Cheezey Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 I need to take it for a run and investigate it fully. I'm getting texts from my Dad about Haynes manuals for it just now. I think he keeps on mixing it up with an XJ40.
Cheezey Posted January 17, 2017 Author Posted January 17, 2017 Just got this very quick response: Hi - glad to hear the Jag has found a new home. I had her about 8 years and my wife and I had many enjoyable trips round Deeside,the north of Scotland,Oban etc. servicing amounted to oil change, new battery,new alternator,tyres etc. last trip I wondered if the gear was stuck in sports mod. Was the switch faulty I wonder. However now 84 and recent broken leg it was time to pass on to someone else. Trust the problem is easy fixed and you enjoy many miles in the old lady. Andy rantingYoof, dome, djimbob and 4 others 7
Guest Hooli Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 X300 & XJ40 are very similar under the skin, those manuals would probably be of use. I had a '93 XJ40 & some of the interior trim had original Jag labels saying X300 on.
320touring Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Later in the xj40 production run, they essentially started using x300 parts. I had a jag 4.0 sov on a k plate, battery in the boot. That was x300 suspension/subframe. The current K plate Daimler I have has the battery under the bonnet, meaning its an earlier xj40 car. I suspect the Daimler branded xj40s didn't sell as well as the Jaag, so my have sat about prior to being registered?
Guest Hooli Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 Sounds right. I think they went to battery in the boot for '93 model year? They'll know over on xj40.com if you're not already there. 320touring 1
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 The battery went into the boot for the 1993 model year - manufactured from September 1992.
320touring Posted January 17, 2017 Posted January 17, 2017 The battery went into the boot for the 1993 model year - manufactured from September 1992.Suggests my Daimler sat about for a bit before rego then:)
Cheezey Posted January 27, 2017 Author Posted January 27, 2017 Went to see the gearbox man today. ASK transmissions. I couldn't find him as he has moved. As soon as he saw me he thought I was going to saying droning diff. He was very nice and we had a good blether but he doesn't do automatics and his new unit doesn't have a ramp. He had the same thoughts as me in that a service might make all the difference. He suggested trying to speak to the Jaguar man in Hallglen. If you drive through the low road in Hallglen the parking area in one of the streets is always full of old Jags. Apparently he has a unit in Bo'ness. I'll need to do some asking about. The gearbox man couldn't mind his name though. Am I gallous enough to drive up the street and chap some doors? I've asked a friend those parents live a couple streets away if her Dad knows him. Otherwise I continue to enjoy using it to nip to the shops and stuff.
Cheezey Posted February 19, 2017 Author Posted February 19, 2017 Still haven't managed to get hold of the chap in Hallglen. I messaged the Scottish Jaguar drivers club using my wife's Facebook login and got the number of the chap that runs it. Spoke to him on the phone and he has volunteered to come out and have a look. He reckons it might just be a wire pulled out of a sensor having been caught on a speed bump. It needs fixed as driving at higher revs all the time in a four litre is resulting in incredible fuel consumption.
Cheezey Posted February 19, 2017 Author Posted February 19, 2017 I also paid a fiver to get it washed and sprayed some tyre black on it. Only the second time I've ever paid to have a car washed. Springer, Royale80, AMC Rebel and 2 others 5
Cheezey Posted February 21, 2017 Author Posted February 21, 2017 Nice bloke from the Jaguar club came out and we found a broken wire on a connector on the gearbox. Apparently you can buy the connector but I'm struggling to find it online and it looks a bit of a pig to get into it properly without being on a lift. I'll pop in and see a garage I know and might just get them to join the existing wire back together. Hopefully that will give me some nice smooth gear changes at lower revs. Royale80 1
Junkman Posted February 21, 2017 Posted February 21, 2017 A few terrible photos from my newfangled phone. EFA Proper pre 1986 telephones with a cable reaching all the way to a socket on the wall do not take pictures. eddyramrod, rantingYoof and AMC Rebel 3
Cheezey Posted February 22, 2017 Author Posted February 22, 2017 Dropped it off this afternoon at a local friendly garage. This was to get the loose broken wire that me and Jaguar club man saw the two ends of under the car hanging down joined back together. Went back after work to collect. The wire was just a random bit of domestic wire that must have been driven over and tangled up in the car at some point. Very random. Back to the drawing board. I'm still wanting to get hold of the Jaguar bloke in Hallglen/Bo'ness. None of my feelers have turned anything up yet though.
michael1703 Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 Looking at the slope of your drive, I'd park it facing out like you have, put it on a set of blue ramps and drain the gearbox oil and put a filter in the transmission,they sludge up, I've got an N reg 4.0 sovereign
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 There is also an electronic plug from the transmission on the ZF4HP24 which is prone to corroding - which can cause all sorts of strange symptoms. It could be worth cleaning the terminals on it.
