Popular Post Rookie Posted September 15, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2013 Discussion - //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/40349-rookie-daves-jag-s-type/ So when I got my Alfa I also got this, it's pretty sweet and quite tidy, it was originally my Great Grandfathers daily and only has 55,000 miles on the clock. It had a shot clutch though. It has been in hiding since I got it because it was in the too hard basket, but a change of circumstances and Rawb getting married made me pull finger and get it re-reg and going again. So I spent last week cruising around the Mainland in it, so much fun! 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted September 17, 2013 Author Share Posted September 17, 2013 Also we visited by our old flat in CHCH while we were down there, it is now a carpark I will endevour to get the rest of the photos off Maria's phone tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookie Posted December 23, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2013 So I dug this out of the shed and fixed a couple of issues that cropped up on the tour of the south, namely the cold start and the steering column bush, so now it is good to go again. The bush was a bit of a pain, but I managed to do it with out taking it out which is nice, so I have been stropping around in it for the last few days, mean! The only issues that I know of at the moment are the oil pressure sender and the rear passenger door seal, so not too bad. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookie Posted January 22, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2014 Ok so turns out the oil pressure problem wasnt the sender... This thing has been requested for a wedding this weekend so I thought I better get my A into G and sort out the oil pressure problem seeings as the wedding is in New Plymouth. I ordered a new sender from the UK and I got it on friday, Dad showed up at my house with the car on saturday, last night I put the new sender in and the oil pressure was exactly the same: 0. I got worried at this point as it ment the car had done 2000kms with the oil system not right. I did a bit of research and it seems people with Jaguars aren't very good at using the internet, but a couple of people alluded to the oil filter bypass valve being the problem (numbers 17-20). So tonight I pulled the whole assembly off and got to fixing it, turns out the beards were right and part 17 had come out of its seat and got wedged in there on an angle and in the process had bent the spring and damaged part 19. So I did my best impersonation of a bush mechanic and straightened the bent bits and made it all fit again. degreased the whole housing and put it back in again. And what do you know: I call that a win, now to clean it and polish the chrome. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 WOW, what a sack of shit, I spent from after work at about 6 till just now to change the hand brake pads on ONE side! It is going for a wof tomorrow so hopefully it is all good as I can't stand working on this thing. For reference, it was the easy side too. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted February 18, 2014 Author Share Posted February 18, 2014 Oh god the misery continues... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Got the rear suspension back today, chuck em in this weekend wof on Monday and good to go. /famous last words... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rookie Posted March 3, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2014 BOOM! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 Oh man, trying to get this thing to Leadfoot, but fuck me it is fighting me all the way. So I have been chasing no oil pressure on the gauge again, I thought is was the same issue as ^ but I pulled the housing off and nothing appears to be amiss, so who knows, after fucking around with multiple senders and my multimeter nothing is wrong with either the gauge or the sender and then I put it all back together and it works again, so who knows?!? Anyway the speedo broke at nats so I sent that away to http://www.aucklandspeedoservices.co.nz/ , dude is super legit and said that the speedo probably seized and broke something else, either the cable or the drive at the gearbox, so I went hunting and what do you know? So I will send that to him/ try and find another one. Now to pull the fuel tanks and radiator out... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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