Hello Gabriel....would you have the numbers for the SKf bearings by chance?
I would be interested in knowing what you did to your CD player to get it working again.

 

Renaldo....there is an excellent product produced by Meguiars called Plast-X which is an acrylic restorer.
Give your badges a couple of goes with this and you will be blown away.
They will look like new badges ;o))

 

Hi Xjay8
I did not kept the boxes of the bearing but if you want i will go to the shop and ask for codes, best for you is to take out the metal idler pulley and go to a specialized shop.
One day my CD changer did not want to load the CD I open it and found that the engine that load the disc lost the plastic spiral gear. I found it on the CD player, fix it on the engine rod, i clean the lens also. Now works grate.
I forget to tell you all three bearings cost 15 usd

 

Thanks Gabriel...you are probably right regards the bearings.
I have avery helpful gent at our local Bearing Services place who know their stuff.
Thanks for the CD player info...it looks like it's about time I removed the unit for a complete insp[ection after 205,000klm ;o))

 

Hi
The serpentine belt was changed today, DAYCO made in USA 7PK2342. The length is 2342 mm.

 

A few days ago I installed a set of 4 polished chrome rings around the instruments and clock. Also, installed a polished chrome piece around the J-gate. Yesterday, I had the car fully waxed and detailed. And today, I had a new pair of OEM exhaust tips installed to replace the old ones.

 

Hi
Please post some pictures, this is a job that must be show to others.
Thanks

 

What did you do with your old J-gate surround? Mine's in need of replacement as all of the friction pins have broken...

 

Grandell,

Send me a PM regarding the J-gate, and we can work something out.

 

Sorry about that

Here are the pics (the trim rings and J-gate surround were purchased from a vendor in England whom you can find on Ebay, the exhaust tips are part #NNC6721BA from SNG Barratt):

 

Very nice
Thamks

 

Ran her the first time under our ownership through the technical inspection.
In Taiwan, that needs to be done every 1/2 (!) year for cars older then 10 years.
Up-side, it is not much more then light and brake test, and she passed with flying colors (As she should have any test).

 

Add 200 ml of r134A to the AC system

 

Replaced broken J gate plastic with stainless steel one, ordered the aluminum j-gate surround to go with it as well.

 

Stainless steel? Where did you get one of those?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jaguar-XJ8-X...-/301237061378

And I misspoke, it's aluminum not stainless - sorry.

 

Pulled both exhaust cams while waiting on tensioners for my son's XJ8.

 

The car is happy .

Found a new gear shift knob for my XJR 100 ,
The original one is still nice ,but this and new is such a rare find..

Also bought a spare 9x20" Montreal for the car also rather difficult to find..

 

Aluminum J gate top and surround.

 

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...y-grrr-118794/

Finally got the reservoir,pump & nozzle put in and rid of that god awful WASHER FLUID LOW light lol.

Got 4 floor mats from automatstore.com I went with the 8945 Dark Beige From Avery Luxury Touring Carpet 42 oz. Berber customs. Automatstore.com was super swift sending me out a few samples to choose from & delivered the product in maybe 10 days after I ordered. Here's some pics that doesn't really do them justice, due the carpet not being detailed since March & the front mat having a wave from a fold during shipping(flattened out with in an hour for a perfect fit). Anchor slots match perfect & they are super snug to the floor. Really pleased.









Going to have my seats' dye touched up & conditioned very soon so the carpet's due for a shampooing as well.