Dallas/Plano Cars and Coffee
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05-21-2017, 12:35 AM
#23
06-01-2017, 09:41 PM
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#26
06-02-2017, 03:04 PM
Junior Member
Location, Location, Location
Good day.
Your Dallas/Plano heading caught my eye. I cut my teeth on MGs, TRs, Healy's, and the likes for some 40 years. I live in Heath and have owned a 2004 XKR for some 10 years and it has been an absolute joy on my yearly vacations around the country. It has always performed extremely well for me on these jaunts, which brings me to the subject line.
We drove up north to Colorado to take in the mountains and various tourism railroads. On the way home we stopped for the night in Santa Rosa, New Mexico at which time the jag appeared to be running perfectly. The next morning it would not start, it would crank but not start. I had it trailered some 100 miles to the Jag dealer in Albuquerque. It was Memorial Day so had to lay over 2 days till they opened on Tuesday.
Two hours of testing led to a list of major problems. 6 of 8 cylinders severely failing compression tests, fouled plugs, gas in the oil, to list only a few of the problems. They seemed to think that the engine had over heated but there was no indication of this at any time on the temp gauge. I was told that Jag Corp. rebuilds the engines and the service man guessed the cost could be upwards to 20K.
I had the jag again trailered back home to Heath, Texas. My question is are there any foreign auto shops in the Dallas area that you or your jag associates would recommend for such work? The jag itself is in an over all condition I would rate as a 9 out of 10. I very much want keep it for many years to come.
FYI: This may help someone in similar circumstances. Something I did learn out of all this is that this year and model of jag requires a special eyebolt assembly which is inserted in the under carriage when towing is required as there are no built in tie points.
Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Your Dallas/Plano heading caught my eye. I cut my teeth on MGs, TRs, Healy's, and the likes for some 40 years. I live in Heath and have owned a 2004 XKR for some 10 years and it has been an absolute joy on my yearly vacations around the country. It has always performed extremely well for me on these jaunts, which brings me to the subject line.
We drove up north to Colorado to take in the mountains and various tourism railroads. On the way home we stopped for the night in Santa Rosa, New Mexico at which time the jag appeared to be running perfectly. The next morning it would not start, it would crank but not start. I had it trailered some 100 miles to the Jag dealer in Albuquerque. It was Memorial Day so had to lay over 2 days till they opened on Tuesday.
Two hours of testing led to a list of major problems. 6 of 8 cylinders severely failing compression tests, fouled plugs, gas in the oil, to list only a few of the problems. They seemed to think that the engine had over heated but there was no indication of this at any time on the temp gauge. I was told that Jag Corp. rebuilds the engines and the service man guessed the cost could be upwards to 20K.
I had the jag again trailered back home to Heath, Texas. My question is are there any foreign auto shops in the Dallas area that you or your jag associates would recommend for such work? The jag itself is in an over all condition I would rate as a 9 out of 10. I very much want keep it for many years to come.
FYI: This may help someone in similar circumstances. Something I did learn out of all this is that this year and model of jag requires a special eyebolt assembly which is inserted in the under carriage when towing is required as there are no built in tie points.
Any comments or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
#27
06-02-2017, 03:10 PM
Veteran Member