2000 Jaguar XJ8

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Well at least it arrived. We had some poor bloke knock on the door tonight looking for his wife's Christmas present. The delivery driver sent him a picture of a random door, then left him to trawl the neighbourhood searching for it!

[PhilA]

New pump fitted.

It does pump related things. 

No leaks anywhere. Hopefully it stays that way. 

 

Phil

[PhilA]

Gave it a wash, been putting on the miles. 

Phil

[hairnet]

hows the flash nissan going

[PhilA]

9 hours ago, hairnet said:

hows the flash nissan going

Daily duties, fun but boring.

[PhilA]

Cheap lowering job.

Load it 5 up plus luggage.

[hairnet]

thought you were gonna say it did an @eddyramrod

[PhilA]

No, water pump shenanigans aside, it's been providing reliable service.

Front shock lower bushings are in need of replacement by sounds of it.

Basically everything made from that yellow compressed Twinkie cake type rubber has disintegrated with time.

[PhilA]

Drove it to the city last night. 

Did good though the front suspension needs a refresh, the wheels need balancing again and it could really do with a new drive belt. 

 

Phil

[PhilA]

Didnit need it? No

Is it better for it? Yes

[hairnet]

on 11

[hairnet]

 

[PhilA]

Well it didn't like that much. 

Probably stirred up crap in the bottom of the tank because the pump died on the way home.

[hairnet]

not all about the bass then oops

[PhilA]

Pulled the filter off and got a large amount of rusty brown crap out. Pump ran after giving it a thump then gave up completely. Need to pull the exhaust off so I can reach up and see about pulling the quick disconnects off the underside of the tank. Typically the differential is completely in the way of this task. 

Don't fancy pulling the rear suspension off, really. There's crappy access, but it's within sight. There's a straight shot to the one on the right, the left is at an angle but looks possible. I think someone took a length of pipe and made a hollow for the end to slip over and used that to pop the disconnect. I'll do some reading. Either way the tank is coming out because evidently it needs more of a clean than chemicals can do alone. 

 

Phil