What did you do to your X300 today?
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Hi, yes, good old "British Parts UK" I have finished installing all the new stuff at the front of the car but it's still on axle stands at the mo as I'm doing some other little maintenance jobs, but hope to have her sitting on the ground in the new year, good luck with your project and happy Xmas to you.
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Had the alternator and ac belts replaced, along with the valve cover gasket. I had tried to tighten the alternator belt myself which usually eliminates the squealing, but the nut was frozen even after I sprayed it and let it sit for awhile. So, as it was 20F yesterday, I gave up and let my local do it
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Had the alternator and ac belts replaced, along with the valve cover gasket. I had tried to tighten the alternator belt myself which usually eliminates the squealing, but the nut was frozen even after I sprayed it and let it sit for awhile. So, as it was 20F yesterday, I gave up and let my local do it
I've got my XJR up on ramps for the last week to replace my OEM alternator. I guess one can't complain too much that it lasted 21 years!
Of course if I'm replacing the alternator, might as well replace its belt, and since it is the rear belt, may as well replace the A/C compressor and SC belt too right?
But with the holidays and some intermittent rain and cold, it's been up on ramps waiting to be finished.
Good news is that the hard part is already done, which was figuring out how to get the alternator out, which turns out to be quite heavy to hold with one hand overhead!
The plan is to get it all reassembled by this weekend.
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New Year’s Eve - didn’t do much to the car.
Just a spot of wash, polish and wax, and changed the XJR’s sparking plugs from Champion RC12YC to a cooler 9YC at Andy’s suggestion. 4 of the 6 plugs needed gapping to .035" as they were much narrower out of the box. the other two were already right.
.(2 mins later)... well my photo post went well... guess that happens when you’re down under!
Just a spot of wash, polish and wax, and changed the XJR’s sparking plugs from Champion RC12YC to a cooler 9YC at Andy’s suggestion. 4 of the 6 plugs needed gapping to .035" as they were much narrower out of the box. the other two were already right.
.(2 mins later)... well my photo post went well... guess that happens when you’re down under!
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Hi, yes, good old "British Parts UK" I have finished installing all the new stuff at the front of the car but it's still on axle stands at the mo as I'm doing some other little maintenance jobs, but hope to have her sitting on the ground in the new year, good luck with your project and happy Xmas to you.
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