Jaguar xjc 4.2
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Front fog lights polished up well. The reflectors inside were also remarkable good for 41 years old.
The headlight bowls were in good nick also. Although I still beadblasted them back to metal. The grey is etch primer. The 4 chrome rings that keep the headlights in place polished up well like the front fogs. They too are an original 41 year old part.
Nothing too scary to repair for a 70’s built jag.
Above reveals a shocking repair done by a specialist I paid good money for being told minimal filler, butt welded repairs. What the shot blaster revealed was a bit of cill I assume from a 4 door pushed under the original. The style line from the bottom of the rear quarter meeting the original cill was simply a groove ground into the filler and oversized cill being used. The rear drain hole had been blocked up. As I say not what I would expect for a specialist restoration firm.
Well outer cills will be removed to check the inners and replaced with new once I’m happy the inners have been checked/repaired.
Been looking for a reasonably priced db7 or late xjs rear axle. Well managed to get one. Rear axle rebuild will be a mixture of my original 77 axle and this outboard rear disc version.
My only issue at the moment for that axle is getting the handbrake linkage working. Nothing a good toolmaker can’t suss out
Now I have rear brake discs to show through the wheels I’ve gone back to the image wheels site and I’m liking there brm6 classic build style with the covered wheel nuts and spinner. I think the coupe or a 4 door xj would look good rolling on those wheels.
Then whilst looking for Jaguar colours i became interested in the jaguar insignia versions for inspiration.
Picture shows an insignia xjs colour which I really like
The Mrs said why don’t you create your own insignia version based on that colour but still keep the 70’s coupe essence. Sounds like a plan to me
My only issue at the moment for that axle is getting the handbrake linkage working. Nothing a good toolmaker can’t suss out
Now I have rear brake discs to show through the wheels I’ve gone back to the image wheels site and I’m liking there brm6 classic build style with the covered wheel nuts and spinner. I think the coupe or a 4 door xj would look good rolling on those wheels.
Then whilst looking for Jaguar colours i became interested in the jaguar insignia versions for inspiration.
Picture shows an insignia xjs colour which I really like
The Mrs said why don’t you create your own insignia version based on that colour but still keep the 70’s coupe essence. Sounds like a plan to me
Before and after cleaning of the 4 small gauges. All series 2 items with the black removed from the inner edge of the bezel as shown on the before picture of the oil pressure gauge.
If wondering why series 3 speedo and rev counter. My manual gearbox has the electronic speedo drive from a series 3. The rev counter was changed to match the numeral font on the speedo. Method to the madness as they say
gf15 said:
Excellent thread, thank you for the updates. Surprised the 6 has a rev red line at 5k.
Glad it’s ok to read. Nothing exciting really at the moment, but any parts cleaned up or repaired I’ll do my best to show them .The rev redline at 5k is just due to the engine having a long stroke. So when compared to high revving engines it’s bhp seems low for a 4.2 but its torque that helps shift these old jags rather nicely. Steel cranks are available to increase the redline, obviously at a price, but to be honest I won’t be going racing and the car has got to 135 with only 170bhp and it’s 5 speed gearbox.
Needed new gaskets for the reverse light lens. Originals seem to be made of a sponge like material which obviously absorb water. So had a go making my own from silicone via a quick mould I machined.
The bathroom silicone is mold resistant and won’t perish like a rubber gasket so in theory it should be good
My lump of dirty, rusty, greasy late xjs outboard disc rear axle. I had already removed the shocks, discs and calipers to make it less heavy to remove from the estate car.
Rusty cruddy rear brake calipers in bits ready to clean up
The rear brake caliper and carrier castings back to metal and ready for paint. Nothing fancy just a silver colour
ndtman said:
That's quite a transformation on the brake calipers. What's your cleaning regime, blasting, chemical or both?
No secret method Just shot blast. It’s quite a fine powder. Any little nooks and crannies that are missed i use a bit of 80 grit emery. Just make sure the internal bore and hose connections have a suitable bung fitted. Once blasting finished, obviously remove bungs and blow out any grit. I use water soluble machine coolant oil to coat the bare castings to stop any rust before paint.
I’m currently stripping down a late xjs outboard disc rear axle and noticed the radius arms have provision to fit the sport rear anti rollbar. I can’t seem to find any pictures to show how it attaches to an xjs to see if it could fit my xj6? If anybody could post a link or picture that could help I would be very thankful
Ok, thought maybe someone would know the about the xjs rear anti-rollbar fitment on a xj6. Well the front one will be uprated, just thought fitting the matching rear would be a good factory like modification.
Bought a few panels at the jaguar spares day at stoneleigh, drivers floor panel, left and right sills, passenger door skin and 11 lengths of the steel exterior door seal retainer.
I took advantage of the show offers by taking the coupe dash to the show as it was showing early signs of sun bleaching and a couple of very small splits in the lacquer. Managed a reasonable deal with a veneer specialist. March 2019 is the next spares day and that’s when the restored dash will be picked up and paid for, that then gives an excuse to purchase the new rubber exterior door seals, furflex, carpets and headlining material will be bought. Incidentally i re-carpeted my car about 10 years ago with a rot proof carpet rather than the hessian backed original. That carpet has been removed but although dirty it was still good but for the sake of £20 I’ll just re-cut some new rather than try clean it up. I’ll also try and buy some good original chrome work rather than re-chrome. I noticed the stalls had a lot of good xj6 stuff that had been removed years ago and dry stored. Slowly but surely progress is starting to be made which I’m pleased with
Bought a few panels at the jaguar spares day at stoneleigh, drivers floor panel, left and right sills, passenger door skin and 11 lengths of the steel exterior door seal retainer.
I took advantage of the show offers by taking the coupe dash to the show as it was showing early signs of sun bleaching and a couple of very small splits in the lacquer. Managed a reasonable deal with a veneer specialist. March 2019 is the next spares day and that’s when the restored dash will be picked up and paid for, that then gives an excuse to purchase the new rubber exterior door seals, furflex, carpets and headlining material will be bought. Incidentally i re-carpeted my car about 10 years ago with a rot proof carpet rather than the hessian backed original. That carpet has been removed but although dirty it was still good but for the sake of £20 I’ll just re-cut some new rather than try clean it up. I’ll also try and buy some good original chrome work rather than re-chrome. I noticed the stalls had a lot of good xj6 stuff that had been removed years ago and dry stored. Slowly but surely progress is starting to be made which I’m pleased with
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