XJS daily driver

[SebringMan]

This looks lovely and brings back memories of when I used to daily an XJ40 XJR 4.0 at one point.

I commend you for driving such a car and giving it the work it deserves. Many of these IMO do not drive as well as they car due to being on tired suspension. I can only imagine what yours is like.

[StuntmanMike]

Love it, op you have the only thread on here I can be arsed following, beautiful car.

[TR4man]

What a great daily driver.

Love everything about it (apart from the steering wheel)

[AceOfHearts]

Thanks for all the replies

Steering wheel is personal taste, I still have the original Momo 'sport' one but imo it was horrific (like this)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAGUAR-XJS-XJ6-XJ40-XJR-...

Another pic from last year on holiday

[Mr Tidy]

Lovely car OP, manual naturally aspirated straight 6 - what's not to like!
Fair play to you for using it as a daily, as intended.
I will own a Jag one day - when I was at primary school in the 60's I decided I was going to start with a Mini Cooper S, followed by an E-type then a Mercedes 600.
Haven't had any of them, and barring a lottery win I never will, but I really fancy a manual 3 litre S Type one day; or maybe an XK8.........

[AceOfHearts]

Little update,checked the front wheel bearing adjustment yesterday and replaced the fuel filter.

The last couple of weeks the car has been lacking top end grunt and will barely accelerate above 4000rpm, and is smelling a bit rich. I have checked the AFM and TPS, and also the coolant temp sensor which are all fine. Next up is to check fuel pressure I think.

Any other ideas welcomed

[AceOfHearts]

Well I found out what the lack of power was caused by



A great big bit of foam had got sucked into the air intake. Nice cheap and easy fix in the end

Edited by AceOfHearts on Saturday 4th April 12:02

[AceOfHearts]

Unfortunately it looks like the old Jag might need to make way for a pending house move. Gutting really as I know i will never find another as good, but I have just put an advert up in the classifieds to test the water

[AceOfHearts]

Looks like we are staying put now so the Jag can stay. Back on the lookout for new wheels / tyres

[StuntmanMike]

[Hooli]

AceOfHearts said:

Looks like we are staying put now so the Jag can stay. Back on the lookout for new wheels / tyres

[AceOfHearts]

I have been watching some wheels that I like for a while on eBay. They should fit fine but will measure the widths and offsets of the current wheels just to make sure.

I like the current wheels but the tyres are getting a bit low for my liking (plus they are OLD) and the 235-60R15 Pirelli P600's are £170 a corner! This is a bit much for me to stomach when I can get a good set of 16" wheels and tyres for around £550 all in, plus i actually get a choice of modern rubber as opposed to the 80's design Pirellis.

I will update if i order anything

[Martin_Hx]

My dad got rid of this after about 10 years of ownership last summer, i almost cried and still wish he had never gone through with it! Back to reality and it needed at least 5k spending on to bring it back up to daily useability.

I did try and use it every time i could though, just needed bits and bobs doing to it but there's a lot of bits and bobs!!!

[RemyMartin]

Lovely car OP

[LewG]

I remember seeing your dad's car for sale when I was on the hunt for an XJS Martin, very nice!

[dantournay]

AceOfHearts said:

Looks like we are staying put now so the Jag can stay. Back on the lookout for new wheels / tyres

That's a sounds like a very sensible decision. Good man

[AceOfHearts]

Cheers guys, and that convertible looks lovely!

Had a bit of fun today before work. Since we are now staying I thought I would treat the house to a bit of plumbing, so put in an outside tap and bought myself a jet wash. Now I can have a go at snowfoam

[noell35]

^^^
Lovely Jag. What's that hiding behind it?

[AceOfHearts]

That's the little Trabi. Funnily enough built the same year as the Xjs

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[noell35]

AceOfHearts said:

That's the little Trabi. Funnily enough built the same year as the Xjs

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Brilliant. 2 epic threads.