Its has been an insane amount of time since my last blog, but the XJS has fianlly been given it's roadworthy certificate and is destined to be registered next Wednesday!
OK so I am going to shorten an update of what has happened in the nearly 10 months since my last blog and again endeavour to update more often on future developments and other projects that I am working on.
My last blog, I had just received my goods from the UK which were all sourced from AJ6 Engineering. I cannot speak highly enough of these guys. If you are not in the UK, they are trustworthy and an excellent source of post purchase support. I purchased a kit which included performance intake manifolds, remapped computer and part of the exhaust system that they offer. My wife is understanding of my discovered Jaguar passion, but it has its limits.
So, up on stands, I set about fixing the Jag mechanically. All the usuals require replacement - front frame bushes, front trailing arm bushes, oil leak from the banjo fitting on the rear of the left hand cylinder head. etc etc. In the process I also serviced the tranmission, serviced the L.S.D, change plugs & leads and replace the vac. advance. etc etc.
The main reason for the long wait in update is that I really struggled to make progresses on getting the car started. The car has an x3000 Fireball Ignition system installed replacing the old prince of darkness amplifier. With new leads, plugs and a rebuilt distributor I reconnected everything the way it came apart. This was aided by 21st Century technology - having an iPhone handy during the removal process makes taking photos very easy. To cut a ten month story short, many timing resets etc, etc, it turns out that the tacho wire and new computer did not like one another and hence wouldn't start. I had to replace the board in the distributor to the old three wire kind before it would start. Hey presto its a runner!
With the car now registered, I still have plenty of work to do on the car. Wheel repairs, rooflining refurb, rear brake discs (boo), fix tacho and speedo, install a new radio and last but not least a new coat of paint.
Still got plenty to do.
Stu
