What did you do to your X350/X358 today?
#841
I still need to think of a place where I can do that without an audience.
#842
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#845
At first I expected it to be "active" when I turned the ignition on and it was not so my first thought was uh oh. Once I started the car it did become active
with green direction letters.
Still have to "calibrate" it.
#846
"Guy bankrupted by IRD (IRS) buys their building then evicts them"
(but he kept them for a while with his name plastered on the building)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...ectid=10382813
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As for myself today (Sunday Driver pfft!), I drove my wife 90km/50 miles round trip to a farmers market. She bought a $5 bag of mandarins. The trip cost what $50... but it was The Journey That Counts!!!
Last edited by ChrisMills; 10-28-2019 at 03:32 AM.
#847
I've had to calibrate the compass in my 2000 S Type. The procedure is not that bad...
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jackra_1 (10-28-2019)
#848
If you have never taken the mirror off it is a little more daunting when doing it for the 1st time.
Once off I realized that pushing down on the mirror stalk, parallel to window slope, probably is the best way rather than leveraging off the way I did.
At least I was able o put the new one on easily by sliding the base up until the clips ether side engaged in the slots of the piece glued to the window.
The split cowling is quite fiddly to take off and put back.
Once off I realized that pushing down on the mirror stalk, parallel to window slope, probably is the best way rather than leveraging off the way I did.
At least I was able o put the new one on easily by sliding the base up until the clips ether side engaged in the slots of the piece glued to the window.
The split cowling is quite fiddly to take off and put back.
#849
Ok so went out for a drive. First drive in the Jag for at least a couple of weeks!
I fiddled with the forward DVR and inadvertently turned it off I think even tho blue lite was on. So no video.
Anyway it would have shown me breaking the speed limit as apparently I reached a very hi speed when tried a to get a 0-60 reading which I will not post here.
I had traction control off and was in sport mode.
Anyway the compass was showing at start up and seemed a little off when comparing it to the GPS.
My spot was filled with cars at that tax place so drove on and found an empty church lot.
Went in and pressed the button in the hole at the bottom of the rhs of mirror and chose zone 11.
It did not come up with the C notation for calibrate. So drove off a bit and as far as I can tell it matches up 100% with the GPS system.
I fiddled with the forward DVR and inadvertently turned it off I think even tho blue lite was on. So no video.
Anyway it would have shown me breaking the speed limit as apparently I reached a very hi speed when tried a to get a 0-60 reading which I will not post here.
I had traction control off and was in sport mode.
Anyway the compass was showing at start up and seemed a little off when comparing it to the GPS.
My spot was filled with cars at that tax place so drove on and found an empty church lot.
Went in and pressed the button in the hole at the bottom of the rhs of mirror and chose zone 11.
It did not come up with the C notation for calibrate. So drove off a bit and as far as I can tell it matches up 100% with the GPS system.
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Panthro (01-03-2020)
#850
So I have been trying to sell my 08 XJ and car keeps fighting me. Went to show it the other night to a guy willing to deal with the ABS module/pump issue at a discounted price. As I head up to see the guy, the air suspension fault light comes on.....seriously are you kidding me, I've had the car for a year and never a blip suspension wise. I just laugh now. So I plug it in and get an indication that the compressor is timing out. Guess I can't complain at 123K miles. I tell the guy about Bagpiping Andy's kit and he says "if you do the compressor I'll buy the car" Terrific!! I get the kit, jack the car up and the compressor comes out in less than a half hour. Could it be this easy.....nope. Go to take the cover off the piston and both bolts break off. Okay minor setback. I sand them flush and start step drilling the bolts. Screw extractor goes in and first bolt comes out. Yea!! Extractor into the second bolt and SNAP it breaks off flush. Car sits overnight. Luckily I work with talented welders and the next day one of the guys tig welds a nut to the broken bolt and gets it out. PHEW.... Now I put the compressor back together and go to put it in. Don't like how its lining up so I go to take it back out and one of the little suspension springs flies out and disappears into the lower bumper area. Twenty minutes later I find the spring and all goes back together in about half an hour. So far so good, no suspension light. But this is why I don't do this for a living anymore..one hour job takes two days. By the way Bagpiping Andy's kit is very nice and seems to have done the trick. So now will the XJ go to a new home?? Who the heck knows but we are going to give it another shot. That's what I did to my XJ today (and yesterday)
#851
Repaired Broken Shift Mechanism
Broken part
Slotted and brad nail inserted
The other side
Finished product
The other side
Installed part, ugly but effective and stronger than before.
