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I went to home depot (hardware store in the U.S.) and picked up 1ft of 1/16 stainless steel wire the kind used for bicycle brake cables, a mid duty spring,1/16" Cable Ferrule, and a washer.
1. feed the cable through the hole at the bottom of the ornament
2. place the ornament in position and tape it to the hood to hold it in place
3. slide the spring up and then the washer
4. slide the ferrule through and tighten and crimp.
5. cut the slack of the cable and done.
Removed the wing "vents" ready for painting in body colour (solid black). It has only taken me 3 years of procrastination to decide that the silver is a little too gauche. The horizontal chrome Jaguar strip will remain as it is to break up the expanse of the wings. I got them off without damaging the integral plastic clips by removing the wheel arch liners, sound deadening and screenwasher bottle for access to squeeze the clips through the slots in the wings with fingers and probes. A pita, but better than breaking them, and they will clip back easily when the paint and lacquer are dry.
Was going to do it myself but I found a certified technician that does work on Jaguar, BMW and Benz from his home. Great price for the labor (hundreds less than my British shop). The most important thing is that everything was done efficiently and to spec (gap and torque on the plugs - Trust me, I hovered). Next is control arm bushings and then engine mounts. Cheers!
I am also in LA area, do you have the info on the mechanic? Thx
Mark do the struts for the boot raise it totally when unlocked remotely?
No they don't, if you unlock the boot lid remotely or by pressing the bootlid button only this just releases the lid from its catch. Lifting the lid by hand about 4 inches or so then allows the lid to lift the rest of the way on its own. I changed both bonnet and boot lid gas struts just to freshen them up, not because they necessarily needed it. That said there is a noticeable improvement with the new struts and its only a 30 second job each pair of struts to change.
I was wondering if I had boot struts that were too weak.
With mine i had to lift the boot lid all the way up by hand now its much better, my 2006 X350 has done 109000 miles so I was going to change them anyway just due to age and mileage,and as their reasonable price may be worth just doing anyway
At 100K miles the upper radiator hose was past its service life. It was collapsing after the engine cooled. (Even after new expansion cap installed) I know the SC engines can have issues. Tested and no hydrocarbons evident in coolant!
Hose was squishy...
Replaced that and the aux heater pump, since I had to drain the radiator anyways.
All is good now and nice toasty heat at idle. The aux heater pump that was in the car was shot as I suspected...
As a bonus I took it apart and replaced the brushes. Not that hard of a job, so I have a spare!
After a few nice road trips with the Mrs, I decided to give the road queen’s interior some much needed love. With such an iconic interior, it’s only right that we meticulously maintain them so they can stay looking iconic for decades to come.