12 yr old with a Jaaaag!
Discussion
iamrcb said:
Lazy post alert. I've dipped in an out of this post since the start, so are you REALLY 12?
Expecting OTT intelligent child, who just happens to like cars and hard work/effort (good on you) or is this project really being led and mostly done/paid for by someone else and you are helping out?
PS. I want to beleive that you have bought this from money saved and are leading/doing the work youself.
I'm 13 now. I am doing all the work myself at the moment. The only work that I'll have someone else doing is welding and painting. I did buy the car from my own money that I saved up, and the money I spend on the car is money I have saved up too.Expecting OTT intelligent child, who just happens to like cars and hard work/effort (good on you) or is this project really being led and mostly done/paid for by someone else and you are helping out?
PS. I want to beleive that you have bought this from money saved and are leading/doing the work youself.
Edited by iamrcb on Saturday 9th April 23:43
I was having a quick poke around Oliver with a screwdriver on the underside and front side of the sill, and there is a couple of small holes. So once I've finished with the filling around the rear window, I'll trailer Oliver down to my local 'mates rates' guy to get him welded.
There's a fairly big hole under that filler, I put it in temporarily last year
This is probably a hole too
This became a hole after some grinder work
A couple of small holes under this filler, which I also put in last year
And this has a split towards the floor to sill join
There's a fairly big hole under that filler, I put it in temporarily last year
This is probably a hole too
This became a hole after some grinder work
A couple of small holes under this filler, which I also put in last year
And this has a split towards the floor to sill join
Some pics from today, jobs I did were -
Wire brushed and painted the whole exhaust, it wasn't rusty as it had been replaced just before I got it. But painting it just smartened it up and made it stand out.
Wire brushed and painted the calipers with some silver caliper paint I got recently.
Wire brushed and painted the bump stops.
Wire brushed and rust treated (where neccessary) the rear inner wings, primered the repaired areas and undersealed the whole inner arches.
Wire brushed and rust treated (where neccessary) various suspension parts, primered them and undersealed.
Time for pictures...
And some pics of the holes I found...
And inside them...
Wire brushed and painted the whole exhaust, it wasn't rusty as it had been replaced just before I got it. But painting it just smartened it up and made it stand out.
Wire brushed and painted the calipers with some silver caliper paint I got recently.
Wire brushed and painted the bump stops.
Wire brushed and rust treated (where neccessary) the rear inner wings, primered the repaired areas and undersealed the whole inner arches.
Wire brushed and rust treated (where neccessary) various suspension parts, primered them and undersealed.
Time for pictures...
And some pics of the holes I found...
And inside them...
Edited by kamilb1998 on Wednesday 20th April 20:46
TAHodgson said:
Good on you fella! I hope you're saving to insure it when you turn 17, as it's almost certain you will get a spanking. Unless it's one of those odd cars that's ridiculously cheap to insure 'cause no other newly passed drivers have them. Have you looked into it?
I've briefly looked into it, and got quotes of £2,600. My parents said that's not the biggest amount of money and they are prepared to pay it. They said they will also pay to get the welding done (they don't want me doing it myself) and for the full/part re-spray next year.Waynester said:
Generous parents Kamil, shame in a way you don't give the welding a try, surely this is the point of an old £170 Jag?
I would love to have a go at doing the welding myself, and it would save my parents a fair few quid. But whenever I mention 'When will I be allowed to weld?' I get told to go away as they don't want me to kill myself while doing it.Refurbished the little bumper strip today, plastic primer and a couple of coats of Satin Black. I will refurbish the front bumper strip tomorrow and I may redo the cam cover as well, as I didn't remove all the old flaky paint when I did it the first time round so it didn't come up 100%.
I've done most of the stuff that was within my ability range, so he's now waiting till Spring 2012. The plan is to then take him down to my local mates rates guy, do the welding, respray ready for the summer.
