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This past week I added the chrome door handles and mirror covers and yesterday I replaced the broken Foglight and covered both in yellow film. Annnndddd, I found my block heater cord which I'm happy about
@ Legend: You should have asked about what to do with your broken fog light in the forum...
Because this would have a perfect time to replace the OE ones with ones that have a DTRL Halo;
Note that I improved meanwhile on my circuit, adding a 33 Ohm/3W resistor between NO and NC so that the DTRL is still "ON" with dipped lights, but at reduced brightness.
My X308 also has the mirror chrome covers already, as depicted on the bottom in my link above.
Are the rubber seal under your door handles still in one piece? I replaced mine with rubber seals, which I cut myself out of a rubber sheet.
I just found pretty much the best joke ever - I wonder, how long it takes you to "get it"...
Just in case you got a little bit of difficulty "getting it"...:
My wife normally asks: "What colour is it, how far away is it, is it registered, how much is it?"
@ Legend: You should have asked about what to do with your broken fog light in the forum...
Because this would have a perfect time to replace the OE ones with ones that have a DTRL Halo;
At 66600, Changed the plugs: Iridiums NGK; took about 45 minutes a side (tons of little bolts -- on my last 01, the bolts to the plug covers were 8mm, this 03 has 7mm -- thanks for electric screw drivers with 1/4" drive); plugs were tight, needed an extension, 4 and 8 looked like they had water damage externally. Runs like a top. Still getting18.2 mpg (US) around town (24 mph avg).
Still fighting ABS light. Cleaned all of the sensors, but still have the light come on infrequently. Can stop the car, turn the ignition off, restart and within one revolution or so, the light then goes out. Light seems to come on ONLY after a right or left hand turn from the main road (or when crossing the security gate's grid at our condo), suggesting some electro-magnetic effect from electricity or magnetism under sidewalk and cross walks (too many years working Electronic warfare clouding my judgement). Never affected by bumps and rough roads, suggesting the gremlin is not a broken wire, ground, or the solder issue. Thinking about buying a new sensor and move it wheel to wheel. . . Thoughts?
Suspension is beginning to settle after new shocks and stuff. Wife even quit complaining about how old it is compared to the Continentals . . . she gets a kick out of the number of people staring and yelling "Gorgeous car!"
After bringing my new purchase home last week I’ve largely ignored the car truth be told. Mainly because I’ve had other things going on like work and other vehicular projects, but I’ve hardly been near the XJR. At the weekend I took her to work and got her up in the air to see what’s underneath and I was a bit disappointed with what I found because it would appear that in some areas someone has gone to great lengths to disguise problems rather than addressing them. So after discovering I’ve got work to do there I took the car home and parked it again. I was annoyed with myself for not digging deeper, but what’s done is done and I need to move past it.
Today I found myself at a scrap yard pulling bits off a 4.0 XJ8 which had been laid up for years after its timing chains let go. I managed to get a few decent bits to fix trim in my own car as well as some other stuff. It was actually quite fun stripping the car down as I’ve not forgotten how to do it. After I got back home I took the grills off my XJR and began the process of removing the black paint from them to return them to their factory finish. Looking much better now. I’ve also ordered 8 new spark plugs for her which I’ll fit at the weekend and maybe take her for a run.
Replaced the hood struts and trunk struts because I got tired of the them falling on my head. Made a low budget, edit free, poorly done video and decided to toss it up on youtube.
Not actually today but... Two weekends ago I picked up a rock chip and crack at the top of the windshield on the driver's side. It turns out my insurance policy says my coverage for glass is 13G but according to my broker - who is a good broker - 13G coverage, which is apparently standard for Alberta, actually means there is no coverage for windshields (and the cost to add it is apparently prohibitive). A separate policy is available that is quite inexpensive but I’m assuming it's not likely available for an already damaged windshield.
So, on the “nothing ventured, nothing gained” front, it was off to Canadian Tire last weekend for a RainX Windshield Repair Kit as the instructions on-line looked simple enough even for me.
This is the sequence from the outside:
This is a “before” photo. The rock chip is just inside the windows frit with a short crack upwards and a longer one down 2-3” and across another 3-4”. This is with the resin applied. There is a "pressure applicator" included for injecting rock chips but unfortunately this one was too close to the edge to use it. This is with the clear curing steps placed over the resin and then it was outside to sit in the sunshine for the UV rays to cure the resin. This is back inside with the curing strips removed and the excess cured resin scraped off with the supplied razor blade. It’s very hard to make out the crack even when looking for it and even then only from certain angles. No one looking at it would see a cracked windshield.
This is the sequence from the inside:
This is the crack when first discovered last week. This is after the application of the curing strips. This is after curing, removal of the coding strips and scraping off the excess resin. From a different angle… Also from a different angle - the original crack is still visible but the angles at which it’s visible are pretty narrow and for the most part hard to find given originally it was obvious from anywhere.
All in all I’m pretty pleased with the outcome (and would know where to spend a few extra minutes next time if there is a next time). Now we’ll just have to see how well it holds up.
That crack would likely fail an MOT test in the UK, despite it being repaired. Any cracks or chips bigger than a certain size within the drivers line of sight is a failure. Regarding your insurance, I’d just wait until your policy renews and make sure you get screen coverage included with it. Then a few weeks later claim on it.
I’ve bought cars with windscreens that have required replacement and I just called the insurance and had them replaced. The person on the phone isn’t going to know when it happened and the windscreen fitter doesn’t care because they’re getting paid to replace a screen.
I need to have the one on my XJR dome but there’s a lot to do before I worry about the windscreen.
I need to get a screen done on my XJR at some point, there's a stone chip in the middle of the screen that's starting to discolour. It's probably fixable, but the heated screen doesn't work either & I know there's power to it so a new screen on insurance is the cheapest way to solve it.
Today, I used and spoke very adequate and harsh profanities at my beloved XJ 8 from 2000 that still has her Restricted Performance and gearbox fault issues !
11-18-2023, 07:41 PM
