XJ40 spares help please in NW

[Leylandeye]

A friend of mine has called me from overseas and has asked me to help him find a replacement fuel tank for his 1993 XJ40.

He found one in Crawley on Ebay but the seller won't ship, not even in the UK and it would be a 500 mile round trip for me to collect.

Can anyone suggest any breakers in the NW who may have an XJ40 or another source for a fuel tank please?

The ones I've tried have all said they haven't got one.

[Simpo Two]

Could you send a courier to collect, then forward to your friend?

My first Jag was an XJ40; lovely cars and a magic carpet ride that's sadly a thing of the past.

[Leylandeye]

Many thanks, that was my thought but the seller won't entertain dealing with a courier either. I find it hard to believe that an XJ40 tank wouldn't be available locally.

[Semmelweiss]

Eurojag

https://www.eurojag.com

[Leylandeye]

Thsnks - it seems that a lot of these XJ40 are now beyond the breakers yards.

[dbdb]

Leylandeye said:

A friend of mine has called me from overseas and has asked me to help him find a replacement fuel tank for his 1993 XJ40.

He found one in Crawley on Ebay but the seller won't ship, not even in the UK and it would be a 500 mile round trip for me to collect.

Can anyone suggest any breakers in the NW who may have an XJ40 or another source for a fuel tank please?

The ones I've tried have all said they haven't got one.

There is a poster on PH who breaks Jaguars called Naki. https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?me...

He is well known and reliable (I have bought parts from him). He has a lot of parts and will probably have a fuel tank for a '93. I should think he is likely to ship abroad, though that may depend on where your friend is of course. He seems to be far more active on www.xj40.com where he posts as naki_k. It may be worth you joining the site to ask him if he doesn't see this.

Edited by dbdb on Friday 13th December 00:29

[a8hex]

The problem with a fuel tank may be more to do with shipping than someone prepared to sell one. I'd have thought a lot of couriers would be very wary of handling one, fire risk, fumes, smell, contamination, leaks etc...
I know that when I sold an engine from an XJ a few years back persuading people to ship it was a problem. I'd initially thought that I could just pop it on a pallet (actually I'd advertised is as for collection only) and that would be easy. Nope. Eventually pallet line agreed to carry it when I assured them it had been empty for ages, I'd taken the sump off it and cleaned it out, then I had to wrap the whole thing in lord knows how much cling film like stuff.
I'd have thought a fuel tank would present more problems.

[Leylandeye]

Yes - I suspect the shipping might be an issue but his intention is just to pick it up as "car parts". He wants me to make sure it is clear of fumes, smells liquids which I can do him.

[naki]

There’s lots of parts that are difficult/ expensive to send.
I have the fuel tank available.
Message me for details. Include which country you want it sending to.

[Leylandeye]

Many thanks. I think I may now be sorted but will be back if not. Thank you to everyone for taking the trouble to reply.

[Simpo Two]

If you can't find an old one, how hard/expensive is it to get a new one made?

[Leylandeye]

Not very expensive but a good used one is peanuts as the complete cars are still very cheap.

It's just they are not as common as a few years ago.

[naki]

Ok.
It’s here if you want it anyhow.