yawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompei Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 If that were me, I'd still be trying to sort which is left and which is right Lacquer Peel and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 Test booked for Friday. Used Siri to put the appointment in my calendar while cycling and it phoned Minot International Airport in North Dakota (airport code MOT). Magnificent Rustbucket, Cleon-Fonte, djimbob and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 3, 2017 Author Share Posted May 3, 2017 What did the airport say?And what does "International" mean?That there are flights to and fro South Dakota?Or even - gulp - Montana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 What did the airport say?And what does "International" mean?That there are flights to and fro South Dakota?Or even - gulp - Montana? According to Minot's website, they are called International because they have an international customs desk. They don't have any international flights, though. Somebody in North Dakota has a pretty cushy job, methinks. An airport in North Dakota, yesterday Magnificent Rustbucket, Junkman and DeeJay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted May 3, 2017 Share Posted May 3, 2017 I'm sure everyone who's read my Rover thread is familiar with what happens when I attempt a simple 'replace component' job. I decide it'll take an hour, start at 5pm, park the car where it cannot be left if I immobilise it, immobilise it, fuck up the job so hard it causes a stock market crash then finish at 2am a shattered nervous wreck. jag-rack1.jpg So when this arrived this morning I was conflicted. Should I take it to a garage and ask them to fit it? It would be the most sensible thing, since I can't even push the car off the drive if both the front wheels are pointing in different directions. jag-rack2.jpg But look at that access! Plus, Magnificent Rustbucket had kindly sent me the workshop manual pages which suggested no hilarious surprises. WCPGW? Forget the garage. I'm allowing 12 hours for this and getting stuck right in. jag-rack3.jpg So I'm sorry for this super boring update, but the old rack came out easily, the new rack went in easily and it seems to work perfectly. It'll need an alignment, of course, but that's to be expected. Took me about two and a half hours in total. So with that done, I'm going to go and book it in for an MOT. I have found my XJ40 to be an easy car to work on. I am glad it went well and the old beast will be back on the road in no time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 Buy the 3 piece suite out of Dollywobler's Daimler so you can have much picnic tableness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 4, 2017 Share Posted May 4, 2017 The usual pre MOT thing, the rear foglight does not work. Damn foglights hanging under bumpers. They never work. The nearside one works, but I could not for the life of me get the offside one (the only mandatory one) to work. There was voltage at the connectors, and the bulb holder was clean and worked when connected to a battery. But together? Nothing. Whatever, I've come down with a brutal cold (the fourth this year, what happened to my immune system?) and I'm not in the mood for this. So I've just run wires from the working one to the broken one. If you include the trip to buy wire and the time spent holding the bulb holder and saying "why? why?" I probably spent longer on this than I did doing the steering rack. Dave_Q, RobT, Junkman and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 No update can be an update, too... Come on, show us the failure sheet of much hilarity. Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 It did fail, but unfortunately there's no comedy multi-page failure sheet. It failed on a tiny hole in the sill and a bit of play in the rear wheel bearings. We couldn't find out if they're adjustable or not, but I suspect not. Advisories: Play in the gearbox mount was also advised because the tester wasn't sure if that was by design or not, and admitted the advisory was good old fashioned arse-covering. He commented that overall the car is very good. Shep Shepherd, danthecapriman, Junkman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Yes, they can be adjusted very easily.How much will the sill welding be? The tester's and my perception of the car differ significantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I would sort of buy this but have two rusty Jags already. OK, one rusty Jag, and one non rusty Jag with potentially rusty Fordy bits. I have promised my wife I will not buy any more vehicles, and these days I aim to keep marital promises. Unhelpful posts R Us plc. GLWTS Magnificent Rustbucket and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 One in one out may work. I aim to sell my SD1 soon. Roffle for that would be about sixty to seventy quid a pop, so not here, probz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Mr Conelrad might keep it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 I'm not too unsure whether Granada pick uppage couldn't be combined with Shaggedyouare drop offage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Yes, they can be adjusted very easily. By which method? I think they need to be replaced. How much will the sill welding be? It's smaller than a 5p coin, I can do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 By glueing a 5p in the hole?Good result though I know the later xj is meant to have some play in the wheel bearings as mine failed on it at my local place. I took it to a jag specialist to get the work done and they got it passed without any work (honest garage). Tickman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 Good result though I know the later xj is meant to have some play in the wheel bearings as mine failed on it at my local place. I took it to a jag specialist to get the work done and they got it passed without any work (honest garage). hmm... the play is certainly incredibly slight. There's no grinding noises when the wheels are turned, just the tiniest tiniest slither of movement if the wheels are grabbed and moved north/south. It's booked into the garage again on Wednesday, is it worth me challenging this fail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 This was 1999 X308 XJR I'm not sure if it's the same setup as on yours. The guy who takes my cars in for mot's has negotiated a few passes for me in the past by convincing them various bits of play was meant to be like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 I am sure it is the same setup, so I will have a look in the workshop manual tomorrow to see if the acceptable amount of play is defined there. I do have a vague recollection of a poster on xj40.com having acceptable play fail an MOT some years ago and successfully challenging it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 Remove split pin, tighten the nut to 140 lb-ft, back off to the nearest hole, insert new split pin, hope for the best.The end float of the axle/bearing assembly should be .002" preload to .002" float.I want to see how a MoT inspector measures this.Everything else would be his personal opinion, which is entirely irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Remove split pin, tighten the nut to 140 lb-ft, back off to the nearest hole, insert new split pin, hope for the best. The end float of the axle/bearing assembly should be .002" preload to .002" float. I want to see how a MoT inspector measures this. Everything else would be his personal opinion, which is entirely irrelevant. It does not have holes or split pins. There is a nut alone. I am sceptical about it being wheel bearings. There's only a minute touch of play when the wheel is rocked up and down, absolutely zero when rocked left to right, the 'play' in both wheels feels completely identical. I don't have any issue with getting the wheel bearings replaced if they need to be replaced. But I also don't want to spend a couple hundred pounds having them done only to find there wasn't anything wrong with them and the wheels still have this 'play'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 Challenge the tester. Eddie Honda 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 whats up guys Shep Shepherd, cort16, RobT and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Honda Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Vince70, The Moog, Ghosty and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 Finally.Was about time. Etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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