Originally Posted by steelcowboy

Well I posted into the new members section and I did some searching around the forum here but I jacked an old posting and figured I would be best off starting my own. I bought what I intend to be my daughters first car (and I always wanted to own one **Maybe not an S Type but always liked Jag's) and picked up a 2000 S Type on the cheap that had been well not always used as good as it possibly should have. I grabbed it up for a grand since it had some MAJOR overheating issues and has a fair amount of little things all combined to make it a project in the end for an even grand. One of the first hurdles which I was not afraid of since I have dealt with it building Harley's and Muscle Cars etc. was the title was like 3 owners ago. The car had been put up for a title loan and repossessed. So since no one else had titled it or registered it and I wasn't interested in chasing it backwards and looking all over for people I went straight back to the Company that had repoed it had them do a title application direct to me. Now with title in hand I am just kind of getting at the task. The initial overheating issue I made a bit better during its drive home by adding almost 3 gallons of antifreeze. Changing 4 fuses that were blown and driving with the 3 windows that will go down down and the heater on full tilt lol. Texas in the Summer with the heat on......... think about that for a min. But other than washing it charging the battery 3 or 4 times since it kept going dead and a cpl other things I didn't really want to mess with it to much till I had title in hand.

SO one of the things I had an issue with (and still do) is that I only got one key with the car and no FOB well it seems that somewhere on the car is a security system that I can't turn off on or anything. It whenever it feels like it decides to go off when you open the door so I always have the key in hand when I go near it. But a bigger concern was the Ghettofabulized wiring hanging down from under the dash and a touchscreen stereo that did whatever it wanted. Which mainly was switch itself from mode to mode and scan constantly no amount of touching buttons or cleaning the screen etc seemed to stop it so today I went at the car since its finally cooled down and with title in hand I need to get it inspectable so I can get it registered and then really get into the mechanical gremlins that I discover. So here I have been taking out wiring all AM. From the amount of electrical tape bare wires and wires leading to no where. I believe a TRUE professional installed this system........ I was worried since they day I bought it about some wired that were hanging down and I'm not the best at wiring so I was pleasantly surprised to learn that they had used a connector that led to the OBDI port. Nothing else seemed to be hooked up right but at least they didn't cut and splice into the factory harness. So far the only place I have found that they have is directly at the stereo itself and even then they used a pinch connector with blade connectors. But the amount of just "JUNK" I don't know what else to call any of it just blew my mind. I still need to take out the rest of the wires that lead back to the CD changer (yes it really has a CD changer in the trunk......) but I'm getting a lot of cleaning done and finding some SERIOUS beer change lol but the whole center console is toast and coming out in chunks. The seat covers from some high class establishment like Target or somewhere didn't fit well at all and it was really hard to keep them from sliding all around. So after cutting them off I found yet another wondrous surprise black mold no doubt from the passenger side window that has a broken regulator and doesn't stay up. But now with that entire center console effectively written off I no longer have to worry about what each piece is any longer lol.

SO my growing list of must do's include
-replacing the stereo (what a complicated wiring setup... Why is there an ethernet connector behind the stereo???)
- Finding a side flasher (the one in the passenger fender which I BELIEVE is the source of the right side repeater fault code)
- Drivers side fog lamp
- Entire center console like the WHOLE WHOLE thing)
- Passenger side door(s) window motor lift actuator and the passenger front door lock doesn't seem to come locked/unlocked the whole way.
- Windshield wiper washer, the trunk and fuel door popper, the Sport mode button and the traction control button I believe it is don't react when pressed. and of course the lack of control over the security system and lack of the FOB etc.
- Bodywork
- Some engine work I have never had a Jaguar and don't even know anyone who has but I am confident that the chugging sound and engine light aren't good things lol. Plus the sweet sweet smell of a failing O2 sensor. ABS light to sort out and a ton of trim pieces.

But working from photos kinda sucks because I'm not really sure what right looks like lol. Prime example there is a large green connector hanging down under the dash homeless. So if anyone knows anyone in the Central Texas area who has parts, expertise advice etc etc etc I'm here and looking. Once I get the rest of the broken crap out I'll take a picture or two I hate the way it looks at the moment.

Originally Posted by steelcowboy

But hey guess us uneducated types ain't good enuffs for all y'alls so let me just delete it