Cheezey Posted February 23, 2017 Author Posted February 23, 2017 Thanks for the advice. My wife was just asking me what I wanted for my birthday, I said filter and oil for the gearbox! MRustbucket, where is that terminal? Easily accessible? Guessing not. PS Read through your thread the other day. Your XJ40 looks lovely. Great colour and story.
Cheezey Posted February 23, 2017 Author Posted February 23, 2017 Also, the drive is flat. Just my funny photography.
Broadsword Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 Even if you says it's a bit rough around the edges, that's still a glorious looking X300. That colour works surprisingly well even though it's so 1990s. Hopefully an ATF flush and or new filter sorts the gearbox out. How's the fuel economy with the 4.0? I'm told it's actually more frugal than the 3.2 on a run.
Cheezey Posted February 24, 2017 Author Posted February 24, 2017 Thanks. I get a lot of looks in it. I think the colour is a big part of that. I think I just need to get on with the oil and filter. I haven't been able to get a good handle on the fuel consumption yet due to the gearbox issues.
barefoot Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 How's the fuel economy with the 4.0? I'm told it's actually more frugal than the 3.2 on a run. My 3.2 / V-8 does 20mpg week to week & managed 25mpg on a 300 mile trip to Whitby and back.Better than my bloody T2.
Guest Hooli Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 The 4.0 was known to be more frugal than the 3.2 in XJ40s too.
michael1703 Posted February 24, 2017 Posted February 24, 2017 My 4.0 does about 28mpg if it sits at 70
Cheezey Posted April 9, 2017 Author Posted April 9, 2017 It's supposed to be going tomorrow for a gearbox service but it isn't holding a charge. Tempted to get shot of it. Bit of a shame as it's a niceish car really. I need to phone the Jag man doing it to discuss his thoughts on why is not holding a charge.
Cheezey Posted June 6, 2017 Author Posted June 6, 2017 I've now got this back from the local Jag man. A new alternator seems to have sorted the battery draining issue. I got lucky as one the Jag man's breakers had a nearly new alternator on it. The gearbox is no better. I'm just going to use it locally and enjoy it until MoT time in August. When I was pottering about on Sunday an old boy stopped at the end of my drive to compliment the car and have a blether. Later on in the day I came out of B&Q to find the owner of a nice Truimph Dolomite having a nosey. A blether and compliments again. A picture of it parked at work today. Not a filter just an ancient phone. djimbob, uk_senator and CGSB 3
Cheezey Posted August 5, 2017 Author Posted August 5, 2017 Nearly MoT time. 17th of August is judgement day. After that it will likely be up for sale. The gearbox seems a bit happier but not perfect. I've taken the plate off it to keep. I always said however random or rubbish it was if I ever bought a car with a private plate I'd keep it. Poor justification is J for John as well. Taking the plate off today also led to this conversation with my Mother. Also some pics the day after I gave it a bit of a scrub a few weeks ago. I've also been fixing the sill on my MX5 in readiness for it being used again. Jump started it off the Jag for the first time in ages and it's running on three cylinders. When my old one done that a fiddle with the wires on the coil pack usually fixed it but it didn't work here and this one has a different cool pack to my last one. I'll need to have a look into that some more. worldofceri, Fat_Pirate, CGSB and 1 other 4
SiC Posted August 6, 2017 Posted August 6, 2017 That last picture has made me see this face that I now can't un-see. Sigmund Fraud, gadgetgricey and Ghosty 3
Cheezey Posted August 6, 2017 Author Posted August 6, 2017 Thanks Hooli. A random woman complimented me on having a lovely car in Aldi earlier. The face puts me in mind of a Futurama type robot.
sporty-shite Posted August 6, 2017 Posted August 6, 2017 That last picture has made me see this face that I now can't un-see.Y THO? SiC 1
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