Product I used, but you could used an epoxy of your choice
The molded shift mechanism was broken and I didn't think replacing the entire shifter J-gate was the only answer. So, I repaired it. First I used my dremel tool to cut through the cells, so that a piece of metal was placed across the break, to reinforce it ( in this case a stainless steel brad nail). The repair seems stronger than the original. I also filled in the cells to make it solid.
#852
Whilst I admire your DIY, and good job (for you), I wouldn't buy it if I saw something like that.
Story: My mechanic broke off the pip at the top of the plastic water tank. I could have repaired it with a brass insert. With time... Stuff it, I just allowed him to charge me something like $250 for a new tank.
If you are going to repair something, at least make a neat or semi-professional job of it (regardless of whether it works)
Cheers
Story: My mechanic broke off the pip at the top of the plastic water tank. I could have repaired it with a brass insert. With time... Stuff it, I just allowed him to charge me something like $250 for a new tank.
If you are going to repair something, at least make a neat or semi-professional job of it (regardless of whether it works)
Cheers
#854
Broken part
Slotted and brad nail inserted
The other side
Finished product
The other side
Installed part, ugly but effective and stronger than before.
Product I used, but you could used an epoxy of your choice
The molded shift mechanism was broken and I didn't think replacing the entire shifter J-gate was the only answer. So, I repaired it. First I used my dremel tool to cut through the cells, so that a piece of metal was placed across the break, to reinforce it ( in this case a stainless steel brad nail). The repair seems stronger than the original. I also filled in the cells to make it solid.
Slotted and brad nail inserted
The other side
Finished product
The other side
Installed part, ugly but effective and stronger than before.
Product I used, but you could used an epoxy of your choice
The molded shift mechanism was broken and I didn't think replacing the entire shifter J-gate was the only answer. So, I repaired it. First I used my dremel tool to cut through the cells, so that a piece of metal was placed across the break, to reinforce it ( in this case a stainless steel brad nail). The repair seems stronger than the original. I also filled in the cells to make it solid.
#856
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OnebadassXJR (10-31-2019)
#857
Not For Sale
Whilst I admire your DIY, and good job (for you), I wouldn't buy it if I saw something like that.
Story: My mechanic broke off the pip at the top of the plastic water tank. I could have repaired it with a brass insert. With time... Stuff it, I just allowed him to charge me something like $250 for a new tank.
If you are going to repair something, at least make a neat or semi-professional job of it (regardless of whether it works)
Cheers
Story: My mechanic broke off the pip at the top of the plastic water tank. I could have repaired it with a brass insert. With time... Stuff it, I just allowed him to charge me something like $250 for a new tank.
If you are going to repair something, at least make a neat or semi-professional job of it (regardless of whether it works)
Cheers
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#860
My original has a "P" button next to the shade button.
I totally missed that. In fact looking at all available on Ebay it seems to be very rare.
Anyway the color was wrong so I simply took off the wood trim from the grey console and xferred it to the tan one.
The grey one actually had an OEM microphone in it so was rare in more ways than one.
I totally missed that. In fact looking at all available on Ebay it seems to be very rare.
Anyway the color was wrong so I simply took off the wood trim from the grey console and xferred it to the tan one.
The grey one actually had an OEM microphone in it so was rare in more ways than one.