Hi nice to write you , herald from New Zealand in the south of the Pacific to be specific , I have a car that has a Jaguar motor so I have become everything Jaguar well in the engine compartment .
If your wondering what this car could be it's a Lincoln LS 1999 , even tho it says they never made 1999 models lol but it is what it is .
living so far flung from the birth place of Jaguar parts are very highly priced and the car has a luxury status but being meagerly rewarded in life has it's challengers , most repairs must be done by myself on a shoe string budget of next to nothing hence my call for the where abouts of cheap affordable parts or relevant technical information from the web , peoples minds etc etc
Auckland to be exact , thanks in advance ........

 

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Welcome to the forum cadetbob,

The US members will be able to help you with the Lincoln engine. Check the XK8 / XKR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum or the XJ ( X308 ) XJ8 / XJR - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum sections for information. XK8 owners in particular like the lower cost of the Lincoln gaskets!

Graham

 

Welcome to the forum.

Good to have you with us.

Quite a few members around Auckland, check out the regional section.

 

Welcome to the forum,

Good to have you with us.

If you haven't done so already you should add your car details to your signature to help others to help you.

 

thanks for the welcome guys , currently I am replacing the water pump was gunna flush the radiator etc but the air conditioning hoses were giving me grief so I left it , driving back from Palmerston Nth to Auckland I noticed the heater wasn't blowing hot air but made it back to Auckland ok but going out the next day the temperature light came on , a bit of head scratching and assumptions I figured it must be the waterpump cause it wasn't losing any coolant , so towed home hahahahaha that was 6 weeks ago .
finally got bits and pieces , should have it running tomorrow , yay I'll put some pictures up , hay great site been looking at replacing the upper tensioners as it looks pretty basic hahahaha

 

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...olnapart2.jpg/

this is the lincoln pulled to bits sorry the pics are blurry

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...colnapart.jpg/

more of the same

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images...aterpumpq.jpg/

This is the reason but I think it failed cause it snowed were I was and the car had no anti-freeze so don't forget the anti-freeze next time .....