XJ40

katar83 wrote:We're still waiting for all the gory pictures from underneath the front wings

oh , i got one of those from my own work , lol




but that repaint looks stunning, now for all the nice shiny parts to be fitted, keep the pics coming

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nothing other than being hit by a bus some months back and the insurance paying out for Cat N cosmetic damage write off, and i couldn't be arsed to keep repairing her after that, lol so i chopped it in and got £750 for it against the XF.... and a full years MOT and a full years parts and labour warr...

well, the X-type is due an MOT in 4 weeks and its going to the scrap yard in the sky ( well, down the road ), it gave me 7 years of good service and was a very competent and comfortable car that did what it said on the tin.. so today i bought this to replace it....... s-l1600a.jpg IMG_7045.jpeg a 20...

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as i said, waiting for the hose, and i already have a non return 'T' valve and the clips etc

a nice saturday job , if i can find a nice Saturday that is...

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abercanadian wrote:You're replacing the car one piece at a time, BB!




Larry

SHHHHHHhhhhhh , not too loud, the wife will hear..........


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update , brand new heated headlight washers and new screws obtained from Jaguar and brand new washer caps along with the the correct hose ( still looks like garden hose, lol ) and a brand new headlight washer pump and bottle seal , interestingly , the pump is modified as the original had a ' bleed p...

i dont drive with mine, ( practical safety and wear and tear ) and have a rubberised jaguar overmat with heel pad , and put the lambswool in ' just for show ' lol

what colour do you need,

i will keep an eye open

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the drivers side didn't get a mat in the set, just the passenger foot wells, so a set of 3

you could ( at even more cost ) order a drivers footwell mat , but few did , and finding a 'full' set of 4 is almost impossible,

i searched four years to get some for mine





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Took mine off 10 years ago, never had fumes in the cabin :shock: you cant smell carbon monoxide though,,,,, but thats why its there and designed like it is, think about it, every other engine bay to cabin aperture is tightly sealed , the ' duck bill ' design closes up when the heater fans are on to...

you may ' quackers......'


not a lot really , other than potentially draw in engine fumes into the blower cowl, thats why its shaped like that, so the air is pulled from the grille under the windscreen , its designed as a one way valve

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