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My 1976 Jaguar XJ12 project
My 1976 Jaguar XJ12 project
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The interior is my favourite part of the car. Is in remarkably good condition which is in stark contrast to the rest of the car.
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The big V12. A mass of fuel lines and hoses. And 38 years of oil leaks. Underneath all that is a really engine.
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The first of the Jaguar fuel injected cars. Also the XJ12 was the first car in the world to have integrated air conditioning. Not that it matters in my case. It doesn't have a belt connected so I don't know if the aircon works or not. But if I was to lay that it doesn't work on BF I wouldn't lay higher than 1.01!
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I knocked down that brick pylon you see in the background so I can get the ute in under cover.
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Just holding the house up....not required.
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If I told you why that pylon was there you would not believe me.
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You have to explain now....you can't leave that hanging in the air.
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It's a bit embarrassing. Let's just stay with the car.
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Looking at the engine bay I can identify some of the stuff for you. The two bars across the bay are anti sway bars. Below the black cylinder at the front middle is the a/c compressor. The silver foil thing is interesting. Fuel that returns to the tank goes through this to be cooled by the a/c so hot air doesn't go back to the tank and cause air expansion issues. Below it the long black box is the near side air filter box. Under the silver foil thing is the inlet manifold. Fuel rails can be seen on top. Top right is the brake master cylinder.Top left you can see the fuel filter. I've not seen a fuel filter in the engine bay. Except on carburettor cars and they're just little things. There's another fuel filter in the boot. You may be able to make out under the V of the sway bars the throttle. It spins and pushes those two rods that are connected to the inlet manifolds. In front of that is the distributor. It's quite big with 12 leads on it.
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Repainted the air filter boxes. Note the difference between old air filter and new. Wouldn't be surprised if that was the same filter in 1976.
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The boot. Stripped out and rust revealed.
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Fuel rails off.
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Off side inlet manifold. Off the car and given a little spruce up
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Make yourself a bean-bag outta the red leather. The cheque from SimsMetal should nearly pay for the beans required.
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6 months and a youtube posting will show someone's jaguar speedo at 250 kmh midway across the sydney harbour bridge.
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great stuff TKDM....interior in good shape for age
I can remember getting in one of these in the 70's when my old man was clerking for a bookie who picked him up on the way to the track and I tagged along ....awesome stuff at the time..... |
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The two inlet manifolds. One I've cleaned up a bit. The other thing is the water rail. Thermostat housing at one end.
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Finally can get to see the engine without manifolds in the way. The blue post-it notes are so I can remember where things go. The centre of the V from left to right- Throttle switch,distributor,ignition module and air conditioning compressor. The silver cylinder is the fuel filter.
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The misleadingly shiny plate in that photo is a heat shield for an exhaust manifold. One end has a 19mm nut that I have been unable to budge for a week. Purchased an impact socket wrench off ebay for $74. Seconds after it was removed from the box that stubborn 19mm nut was gonski. The fxcker paid for itself in less than a minute!!!
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My previous project. VR Ute. 5.0 litre 304. The last of the Aussie made Holden V8s. This car was on it's way to the wreckers before I gave it some TLC.
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Curious that the oil filler cap appears black in the photo when in actual fact it is chrome/silver.
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Removed the bonnet to get more access plus it has to come off anyway for painting.
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Cleaning inside the V has been a time consuming laborious task. New plugs and leads have been fitted.
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Thought I might change the belts. Took off the power steering belt and gave the water pump a little twirl. You guessed it! A horrible grinding noise from the bearings. So that's got to go. To get to the water pump requires removing the radiator. Oh well. If you gotta do it you gotta do it.
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