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The trim is installed with four tiny screws (and four tiny lock washers and four tiny nuts). The screws have an oblong head which slides into the trim itself. All four of mine were hopelessly rusted.
The fix was simply to use four new machine screws (6-32 size, about .5" long) and grind down the heads so they could be inserted into the piece of trim. About 20 minutes total time.
The gaskets for the marker lamp lenses are foam and shrink badly. new one are available for a dollar or two each but I thought I'd try some that might be less prone to shrinking.
I have sheet rubber on hand (about 1.5mm thick, 101 uses, easily obtainable online) and simply used a utility knofe to cut new gaskets, using the lens itself as a pattern.
The two small holes in the old gasket are superfluous and not duplicated on the new gasket
Not to demean your work, Doug, as it is really neat!!!
You Tube has me addicted. I saw a fellow working that is usually doing heavy duty fixes. cranes, tractors, skidsteers, etc!!
This time in new environment His dining table!!! Took his apple smart phone apart. Many teeny screws and connectors!! really tiny!! Magnetizing the mini driver helped! And SOG., the phone worked on reassembly, with a protective case this time!!!
This is applied by hand. When I say "by hand" I mean you actually smear some onto your hand and then apply it to the paint, then buff it with a soft cloth immediately
My car looked nice. but, could be as I got it, highly detailed, it glistened.
A good polish. Hands only, no mechanical buffer. looked pretty durn good. More?' yeah, a high Carnauba wax content "wax". No not a bare hand??? Cloth again. More effort needed to shine up the wax. but, even better. That was quite a while ago. Shoulders will not handle it again!!
But, it still shines very nicely and when wet, it shows the little bubbles denoting the presence of wax!!!!
Your car is doing great ands will shine as never before...
Wonder how the former XJ6 and XJS you had decades ago are faring? Beauties...
Carl
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Wonder how the former XJ6 and XJS you had decades ago are faring? Beauties...
Carl
Circa 2006 I sold the 1987 XJ6 to a very nice fellow name Bob Stamm from Port Townsend, Washington. He was very happy with the car. Almost immediately after buying it he made a 6500 road trip with no problems. After a couple years we lost touch. He was an older gent and I fear the worst. Couldn't ask for a nicer person.
I sold the 1988 XJS shortly afterward on Ebay. Never heard a word from the buyer afterward.
I've sorta expected that one or both of the cars might pop up via the Jaguar internet community but that hasn't been the case. Same with the XJR I drove for many years and then sold.
If your outside door handles are sticky and/or don't retract smartly when released, it's just a matter of using favorite aerosol lubricant on the backside of the handle, where the 'axle' of the handle slides thru the main body of the handle assembly.
Installing the door handles is a little fiddly for various reasons, not the least of which is balancing the tiny nut and lock washer on the tip of your finger and getting it threaded onto the stud of the door handle.....while simultaneously doing battle with the clamping bracket which wants to fall out of position. All done while working, awkwardly, from inside the door, of course
In this case, and others, I've found that using K-lock nuts eases the task quite a bit. The free-spinning lock washer is built-in to the nut so there's less to deal with..... and the larger hex size makes this sort of finger tip work easier as well.
you are bringing back all kinds of memories for me with this project. The door handle episode is one of tge most vivid! Can't wait to see the finished product.
1. The tedious hand work that went I to building these cars . Had to be slow.
2. I've been watching a lot of You tube. Later USA cars and trucks, mostly the l;atter. The plastic parts snap in to place. And a quick pry and they are off!! I envisage workers on the assembly sliie sapping the stuff ona s the conveyor moves at a brisk pace.
These cars were never designed for ease of assembly ! Basically the designers designed and developed the car then heaved it over a very high wall to "production" to make. There was never much conversation between the white overalls of the designers and the blue overalls of those greasy production guys ! This all changed when Ford took over and made development a joint effort.
Tis an amazing contrast.... The plastic parts snap in to place. And a quick pry and they are off!! I envisage workers on the assembly sliie sapping the stuff ona s the conveyor moves at a brisk pace.
Carl..
I've been working on Trucklet's bumper for a while (between mowing grass and social distancing) and most of that cute cladding just snaps to other parts and pieces, and the bumper snaps to that.
There are a few cap screws too, but not very many!
(';')
These cars were never designed for ease of assembly ! Basically the designers designed and developed the car then heaved it over a very high wall to "production" to make. There was never much conversation between the white overalls of the designers and the blue overalls of those greasy production guys ! This all changed when Ford took over and made development a joint effort.
I've been elbow-deep in several of these older Jags. Lots of interesting stuff to love but, honestly, it's a wonder that Jaguar made any money at all building them. There are so many intricate bits with tiny clips and fasteners.
One thing that always brings a smile to my face is the rods for the door locks and latches. Each has a turn-buckle style brass adjuster so you can really fine tune the operation. On most ordinary cars the actuating rods are the "pressure adjustment" type. That is, you adjust them by bending them.....and sorta hope you get it where you want it
Main thing to remember is that Jaguar was a firm run on an absolute shoe-string both when William Lyons was in charge and for decades afterwards. Only when Ford took over, and found the state of the production facilities (to their absolute horror, BTW), was anything serious done about it.
03-31-2020 | 10:21 PM
