Sold Dollywobbler's Dodgy Daimler - Dead

[Skizzer]

 

 

I love the half timbered solution to the perennial headliner problem. Paint them black and you could imagine you're in a Tudor cottage!

Standard old Jag operating procedure! Here's my -S with similar mock Tudor roof beams:

 

Headlining: a bit* yucky by Skizzer, on Flickr

 

I've fitted a new headlining now but still have the strips of wood if anybody wants them. (For some reason offcuts of ply seem to be out of stock at S G Barrett.)

[dollywobbler]

Pulled off the manifold heat shield to try and see where this bloomin' lambda sensor lives. Didn't really need to bother. It's not there, but right under the bulkhead, where you can't easily get at it. FFS. So, needed to move it, but the battery was flat after the poor-running shenanigans yesterday. Hooked up the S-MX and it fired straight up, and was lovely and smooth. WTF? What's changed between today and yesterday?

 

I then dug out the ramps, and realised the Daimler just won't fit on them. Ugh. So, I set about further MOT prep. Fog lights weren't working. Well, nearside one suddenly was working, but then I broke the bulb trying to remove it to test in the other side. FFS. I'm getting 18v (which is impressive) at the lamp holder, but can't get a bulb to spark into life. Gave up. Decided it was better to just sit in it and enjoy the ambience instead.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

 So, I set about further MOT prep. Fog lights weren't working. Well, nearside one suddenly was working, but then I broke the bulb trying to remove it to test in the other side. FFS. I'm getting 18v (which is impressive) at the lamp holder, but can't get a bulb to spark into life. Gave up.

 

Hey, we were doing the exact same thing at the same time! I also have voltage at the o/s lamp holder but no light. I gave up and ran a wire from the working nearside lamp. 

[dollywobbler]

Hey, we were doing the exact same thing at the same time! I also have voltage at the o/s lamp holder but no light. I gave up and ran a wire from the working nearside lamp. 

 

That's good thinking. I gave up, went into the house and ate baked beans instead. #GlamorousDaimlerLife

[HMC]

One thing I've never liked on the '40 are the steering wheels, the earlier 2 spoke is odd and the later airbag effort ugly as sin, topped only by the thing on my rover 800.

[dollywobbler]

Oh sodding thing! Just went out to do a follow-up video tour of the Daimler, and made the mistake of starting the engine, so I could show off the fantastic* on board computer. As I was talking, the engine started running like a sack of shit again. UGH.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

That's good thinking. I gave up, went into the house and ate baked beans instead. #GlamorousDaimlerLife

 

 

 

That's nothing. Once, at the 1999 NEC motor show, myself and a Kelsey editor (WSRN) took turns to fart in a Bentley Carnage, leave it 5 seconds and shut the door, thus sealing in the flavour. Pissed off the Rolls salesguy by remarking that the interior of The Silver Syphilis was "like a Montego VdP".

[stuboy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-JAGUAR-XJ-SPORT-V8-AUTO-BLACK-ONE-PREVIOUS-OWNER-/282457075923?hash=item41c3c0f0d3:g:Q5MAAOSwX61ZCJNx

 

i want

[Steve79]

Buy it, i've got the same model and its one of the best cars i've had!

[Ghosty]

If it only ran well jumping off the SMX, does that suggest it needs a new battery?

[uk_senator]

Pulled off the manifold heat shield to try and see where this bloomin' lambda sensor lives. Didn't really need to bother. It's not there, but right under the bulkhead, where you can't easily get at it. FFS. So, needed to move it, but the battery was flat after the poor-running shenanigans yesterday. Hooked up the S-MX and it fired straight up, and was lovely and smooth. WTF? What's changed between today and yesterday?

 

I then dug out the ramps, and realised the Daimler just won't fit on them. Ugh. So, I set about further MOT prep. Fog lights weren't working. Well, nearside one suddenly was working, but then I broke the bulb trying to remove it to test in the other side. FFS. I'm getting 18v (which is impressive) at the lamp holder, but can't get a bulb to spark into life. Gave up. Decided it was better to just sit in it and enjoy the ambience instead.

18 volts is way too much, my XJR8 started pulsating the dashlights, & when I checked, the (Denso) alternator was putting out 18-19 volts, luckily all it did was blow a clock bulb (& make the electro-magnetic suspension feel better than it ever has! Made me wonder about getting a voltage inverter to raise the voltage through the suspension!), it could easily have fried something vital..

 

Also if it ran fine from the charger it could point at a tired battery, they dont like tired batteries & one can cause all sorts of weird symptoms, as it does on moderns.

 

As far as the rich running/sooted plugs are concerned it could be any number of things, a knackered temp sensor, AFM etc, but could also be down to your alternator output/battery maladies..

 

Oh, & the wires often snap off the rear of XJ40 fogs.

[Steve79]

Absolutely right on the knackered battery front. These are very sensitive to battery issues and it needs one in tip top condition to prevent all sorts of maladies.

 

On my old XJ6 (x300 flavour) a knackered battery (tested at 40% capacity left) caused all sorts of electrical issues such as dash warning lights lit up like a xmas tree, headlights and indicators not working intermittently and intermittent low idle where it would cut out!

