This is very interesting & informative These are the realities of owning an old Jag.BUT you said it urself - essentially the average person can work on this themselves. The SU carby is one of the simplest & you know they are becoming collectors pieces. Tje engines are bullet proof Thanks for showing the steps 👍
@jonwattracing2455
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely the joy of old cars is that all the information is available and essentially anyone with enough patience can learn about and work on them.
@mckav2358
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonwattracing2455 Hi Jon Thanks for reply Did you get the XJ going 👍
@gildavis9786
3 жыл бұрын
Great video.....considering that I am resurrecting my new barn find - a 1982 XJ6 that sat in a building for 20 years. Was interesting to see all the green stuff coming out of the gas tank. That confirms the need for my plan to flush the entire fuel system from gas tanks to cylinders and make sure it's all cleaned out. Did you ever find the gas tank plug in the grass?
@jonwattracing2455
3 жыл бұрын
yes definitely need to flush the fuel system. Petrol goes bad surprisingly quickly and is horrible stuff once it does. Nope that plug is lost forever!
@biroldjoshan3745
4 жыл бұрын
Very informative video ...you must of been the youngest jaguar owner at 15...I brought my 1st jag a S2 like yours but SWB and Man/od + full webasto sunroof, at 21 , lovely car ,wish I kept, yours looks pretty solid and yes they were made to work on , hope you get her on the rd to enjoy
@jonwattracing2455
4 жыл бұрын
what a lovely car, I very much wish mine was a manual.
@biroldjoshan3745
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonwattracing2455 the manuals are proper drivers cars , that to say there's nothing wrong with auto's but the manual makes good use of the power out the 4.2 engine , much quicker , as well as being a rare beast
@ThePolaroid669
3 жыл бұрын
Very very beautiful. The car is not too bad either.
@bunning63
3 жыл бұрын
Don't knock the BL build quality, it's survived over forty years! As for corrosion, someone's already bogged it that's not going to stop the any rust. My seventeen year old son just bought a 75 XJ6 L. Waterblasted the engine and started first try afterwards.
@jonwattracing2455
3 жыл бұрын
I believe the car is original, and the corrosion is just a result of age, misuse (when younger I used the car in all weathers, salt/snow etc.), and a lack of protection as they left lots of unpainted bare metal inside certain box sections. The sills for example are one giant hollow tube, that from the factory is unpainted, so it fills up with road grime and water, and then rots out.
@bunning63
3 жыл бұрын
@@jonwattracing2455 Unfortunately a lot of manufacturers had a policy if you couldn't see it, don't paint it. Assume they did dip the bodies though at least?
@jamiesut5866
4 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@jonwattracing2455
4 жыл бұрын
thank you
@simontogo
4 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous car. use it. KEEP it, pass it on to ur kids one day.
@jonwattracing2455
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, your right I would regret selling it and no longer having my first car, so I intend to keep this one.
@simontogo
4 жыл бұрын
@@jonwattracing2455 I can't tell you how often I regret selling my first car (911e) It Makes me sick, especially considering I paid $1500 back then and it's worth north of $80k today. Don't make my mistake. ;)
@jonwattracing2455
4 жыл бұрын
@@simontogo Ouch, I can't imagine the pain. Fortunately and unfortunately I don't think Jaguar XJ's will ever reach those kinds of prices.
@timothythomas1626
3 жыл бұрын
Hope you would be using distilled water
@sallysindall9240
3 жыл бұрын
Hi. Thank you so much for this video. Have an identical model and my son (17) is wanting to get it started. I’ve DMd you on messenger, hope you don’t mind. Please take a look.
@jonwattracing2455
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, your welcome, I'll have a look on messenger.
@sallysindall9240
3 жыл бұрын
@@jonwattracing2455 that’s great! Let me know if you can’t see the message
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