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Hey guys, good to be back! I was an active member of the forum for years since I got my first Jag, a 1996 Jaguar XJ6, back in 2011. I sold that one and bought a 04 XJ8 and what a car that was. Loved it so much, I bought a 2008 XJ8. Another amazing car. Being such an aficionado of Jags, I bought a 2014 XJ-L Portfolio with AWD and it was a beast in the snow in NYC. That all came to an end in 2019 when I sold her and decided to go a different route in British engineering and bought a 2013 Lotus Evora S. I still have her but always missed having a Jag, the smell of the leather and wood, the handling, the ride, the comfortability and prestige. I decided to take the plunge and buy the first Jag I ever fell in love with. My brother had a 1991 Jaguar XJ6 Sovereign in white with a tan interior. I was lucky enough to find it in black with a tan interior, a 1992 with only 70,000 miles! So this is a re-introduction and I am happy to be back! Have already done a lot to it to make it right including changing the ABS sensor, recharging the AC, fixing the door lock mechanisms to name a few. Excited to be back on this forum as I have fond memories!
G'day
Is the battery in the engine bay or in the boot (trunk)?
There are major differences in the electrical systems.
Most of the available workshop manuals relate to the earlier car with the battery in the engine bay.
There was a changeover in 1992 when the battery went into the boot.
Those later electrics are more like X300
That looks like a really nice XJ40. I hope you will post more photos when you have the time.
Cheers,
Don
I intend to! I plan on doing the headliner soon and was wondering, since I hear a lot about how the clips break, if you or anyone knows of a good source of these clips as a preemptive measure?
I intend to! I plan on doing the headliner soon and was wondering, since I hear a lot about how the clips break, if you or anyone knows of a good source of these clips as a preemptive measure?
Unfortunately, most or all of the clips are No Longer Available (NLA) from Jaguar:
You may find that some of your finishers and clips are already cracked, but if you are careful, you can usually re-use them.
A good source for headliner fabric is your local JoAnn Fabric store. They generally stock tans and grays. Another good source is yourautotrim.com.
If you're not sure what color you need, you can purchase an inexpensive sample board from yourautotrim.com and find the fabric closest in color to your existing headliner.
If you use the foam-backed headliner fabric on your sunroof panel, the thickness of the fabric may cause it to catch and drag when the sunroof is opened. To overcome this problem, I found a thin knit Tee-shirt fabric at JoAnn that was a very close match to my main headliner fabric. On an S-Type that I did last year, I used the artificial suede fabric from yourautotrim.com on the sunroof panel and the foam-backed fabric on the main headliner board. Both fabrics were available in the same color.
In the photo album link in my signature, there are some photos of the process of recovering the headliner in our '93 XJ40.
You may find that some of your finishers and clips are already cracked, but if you are careful, you can usually re-use them.
A good source for headliner fabric is your local JoAnn Fabric store. They generally stock tans and grays. Another good source is yourautotrim.com.
If you're not sure what color you need, you can purchase an inexpensive sample board from yourautotrim.com and find the fabric closest in color to your existing headliner.
If you use the foam-backed headliner fabric on your sunroof panel, the thickness of the fabric may cause it to catch and drag when the sunroof is opened. To overcome this problem, I found a thin knit Tee-shirt fabric at JoAnn that was a very close match to my main headliner fabric. On an S-Type that I did last year, I used the artificial suede fabric from yourautotrim.com on the sunroof panel and the foam-backed fabric on the main headliner board.
In the photo album link in my signature, there are some photos of the process of recovering the headliner in our '93 XJ40.
Cheers,
Don
Thanks Don! You are always a wealth of information. I will take a look and hope to get on it soon. Ill try and post some pictures if I remember! LOL
07-14-2023 | 02:34 PM
Re-Introduction to the forums with new to me XJ40