[mercedade]

Absolutely right on the knackered battery front. These are very sensitive to battery issues and it needs one in tip top condition to prevent all sorts of maladies.

 

On my old XJ6 (x300 flavour) a knackered battery (tested at 40% capacity left) caused all sorts of electrical issues such as dash warning lights lit up like a xmas tree, headlights and indicators not working intermittently and intermittent low idle where it would cut out!

x100. Exactly the same on both my '40s. ABS even did weird things when battery was less than healthy.

[dollywobbler]

Battery was only duff because I'd run it flat with many starts trying to fix the poor running issue. Dashboard voltmeter shows sensible levels, so not sure why I was getting 18 at the lamp holder. I will check across the battery next time it is running. That won't be for a few days though. No time for tinkering until press day is dealt with next week.

 

However, I did dash out to do another video last night.

[richardthestag]

wind noise (snigger)

[dollywobbler]

wind noise (snigger)

 

Not my arse. Though this was after bean-eating to be fair...

[richardthestag]

fuse related shenanigans might be because heater motors got tight, went all high resistance, generated heat but failed to pop the old fuse.

 

The Staaag had similar issues when my wiper arms went mediaeval on me and got tangled, the self park insisted on trying to self park but couldn't because the arms were locked in mortal combat. in the 20 seconds it took me to find somewhere safe to pull over and switch off, heat had travelled back through the loom and destroyed the ignition ballast resistor wire that joins into the unfused branch of loom that feeds the wiper motor fuse. so rather than pop the fuse it just melted a chunk of the loom.

 

Took me much age to diagnose the shit running back to the ballast wire and replace with a 12v coil and supply

 

got to love automotive electrics.

 

18v is also a definite no no but check that across teh battery.

 

Stag also did that but only occasionally. new alternator fitted before damage occurred, stag has infinitely fewer computer gizmos than a Daimler

 

Rough running could again be because alternator is putting too much effort into charging the battery than running flux capacitors and other such wizardry

 

Big D sounds like a keeper in the short term then?

[dollywobbler]

Yup, blower motors are chief suspect in this investigation, though there are also electrically controlled flaps etc, and water ingress can't be eliminated from our enquiries just yet.

 

It is a keeper for now. Mostly because I really can't be arsed to try and sell it again. It's SORN, and not doing any harm just sitting there, so I'll crack on and investigate issues when I can.

 

I have discovered why the nice Pirelli P4000 was in the boot, and a fairly bald tyre fitted when I collected it. It doesn't seem to hold pressure for more than a few days. 

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

video

 

 

@7:10, where's your ABS light?!

[dollywobbler]

@7:10, where's your ABS light?!

 

Oh shush. It doesn't have ABS. Probably. He said. Hopefully.

[cpjitservices]

If the temp sensor is cheap, bung one in. What state is air filter, mass air flow etc ? Quick clean ? WCPGW ?? Wish I had a Jaaaaag !!

 

 

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I know someone with a nice S Type for sale

[dollywobbler]

Nope. I've flip-flopped again. Anyone want a non-running Daimler for cheap? I'm never going to have time to sort it out as other cars on the fleet are queuing up for work.

[gadgetgricey]

Nope. I've flip-flopped again. Anyone want a non-running Daimler for cheap? I'm never going to have time to sort it out as other cars on the fleet are queuing up for work.

Define non-running... Not been following this thread fully, but thought it drove back nice enough, and then just was a bit lumpy on tick over?

Is it knackered now?

[dollywobbler]

Yup. Spluttered towards the end of my last video, now not a sniff. Crank sensor suspected, but I just haven't had any time lately to investigate. That is not likely to change any time soon and I've another project car landing over the summer... (not Autoshite, not actually owned by me)

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Being in the arse end of nowhere, I can't imagine a string of buyers.

 

However............

 

I reckon that would break very well. Interior, running gear, any rust free panels*, lights, modules, ECU's. I look at that thing and see £1000. Good running 4.0 AJ16, £250, bring a crane and take it out (tea and biscuits supplied).

 

 

 

*not always available on this model

[dollywobbler]

AJ6, please. Too old and crusty for the AJ16. Location is an utter arse in situations such as this, I must admit. Thought I'd offer it up though. I'm just not going to have the time to do anything with it, and it's not going to magically improve sitting stranded on a Welsh driveway.

[Rod/b]

How much will Mike Evans give you for it?

[dollywobbler]

How much will Mike Evans give you for it?

 

Who?

[dollywobbler]

Oh hello! Look who's running again!

 

Found the fuel pump relay blown, probably because it also covers the lambda, and I was buggering about with the wires the other day. I also disconnected the battery to reset the ECU and voila! Functionality restored.

 

So, now £300 drive it away!

[Arthur Foxhake]

Will you please stop teasing me with this thing?

The only reason I didn't buy it before was that it was in Scotland.

You brought it much closer but still far away.

 

How far away from an MOT is it realistically? As in just scrape through, smoke it about until it grenades and throw it away sort of style?