These damn cars,,, so beautiful and so so much work.
Worth the work, if ya ask me...

And I STILL DON'T KNOW the JTIS way, lololol 😂
​​​​​​

 

Oh... so why not?

I bought an ancient XP laptop to install it on (granted, haven't fired it up for ages, but hey).

 

JTIS doesn't work on my computers. I think it is only good on old windows systems from the dinosaur era and I don't have that.

 

There are many official Jaguar documents available in pdf format that can be found with a little effort. For example, try the HOW TO Quick Links on the home page of this forum:

S-Type HOW TO quick links

Our member Gus has a lot at his website, jagrepair.com, many made available by our member motorcarman:

Jaguar S-Type Documents

Here's a link from Gus' site to the 2002.5 onward S-Type Workshop Manual. The earlier manual may also be available and may be found with further searching:

Jaguar S-Type Workshop Manual 2002.5 - 2008

Cheers,

Don

 

That's why I bought an ancient XP laptop. Almost free on ebay.

 

Exactly...
I'm unsure why defending a culture where we just give folks the suggestion to - go look somewhere else - as a first response, is the way to go... Again, that's just me.

Then, links die...

Then,,, some, not all, circumstances won't fit and aren't solved with any and every linked description.

Then, JTIS adds 14 extra unneeded steps with special tools and things that many don't have. Steps that years of wisdom and experience have proven are unnecessary... ie. motorcarmans wise advise about rear shock replacement, saved the day for me.

Then, some linked threads are 4 pages long with 58 entries/posts and finding the right answer in that becomes a crap shoot.

Then, I think the knowledge base of the forum is strengthened by members providing a step by step explanation, a blow by blow, of how to accomplish the task at hand...

Sometimes a link is awesome - but (again, this is just me) I feel a little abandoned by,,, the link - or suggestions that I go look somewhere else.

I'll stop blubbering now, and I apologise if my POV upsets...

 

BTW...
On reassembly duri g the engine swap,,, I'm going to drill out that tapped section and use an ol fashioned nylok nut and bolt - hope it helps the next guy...