Jaguar XJ6 - EXECUTIVES ONLY beyond this point, please

[Partridge]

Useful, thanks, may try it on mine. You've got nothing to lose if it breaks again, so why not try it?

[Fat_Pirate]

I've not updated this thread because the car has been tediously reliable - but that's to be expected of a 21 year-old British car, I suppose...

 

In reality, it has been developing minor faults but I've been ignoring them.  I had a car full of people a while back and they received the full 'Jaguar' experience of doors and windows that functioned only randomly, which was embarrassing.  It's now due a MOT too so I've spent a few days fixing all the issues.  

 

These anti-roll bar bushes would probably upset the MOT man, but they were only about £1.50 each to replace.  

I was getting an occasional ABS warning light, but I think I've found the culprit.  How did this even work?  Both the fronts were like it.

After cleaning:

The iffy windows all responded to copious amounts of silicon spray, and white grease sorted the door mechanisms.  The unreliable boot release button was due to a duff microswitch - grafting in a £2.50 generic one from Maplin sorted that.

It seems solid underneath, in fact the jacking points are sound enough to use!  This is a rare and desirable feature in X300 land.  I changed the diff oil while it was on stands, which was a major faff as the drain plug was rounded off.  It took more than an hour to siphon the old oil out with a syringe from the fill hole, and after all that the oil looked fine anyway.  I went and bought a fuck-off big Draper siphon tool to fill it back up again.

It's always suffered a gentle knocking noise from the rear suspension, but turning up the radio provided a workaround fix.  I was expecting to find a worn bush, but it was actually the metal fuel lines - they'd come away from a clip.

 

I reckon it should be good for MOT now, and I've even polished it.  The paintwork is still shite, but it's very shiny shite.