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Removing Cabriolet's black panel on 'B' pillar with the little leaper Hi All, Could anyone please tell me how to remove the flat black panel that is on the outside of the Cabriolet's 'B' Pillar, it has the little leaper on the bottom. I need to remove this on my car t...
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- 6 years, 6 months ago
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Cabby hoods I am new to this site but have two on-going problems. firstly my car VIN (last 6 digits) 142922 was registered in august 1987 and hence built probably early '87. It is therefore 30 years old and it...
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- 6 years, 7 months ago
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Cabriolet rear window rubbers I've just tried the final proof/sample of the Cabriolet rear window rubber that I'm having remanufactured - just the job. [photo 848] I've give the go ahead to have these produced now, so first batc...
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- 6 years, 7 months ago
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Brake Dust The front alloy wheels get absolutely covered in brake dust on my car. I once saw something mentioned that there was a disc that somehow when behind the wheel and acted as a dust shield. Does anyo...
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- 6 years, 7 months ago
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5.3 V12 Convertible is running rough :-( Hi all Has the Jaguar XJS v12 5.3 got a limp home mode ??? We've just driven 250 miles in one go on motorway, all nice and smooth. Then as we pulled off we were hit with intense smell of petrol :-( ...
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- 6 years, 7 months ago
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Remanufactured Items for XJS Soft Tops – Convertible hood seals & rubbers Hi, I've been asked to explore the remanufacture of some of the rubbers for the XJS Convertible roof seals and rubbers. I'd therefore be interested to hear from the membership of any part that they ...
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- 6 years, 8 months ago
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Leather Restoration Hello Members, can any of you highly recommend a product that you have used to recolour the leather on your seats, one that gives an accurate colour match and permanent results? I have bought some gen...
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- 6 years, 8 months ago
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Help with sourcing spares for Facelift Convertible. Hello members, Can anybody help me with finding a recon brake master cylinder for a Teves system and also a right hand quarter light motor. I have tried Jaguarclassic and everybody I can find on lin...
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- 6 years, 8 months ago
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Knobs I'm hoping someone here knows what the thread size is for the 3.6 manual gear knob? I'm wanting to remove it and replace but don't want to be stuck with a knob that'll be getting no use (already got o...
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- 6 years, 8 months ago
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Working to get my V12 Cabriolet back on the road Laurence In the spirit of updating. I was about to take my cabriolet for a geo after a full suspension rebuild and then its first MOT in 10 years but... and with this car there's always a but! It ha...
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- 6 years, 9 months ago
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Cabriolet fuel tank plumbing Ever since I have owned this car, when I open the fuel filler cap vapour rushes out with a blast. I am afraid one day the tank will rupture. I know that the fuel return line is cooled by the aircon re...
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- 6 years, 9 months ago
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rear window rubbers xj-sc Can anyone enlighten me on the part number for the little triangle window rubbers on the xj-sc ? thanks Gerben
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- 6 years, 9 months ago
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Maximum wheels to fit Any one know how large a wheel you can fit to a cab?
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- 6 years, 10 months ago
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Total ignition shut down – 5.3 V12 Had total ignition shut down last night on my 5.3 V12 after being stuck in motorway crawling traffic for an hour. Managed to pull onto hard shoulder. Embarrassing. Seems everything under the bonnet...
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- 6 years, 10 months ago
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Body Badges Does anyone know If the brightwork on the Cabriolet can be restored? I'm mainly referring to the rear boot badges and jaguar wording on the rear light carrier which are made entirely of plastic. Can t...
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- 6 years, 11 months ago
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Heater G'Day Everyone, I am wondering what experience folks have had with the heater system. I only get ambient air, no heat. Also fan is weird, will work on demist then I hear a clunk and I get face level ...
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- 6 years, 11 months ago
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Rear screen replacement Has anyone undertaken to replace the rear screen themselves ? I've two rear hoods, one has almost opaque browned plastic screen (through age) and the other is clearer but has a split in it in one cor...
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- 6 years, 11 months ago
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V12 Cabriolet Electrics Issue V12 5.3 Cabriolet The engine runs very nicely. The electrics are the issue and I slowly getting on top of them at the moment. Major issue for me is that I don’t have dash lights as the fuse blow...
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- 6 years, 11 months ago
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Fuel Economy As I am new to filling up the XJ and doing long distances in it.....I am due to bring the car back to the Isle of Man on a temporary re-assignment....What sort of fuel consumption should I get going u...
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- 6 years, 11 months ago
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Manual gearbox conversion Reading Andy Broadbent's recent reply in another thread has made me curious. What is involved in converting an XJS automatic to a manual beyond simply having all the mechanical parts? Is there engi...
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- 6 years, 11 months ago
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