I had just bought a 1984 Jaguar XJ6 SIII. Beautiful car, I love driving it. Although when I bought it I noticed the wooden veneer coat surrounding the cluster and the glove box was cracking as well as the wooden trim on the all 4doors. (Which I’ve already refinished).

I’m new to the Jaguar community, but if someone could please explain how to remove that wooden trim I would greatly appreciate it(:

thanks!

-James

 

Welcome aboard James. Take a look at this thread for some dash related info. Post #19 has some tips on veneering. If you have already refinished the door trim you have a leg up on the process. Your S3 is obvious nicer than mine because I don't have wood door trim, is it solid wood and veneer?

Dave

I Need the Dashwood out

 

yes sir! it’s solid wood and veneer. it’s all in great condition other than the coating that’s flaking off. I’m pretty sure that’s due to the heat, the previous owner didn’t really care for it all that much so he kept it outside

 

James, let see photos so the experts would give perfect advice accordingly.

 

YouTube has several good videos. Just search for "Removing Jaguar XJ6 dashboard".

Jeff

 

James, welcome to the forum! These three YouTube videos below are all you need to remove all the dash parts. Very detailed, step-by-step instructions,

And Thanks again to Jeff for supplying these videos! Without them I would have struggled for days trying to figure it all out!

 

the above videos show a Series 2 center dash panel, the 1984 is different but regardless, the first thing you need to do is disconnect the battery, the second is to remove the Dash Cap plastic corner finishers, and then the dash cap.

The screws are under the front overhang of the dash cap. Once you remove the dash cap screws, you pull it forward a little and raise it to disconnect the map light and the cabin temperature sensor, the sensor you only push it up and out the hole. The map light you disconnect the two wires from the plastic lamp. The map lamp wires are live all the time and if they touch any metal there goes the fuse if the battery is not disconnected first.

 

I'm glad the videos are helping. The dashboard is the series II style (no trip computer) but is actually in my 79 series III which was one of the first ones made and they were using up the leftover series II parts. The trip computer video is my 87.

Jose is right, if you are working behind the dash always disconnect the battery.

Jeff

 

Jeff, you have a very special car, a Series 3 with Series 2 dash. A hybrid. But not "leftover" parts. The factory used the parts they had at hand when the car was being built. All the way to 1987, and possibly up to 1992, they used parts and hardware that was being used since 1960 or earlier in other Jaguar models like the MK-2, MK-10, S type, 420, and 420-G. The Series 1 XJ-6/12 have essentially a 420-G dash.

you've heard the jokes about Lucas the Prince of Darkness?, here's another one:
The XJ body is a 420-G body with the air let out.

 

That's very apt, Jose!
Or the series 1 just went on a diet!

 

Well, not exactly...the dash/console arrangements of the Series III cars for 1979 to 1982 inclusive were similar to the Series II items - so this is not a case of leftovers nor simply of "parts on hand" - although Jose is oerfectly correct that this did happen right up to the very last cars in 1992...actually, in 1992 it happened regularly since the Jaguar Series III parts supply was exhausted - only Daimlers were made in 1992. My 1992 (June build) V12 Vanden Plas had several Daimler identifiers instead of the Jaguar items, and by this point (1992) the chrome twin-stalk mirror controls were no longer available so a (much better) single knob control was substituted.
But back to the dash and console arrangement: for the first 3 years of Series III production the general design was similar to that of the Series II. One of the elements to be gradually eliminated was the metal edging between the wood and the lower padding strip.