But when I drove Oliver up the close (10yds) to his parking spot for now, the Power Steering didn't work at all. I'm guessing maybe seized pump? But other than that all was fine and he fired up first turn of the key. I got him up to temperture, and with the coolant reservoir cap opened to top up the water as neccessary after just having changed the coolant. And when I revved him slightly (2000RPM) the coolant level in the reservoir would drop slightly and then come back again when at idle. Is this normal? Also after revving, when the engine was on its way back to idle speed I could sometimes see some coolant/water squirt out of the water pump/thermostat housing area? Could this just be excess coolant bleeding its way out of the system, or is this something more serious? This only happened a few times when cold, when up to temperature it was fine.
But when I drove Oliver up the close (10yds) to his parking spot for now, the Power Steering didn't work at all. I'm guessing maybe seized pump? But other than that all was fine and he fired up first turn of the key. I got him up to temperture, and with the coolant reservoir cap opened to top up the water as neccessary after just having changed the coolant. And when I revved him slightly (2000RPM) the coolant level in the reservoir would drop slightly and then come back again when at idle. Is this normal? Also after revving, when the engine was on its way back to idle speed I could sometimes see some coolant/water squirt out of the water pump/thermostat housing area? Could this just be excess coolant bleeding its way out of the system, or is this something more serious? This only happened a few times when cold, when up to temperature it was fine.
After starting Oliver up recently he has developed the following symptoms;
Overheating
White Smoke out the exhaust
Lumpy running & misfiring all the way through the rev range
Pissing oil & coolant out the back of the head
These have lead me to think the HG has blown. Only problem is that we're going on holiday on Sunday so progress will be very slow - probably won't bother starting until we get back in September.
Overheating
White Smoke out the exhaust
Lumpy running & misfiring all the way through the rev range
Pissing oil & coolant out the back of the head
These have lead me to think the HG has blown. Only problem is that we're going on holiday on Sunday so progress will be very slow - probably won't bother starting until we get back in September.
louismchuge said:
Whilst I agree the symptoms sound a lot like HGF I'd have thought that a lack of antifreeze would only be a problem in the winter when there was a chance of it freezing, expanding and breaking something.
I would have thought that the water may have possibly caused it to rust the headgasket causing it to fail?louismchuge said:
You'll need a cam timing tool specific to the AJ6 engine, I had one made and it's at home somewhere if you'd like me to dig it out.
You've got a PM! 
louismchuge said:
Replacing the head gasket on my XJ40 was the first bit of spannering I had ever done, and 4500 miles later, touch wood, it's all good!
Probably worth getting valve stem seals replaced and some put on the exaust valves too whilst the head is off. The gasket kit I bought on ebay (for about fifty quid I think) had these included
I was looking at this kit, with it being genuine Jaguar but at half the price of David Manners, and I've been told this should include everything from the HG up. Probably worth getting valve stem seals replaced and some put on the exaust valves too whilst the head is off. The gasket kit I bought on ebay (for about fifty quid I think) had these included
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/XJ40-Jaguar-Cylinder-Hea...
Would I also need a special tool to get to the valve stem seals?
Just bought a genuine Jaguar HG kit from Black Country Jaguar. Should be with me soon along with a ratchet socket adapter - old one sheared when working on the Alfa - and I can get on with the strip down (you know what I mean 
). Luismchuge has offered to borrow me his cam alignment tool, and dad will borrow a torque wrench from work for putting the head back on.
). Luismchuge has offered to borrow me his cam alignment tool, and dad will borrow a torque wrench from work for putting the head back on.Pingman said:
Any update on recent work?
Must've got loads done over the summer holiday while we were all at work
I've been out of the country for the whole summer holidays. Only progress really is the inlet manifold is now undone, and I have managed to get it to clear the studs on the cylinder head, so I don't have to get the whole thing off and my HG kit arrived today.Must've got loads done over the summer holiday while we were all at work
Had an assistant for most of today, and god those head bolts are tight. I was almost 'hanging' off a bar on the end of my socket wrench and couldn't budge them! So I got a hand from the same guy who helped me with the exhaust manifold, and even he struggled to get them free. He had to go though so the head's not off yet but if everything goes to plan, it will be off tomorrow
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