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I started to take apart my 97 xj6 today to replace the head gasket, and while underneath the car disconnecting the downpipes from the manifolds, I found what's in the attached picture. Now I've been working on machines pretty much all of my life, but this is the first Jaguar. Would one of you with more experience let me know if this is "normal"? If you look closely, the rear tab isn't attached either.
You'll have to be more specific.
I can see a bit of road grime and what appears to be a leaf blower attachment.
That might have been optional for the US market.
Oh, they are quite entirely missing! The faces where the bolt head and nut/washer live are shiny, not rusty, so they haven't been gone for too long. The car is very new to me and I'm finding out some things that will cause me to look a bit deeper! And I thought the clunk from the right front was a bad shock or bushing! My ability to recognize things appears to be slipping as I age!
Buy new bolts from jaguar. Theyre supposed to be 1 use only as they have blue locktight on them from the factory and a serrated base. Bolts dont loosen with time, they loosen and fall out because they were never tightened EDIT: or put in
Who knows? I'm getting to the point where I'm not surprised by much, the more things that I look at, the more I see.
I bought it from the second owner, who seems to have thought a Jaguar could be treated like a Toyota! The first owner had everything taken care of by a well-versed mechanic friend of mine who recommended that I buy the car, which was very inexpensive, fully knowing that I would have some work ahead of me! One can only treat it as an adventure!
Loose bolts on the steering rack is not uncommon on the x300. It's one of its little foibles and can cause steering issues, unsurprisingly! Regular checks and/ or Loctite or similar.