I can't keep my head in the sand any longer
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Well, Jag season is almost over here in Canada. Maybe a top-down tour or two to look at the fall colours, and then Mr. J will hibernate in my garage again for the winter. After two trouble-free summers though, I can no longer ignore the fact that he left the factory in 2000 WITHOUT the 'good' cam-chain tensioners. Since there seems to be no central Jag Warranty registry to find out if he was ever updated under warranty, and I am not the original owner, I guess I will have to do an exploratory. I can remove the cam chain cover, do my little Snoopy dance if I see the red metal one, and button him back up, or; see a plastic one and prepare to get down and dirty. In browsing through the older posts many times, I seem to recall a particularly thorough step-by-step of what comes next, but that damn 18 year old Scapa that I use as a browsing aid seems to have made me forget to ear-mark it for future (like, NOW ) reference.
Any advice? Encouragement? Sympathy???
Any advice? Encouragement? Sympathy???
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All I can add is do it now. It's only a matter of a couple hours of getting to know your car a little bit better. You can use Ford parts and save money. My '99 had both upper tensioners cracked and one broke apart by hand after I replaced them at only 65,000 mi. Good thing I took all these posts seriously. Same with waterpump and hoses. Great bunch of people here and you should definitely learn from their experiences.
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I also think the 2000 model is the best! It still has the slender non-JUMBO airbag seats and the scoop driving lights. I also like the rounded body lines up to 2004 I think, before the lower cladding, but the 2000 is my favorite and the first year for the XKR in the good ole' US of A!!
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