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Watching your video for the second time now, the clue to your problems lies in the video the engine rebuilders sent you. They had that XK motor purring like a cat, it was sweet, obviously they had set the timing, and you stated they had used your electrical components. Wrong, look again, the plug leads are black, your leads were red. These guys know enough not to trust the owners owners diy leads and just fit their own stuff for the test run! I do admire your efforts though!

Regarding the speed limiter , I have got the same device on an old Daimler ( 420 ) , according to the tech book , it is to protect the gearbox torque converter for overspeed , it is not used on mecanical gearbox model but as you said , we don't drive these old car to the red line !

the major task in verifying the condition of the Auxiliary Enrichment Device (AED) is to ensure that its solenoid disables (cuts off fuel flow to itself ) when the coolant temperature reaches about 50C. you can do this with a multimeter. we can quibble about the richness of the fuel/air mixture and the volume it provides, but those are just details and in practice are of minor importance, or at least of no more importance than how far one pulls on a manual choke knob. :)

Great to see the Jag up close the other day Vic, look forward to seeing this one one day too 🤙

Greetings from Australia .Thanks for your videos

I had a terrible experience with SC parts. I bought a gearbox oil cooler pipe for my X300 XJR, which are notoriously hard to find but to some miracle, their website said they had them in stock. Two months later, they still hadn’t arrived with no updates from SC, just them saying they’re on the way from their mysterious supplier whenever I emailed them. Cancelled, got a refund. Time wasters.

Who said you had COVID , and how do you know for sure ?

All in one splurge please!

It is a bonus to see a video where the job is done when the video ends. Thats just my humble opinion.

Why wouldnt you buy a spring compressor? They dont cost much and make it MUCH less scary.

My understanding is that the diff centre used by Jaguar and others in the Salisbury 4ha is a Dana 44. Apparently this was used not only in English cars but also in some American cars such as Jeep.

How Vic has done a great job restoring the wood on this Jag any antique restorer would have been able to do all these pieces using original tectonics and original materials for not too much money, how do I know? because I'm a antique restorer.

I’d love one of these

Amateurs do such funny things.

Hi Vic, great new video, any chance you have a link to the hydraulic press, looking to buy one myself. just dont want one that is made of chocolate, cheers

Isn’t it great when it all comes together, especially for such a wonderful car and engine! I think as an iconic engine, it’s only second to the Merlin in ice motors! Cheers

Well done mate. Must be very satisfying.

Putting things back when they are new and shiny is much more rewarding than taking things apart. I am looking forward to whats comming next.

From the Electronic Board designers people, everything needs a return path. The reason why those other leads are getting cross-talk is because they are acting as Electrical Return paths. Find your return paths, could of been painted over when did the engine bay. You altered the Electrical paths in the Engine bay and the Engine was painted. Make a Return lead from a bolt attachment to the Chassis (bare metal) or directly to the Battery and Chassis terminal, that should shove your issue. Electrically the Block and Head should be connected together though the timing chain cover. Pss: How to Achieve Proper Grounding - Rick Hartley - RUclips - for a more education, you would enjoy this.

I've heard the Overdrive was an amazing thing, until you need to service it. Why bother with an Over Drive now? Why they just add an extra gear in the gear box - but the Over Drive was a Luxury, and it was.

My Wood is always letting me down, I'm still trying to find a Lass to polish it, but I'm having difficulty 🤣

Jumper cables as Clamps, " Impressive, most impressive!" Darth Vader

3 years too late, as usual. Leather and Trim is more expensive than rebuilding the engine - sheesh

backfiring through the carb...usually timing or firing order is at fault. or possibly obstructed exhaust.

Great vid, just out of interest what make and model of spark plug are you using?

Can you let me know we’re you got base seat foam

Should have jacked the back of the car up, as high as possible it would have made it easier believe me

What modifications have you made to use it as an everyday car?

Hi Vic I have really enjoyed your videos, a small tip, If you have ignition problems like those you've just experienced, try the starting at night with the lights out and look at your ht lead, plug leads etc you may see sparks where there shouldn't be any. Thus indicating where the fault lies. I do admire your perseverance !

Great a two seater, no room for kids

I knew someone who rigged a block and tackle over his Merc. He just drove the car underneath, hooked up some straps, and lifted the hardtop off. He left it hanging, so that was his storage. When he wanted to use it again, he just reversed the process.

Hi Vic, do you remember what thread size it was for the drag link ends?

That’s lovely Vic, very nice car. I also have a MKII Jag, 1969 in the same blue as yours, it only has the baby 2.4 in it though

audio needs work. ...could only watch about a minute before i had enough.

That car is stunning sir 👌

Think I missed the old bubble car ?

Nice choice Vic. Don’t neglect your Jag 🙏

I do think its slightly a shame when people obsess over restoration, rather than conservation. Your trim looked fine, its an old car, let it have some patina. Each to their own, but there are so many 'restored' jags out there that loose the character that age and use brings.

Bravo, great job, that was crazy, congratulations 👍!

Thankyou for reporting on how you went about renovating the seats and lessons learnt. I also would like to share my learning. The original foam I think was a product called Dunlopillo and it was latex. After 50 - 60 years it just crumbles. Todays foam comes in a broad range of densities/ rebound etc with material recommended for seating being a very dense product and a thickness equivalent to the old latex will not compress as much - sitting you higher.. The latex moulding had cores of material taken out. I have not perfected a solution but I'm making up the cushion with a laminate of different density foam. I have different pieces for the perimeter and the centre under the fluted leather. Alternately the foam could be just thinner or I have seen a suggestion of using a hole saw to try to replicate the dunlopillo moulding. Dense foam is quite expensive and cutting it nicely is challenging so I have not tried that. On assembling I found remnant binding between the centre pleated / fluted part and the wire frame. Tying down along with having a smooth curve helps with reducing wrinkles. However I still got wrinkles when using / recycling old leather as it is stretched and has gained shape from previous use as a sagged seat and that could or did not want to be replicated.

Vic mate best pal,.just watched your video on furflex and door rubbers could you let me know where both were purched from please.almost finished total rewire. Thank You Ian Macleod

Scusa ma non mi sembra una buona idea spruzzare vernice trasparente sul cruscotto che rimanendo sotto al sole sfoglierà!

I’m doing that job today. lol

Again quality is job one 😂

"The parts falling off of this Jaguar are of the finest British quality"

That titanium wrap gets annoying real fast

If they rattle, the flexes joint leak and have had it. Think of 10 rings together, jiggling is the gaps between the joints. Also now its heat wrapped, they will rott the joints more haha. Id honestly get 2 replacement pipes made for it

Thanks for this Vic , I'm considering this job for my MkII. Could you provide a link for the rubber or even a drawing of the profile ?. Great work.

how can you fix that?

Well done in getting your mk 2 back on the rd