If any member would like to let me have content that can be made up into an article for everyone to read in the Articles Section then I’ll happily prepare the document on this site.

Just email your text and pictures to content@xjs-soft-tops.com

Hi Andrew,

I am just crafting an article on exactly this topic, as both the lights on my 1984 Cabriolet and my 1990 LHD Convertible have appalling instrument cluster lights.

I have greatly improved the lights on the Convertible by taking the instrument cluster to pieces, removed the speedo and rev counter gauge dial fronts. Then I proceed to remove each of the little green domes (which cover each instrument light) – then put it all back together. I was actually taking the instrument cluster to pieces for another reason, which was to change the KPH speed face for a twin KPH/MPH dial face.

This has made a reasonable improvement to the backlighting of the dials – in fact is probably good enough (yet to do the same on the Cabriolet).

I imagine that that with the little green domes removed then higher watt bulbs can be used, as there is then nothing in the way to melt.

I have also looked into replacing the usual filament bulbs with led versions – which I’m yet fully investigate.

I do need to get on and write that article now, as it includes photos (I have them somewhere) of each dismantling stage).

Laurence

Glad to see you’ve mastered the art of including photos into Discussion Topics.

Can you tell us some more Bryan about the Wind Deflector – I’ve not seen something like that before.

On my Convertibles I’ve had to put a mess screen behind the driver and passenger to stop buffering – but it makes it really awkward to get things into the locker box etc, so would welcome a better way to deflect the wind.

Laurence

Please be aware that it isn’t really possible to put two photos side by side (even if it looks like there is room) as for most members their screens will show them one above the other.
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This results in two photos one above the other, effectively joined together.

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Therefore, please be careful as you may get unpredictable results if you add too many photos to one post – try to keep it to just 1 or 2 photos added to a Topic or Reply.

Hi John,

Testing is good thing to do – You’ve missed the word photo after the first square bracket

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Cheers,

Laurence

hi Bleasie,

I am in the process of testing the ability to add photos to Topics and Replies, so occassionally you will see some posts where I’ve added a photo.

We will have to wait a release of one of the website’s background components before I can give everyone access to this capability – sorry but that’s out of my hands.

Once it is available I will publish something in the Site News section, giving some instructions on how to do it.

Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding everyone

Laurence

Hi John,

It might help if I explained the process that has gone on in the background

1/ I transferred the membership list across from the old site to this site

2/ I deleted any Vehicle details that were obviously incorrect, such as VIN number of 123456 etc – but left the member record in place

3/ I have then sent out a number of emails to the whole membership list, the lastest one was last night entitled “Jaguar XJS Soft Tops -One week old”

4/ From the feedback I get, I then delete any accounts were folk have requested me to – because they are no longer interested in this site’s content. I preserve details of members accounts where there was a genuine Cabriolet recorded against them, but set the account itself as a non-participant. I will supply you with this detail in a maintainable format in due course (when I write that part of the website).

5/ As members decide they’d like to log in and have a look around I set up their Photo Albums ready for their use.

6/ If the member has a Cabriolet recorded against them, I put them in the Cabriolet group which gives them access to the ICR – and they appear on the ICR Members List that you see. The appear on that list in the order that they were first loaded into the website – I will look to see if I can find a way of including a date/time of when they were added to the Cabriolet Group.

A/ Once approved I write a Welcome message on the appropraite Discussion Forum.

– For Cabriolet members I write this on the ICR forum, and include thier Cabriolet’s VIN

– For Convertible and other members I write this on the General Forum (these members cannot see the ICR Forum).

Helge
To prove all rules there is always an exception, or two.

Helge set up a new account, rather than continue with the account that was imported from the old ICR website. To handle this I deleted the old record (which wasn’t easily possible on the old site) and realigned the appropriate photo albums etc.

The result will be that you saw Helge one day in one position in the list (old member record) then he appears today in a different postion in the list (new member record).

Hopefully this sort of thing should happen that often once the membership has settled down.

Cheers,

Laurence